Aotearoa New Zealand has been named Lead Country Partner for The Great Escape 2026, taking the spotlight at the UK's leading new music festival and industry conference as it celebrates its 20th anniversary in Brighton this May.

New Zealand–born violinist Benjamin Baker brings the At the World's Edge Festival to London for a suite of performances tracing a journey towards Anzac Day, exploring the core values of the Anzac spirit — courage, sacrifice, service, comradeship and endurance — through chamber music.

Australian artist Vivienne Tétaz brings a new series of haunting large-scale photographic works to London this spring with Resort, warehouse and the nation state, now showing at La Gallerina.

Australia’s Thunder From Down Under brings its high-energy, interactive male dance revue to the UK this April, with dates across the country including a London stop at Clapham Grand.

Australian bestselling author Kathy Lette returns with Sisterhood Rules, a hilarious and sharp new novel that celebrates female friendship, mischief and radical bonding in Lette’s unmistakable voice.

Australian food writer Donna Hay’s latest cookbook, Sunshine, Lemons and Sea Salt, is published on 9 April 2026.

BFI Southbank celebrates the work of acclaimed Australian director Peter Weir this spring with a major retrospective spanning his career, from Australian New Wave classics to his best-known Hollywood films.

Courtney Barnett returns to the UK this spring with a run of intimate live dates to coincide with the release of her fourth studio album, Creature of Habit.

Edel Assanti presents Portals to Place, a rare London showing of work by three artists from the legendary Papunya Tula Artists cooperative — one of the most significant art movements in Australian history.

Our Fragile Space, a powerful outdoor photography exhibition by Australian photographer Max Alexander, is on display in central London this spring at the Royal Astronomical Society.

Australian author Emma Styles publishes her second novel, The Shark, on 12 March 2026. A propulsive psychological thriller set on the beaches of Western Australia, it follows the award-winning No Country for Girls, which won the Little, Brown UEA Crime Fiction Award and was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger. Styles grew up on Whadjuk Noongar Country in Perth and now lives in London. The Shark is published in the UK by Little, Brown.

An electrifying reinvention of a modern literary classic, Yentl arrives at Marylebone Theatre in London after a sold-out, five-star run at the Sydney Opera House, where it captivated audiences and critics alike.

Across five continents and seven ocean channels, Australian swimmer Mark Sowerby takes on the Oceans Seven — an ordeal as unforgiving as Everest, but in open water. No cage. No wetsuit. No escape. Directed by Jeff Tseng and produced by PixelFrame, Don't Be Prey is a gripping documentary following Sowerby's decade-long quest to complete the world's most dangerous marathon swims, from the icy Irish Sea to the shark-patrolled waters of Hawaii.

As part of the Chipping Campden Music Festival, New Zealand–born, London-based violinist Benjamin Baker - acclaimed for his “utterly meaningful” and “out-of-body” playing - takes on one of the great feats of classical music: performing the complete Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin in a single evening.

Australian icon Jason Donovan returns to the UK stage in 2026 with his Doin’ Fine Encore Tour - an expanded run of dates following the huge success of his earlier shows. Known for his distinctive voice, decades-long music career and beloved roles across stage and screen, Jason brings his trademark warmth, nostalgia and energy to theatres across the country.

Australian sister duo Charm of Finches bring their spellbinding harmonies and emotionally resonant songwriting to the UK with a tour in February and March 2026, supporting their new single Meteor.

Waltja: One Family brings together five members of one extraordinary artistic family from Wirrimanu (Balgo), in the remote south-east Kimberley region of Western Australia.