Andromeda Arts Trust

Help Little Andromeda reopen for 2026!

Christchurch, Canterbury

Little Andromeds presents hundreds of new works each year from hundreds of established and emerging artists to 14,000 delighted audience members. We test new ideas, challenge status quos and (arguably) help to make Christchurch the coolest city in the country.

We've faced significant financial challenges each year, and in recent years the commercial income and charitable funding we can pull together each year, less our very modest expenses, results in a $50,000 shortfall.

We've miraculously found a plug for that each year – but we're running out of ideas this year to the point where we can't even put tickets on sale. Our next funding injection is around August (and who knows, might we get a little more next year?) but we've got to find $50,000 to get us through to then.

Please help us reopen for 2026!

More about us

Little Andromeda is a performing arts theatre in Christchurch's CBD, providing a cost share model for independent performing artists to present original work.

Latest update

That's incredible 14 January 2026

Friends! 149 of you (between Givealittle and direct donations) have so very kindly donated us $53,232. We're actually floored and can't thank you enough. That's sorted us out for 2026 and now we're going to work as fast as we can to update some systems and then get shows live.

Of course, this isn't the end of all challenges for us forever, so donations are still gratefully received and we'll keep the Givealittle page open – but for now, you've saved us and we can't wait to reopen for you :-)

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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