Macbeth 2026: Keep us Koha!

“Summer Shakespeare is a jewel for Palmerston North.”

Times are tough and along with the rest of our sector and community, we are feeling the pinch.

In a fiercely competitive funding landscape, with so many wildly valuable projects vying for extremely limited funds, and despite the extremely generous support of our magnificent sponsors, we find ourselves entering 2026, once again on the brink of viability with a significant budget shortfall.

We are facing external pressure to introduce a ticket price to this beloved event. We believe that Shakespeare is for everyone. By creating large scale, high quality work and delivering it for koha entry, we eliminate financial barriers to artistic engagement. We believe access to and engagement with artistic work is not a 'nice to have' that only the wealthy should experience. We believe theatre and creative work helps to build a more empathetic and compassionate society, and we aspire to create a more equitable one, at home in our own community. Can you do it again and help Keep Us Koha?!

In 2025 we delivered The Tempest to a record breaking audience, and in 2026, we are set to present our most ambitious production yet! See our website for all the exciting details about our upcoming show.

Keep us Koha with a donation, big or small and help us deliver the production our community deserves!

“Watching people of all differences fascinated by the art of theatre in a setting that doesn't cost $$$ is a true gift from the city and sponsors alike.”