October, 2026

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Betsy Balloon and the Very Great Terrible Flood | We The Young

2026Sat10Oct10:00 am10:50 amBetsy Balloon and the Very Great Terrible Flood | We The YoungConcert Chamber | Auckland Town Hall10:00 am - 10:50 am Event TypeSchool Holidays, Theatre Suitable for AgesChildren (5 to 10 years), Tweens (10 to 12 years) LocationCentral Auckland

When

Saturday 10 October 2026 10:00 am - 10:50 am

Future event dates

10October 1:00 pm11October 1:30 pm

Event Details

Welcome to the island of Helium where Betsy lives with her balloon-factory-owning family. They’re cheerful, a bit money-mad and life is on the up.

But when the tide turns against balloons, their world pops. Betsy must start a new life in a faraway city with her eccentric uncle, Hercules Snark, an inventor of mostly half-finished things.

Unfortunately, Snark has problems of his own. In his city, it never stops raining. The streets are flooding. And things, quite literally, are starting to sink.

Betsy Balloon is a rambunctious modern fable with original music and illustration based on a story by Bill Manhire.

Co-commissioned by Auckland Live and Creative New Zealand’s Festival Commissioning and Presentation Fund managed by PANNZ.

Price

Tickets:
All ages: $12.00 each
Kids under 5 years: FREE
Family of up to 5 – $45.00

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