British-Australian writer-performer Tama Matheson returns to Opera Holland Park this August with the UK premiere of Tchaikovsky: Child of Glass, an acclaimed music-drama exploring the life, loves and inner world of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Multi-award-winning New Zealand musician and actor Troy Kingi makes his London debut this August with a live show at Colours Hoxton.

An exciting new musical by Australian writers Miranda Middleton and Grace Chapple will be staged in Exeter this August, exploring the story behind one of the world’s most famous literary figures.

New Zealand producer and performer Teresa Morrison is helping bring a brand-new musical comedy to the London stage as part of this year’s Camden Fringe.

New Zealand actress Megan Goldsman joins an all-female cast for In His Words, a new queer drama playing a limited five-night run at The Bread & Roses Theatre in Clapham.

Internationally celebrated Australian crime writer Jane Harper headlines the 2026 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, the world's longest-running and most prestigious celebration of crime fiction, taking place in Harrogate from 23–26 July.

Far From Alone celebrates its first birthday with Antipodean Dreams, a London party at The Glove That Fits led by Australian producer and DJ Guy Contact.

Acclaimed Australian director Suzanne Chaundy makes her UK directorial debut this summer with Puccini’s Tosca at West Green House Opera in Hampshire.

The London Australian Film Festival — the UK’s premier showcase of Australian cinema on the big screen — returns this July for its annual summer festival at Finsbury Park Picturehouse.

Aotearoa New Zealand-born artist Kate Charles presents Caught by the Dawn at the Pond Gallery, Snape Maltings, this summer.

Bernard Fanning returns to London this July for two intimate solo shows at Union Chapel, following a sold-out run of theatres across Australia marking 20 years since the release of Tea & Sympathy.

New Zealand-born, London-based artist Arjuna Oakes brings his soulful, jazz-inflected songwriting to Dalston Eastern Curve Garden this July as part of Woodburner’s summer series.

London will host a major new celebration of Pacific arts and culture this summer with the launch of Pasifika Fest UK 2026 — a two-day festival dedicated to Pacific creativity, identity and community.

Award-winning New Zealand writers Tina Makereti and Saraid de Silva will join Tagore’s Salon in London for an evening of conversation exploring migration, identity, resistance and the legacies of settler colonialism.

Part contemporary art exhibition, part fully playable mini golf course, The Art of Mini Golf arrives at Battersea Arts Centre this summer with nine artist-designed holes created by leading women artists from around the world.

Sydney-born, London-based artist Anita Klein features in this year’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, the long-running annual showcase of contemporary art at Burlington House.

Following a celebrated, Helpmann Award-nominated tour across Australia, Matthew Ryan’s Kelly arrives in London this June for its long-awaited UK premiere.

HALF/TIME, the project led by New Zealand’s Wairehu Grant, comes to Hope & Anchor in May. Emerging from Grant’s PhD research into the ideological crossovers between te ao Māori and punk culture, HALF/TIME brings together the personal and political, amplifying ancestral echoes of Aotearoa and giving voice to the injustices faced by Indigenous peoples today.

Set within the intimate surroundings of The King’s Chapel of the Savoy, the Australia House Ensemble presents Confluence, a distinctive evening of chamber music inspired by the meeting of Australia’s Murray and Darling rivers.

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.