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LET'S PLAY

The Best Things to Do in Wellington This Week

Heading back to the ol' daily grind can be pretty damn awful after a bright and shiny weekend of picnicking, bar hopping and patting dogs that aren't yours, but luckily Wellington's a 'keep the ball rolling' kind of city and has plenty of events, exhibitions, theatre, film festivals and live music for you to inject a little awesomeness into your week. Sure, use Monday for Netflix. Then get out there and sink your teeth into Wellington's best happenings this week.

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Food & Drink
Kegs for Christmas

Garage Project is spreading the holiday cheer by donating 12 keg to charity.
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Arts & Entertainment
The Addams Family

This animated all-ages film trades in generic storylines and bad jokes that don't do its weird and wonderful family any justice.
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Travel & Leisure
Koha Yoga

Exercise your mind, body and soul (and support the local community) for pocket change.
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Arts & Entertainment
Wonderland

Go down the rabbit hole and into the curious history of Alice's adventures in Wonderland through film, puppetry, CGI and more.

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Arts & Entertainment
Massive Crushes

A mix of morbid monologues about sex, death, love, anxiety, revolution and tomatoes.

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Arts & Entertainment
After the Wedding

Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams are spectacular in this engrossing remake of a Danish Oscar nominee.
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Arts & Entertainment
Knives Out

Starring Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis and Toni Collette, this highly amusing whodunit is like Agatha Christie for modern-day America.
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Food & Drink
The Wellington Christmas Markets

Score some unique locally made gifts at this festive market.
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Food & Drink
Gin-spiration — GIY Pop Up

The gin-naissance is here.

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Arts & Entertainment
Hanukkah in the Park 2019

The Jewish festival of lights returns to Wellington.
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Arts & Entertainment
Love Actually at Trentham Raceway

The star-studded Christmas classic hits the drive-in.

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Arts & Entertainment
Suffrage in Stitches

This 300-metre-long work celebrates the people who supported the original suffrage movement.
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Arts & Entertainment
Official Secrets

Starring Keira Knightley as a government employee-turned-whistleblower, this ripped-from-the-headlines thriller couldn't be more relevant.
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Arts & Entertainment
Marriage Story

Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver are exceptional in Noah Baumbach's likely Oscar contender, which steps through the rocky aftermath of a marital breakdown.
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Arts & Entertainment
Cringe Worthy Christmas

This festive show brings singing, fashion, ridiculous comedy and a healthy dose of nostalgia to the stage.

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Arts & Entertainment
Charlie's Angels

The feisty female spy franchise is back (again) with a great Kristen Stewart-led cast, but an inescapably generic feel.
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Arts & Entertainment
Ready or Not

A bride plays a murderous game of hide and seek with her bloodthirsty new in-laws in this entertaining horror-comedy, which serves up bumps, jumps, laughs and vicious satire.
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Arts & Entertainment
'The Lord of the Rings' Extended Trilogy Marathon

Stock up on lembas bread to make it through the extended versions of all three films, back to back, on the big screen.

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Arts & Entertainment
Doctor Sleep

Returning to Stephen King's famous book and Stanley Kubrick's masterful horror movie, this moody sequel works best when it finds its own ways to shine.
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Arts & Entertainment
Last Christmas

Inspired by the 80s Wham! song, and starring Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding, this festive rom-com is a contrived but sweetly engaging seasonal affair.
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Arts & Entertainment
Finale: Bouquet

This new site-specific installation features thousands of colourful strands suspended mid-flight.