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Help save Christmas! - 258 | Regional News

Help save Christmas!

‘Twas A Spell Before Christmas, when all through the house, all the wee elves were stirring… for a pantomime blast! The Pantoloons bring their Christmas show to Greater Welly this silly season.

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A quirky take on a classic - 258 | Regional News

A quirky take on a classic

Go, Go, Go Joseph to Gryphon Theatre for 1st Gear Productions’ Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, starring a cast of eight young performers from the 17th to the 20th of December.

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Ranting, raving, and ROFL-ing - 257 | Regional News

Ranting, raving, and ROFL-ing

Comedian James Nokise is coming to Wellington’s Fringe Bar on the 28th of November with One Night Rant, a show that rips into the news cycle while mixing big laughs with bite-sized truths.

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Home, I’m Darling - 257 | Regional News

Home, I’m Darling

Catch the thought-provoking Home, I’m Darling, Greytown Little Theatre’s first production in the newly renovated Studio 73, from the 19th to the 29th of November.

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Afternoon Tease - 256 | Regional News

Afternoon Tease

Edible delicacies with a generous helping of delicious burlesque? C’est bon(bon)! The Pinot Sisters are bringing an afternoon tea with a twist to The Fringe Bar on Saturday the 8th of November at 2pm.

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The fight for Frankie - 255 | Regional News

The fight for Frankie

Join PopRox for a fancy, freakish, frightening, and fabulous night searching for Frankenstein’s bride… or groom in Mr. Halloween Bachelor, happening at The Hannah for one night only on All Hallow’s Eve eve (the 30th of October).

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Drag Christmas - 255 | Regional News

Drag Christmas

I’m dreaming of a Drag Christmas… We asked organiser Faux Femm what tricks and treats she has up her sleeve for Nightmare on Cuba Street, a spooktacular Halloween drag show at Ivy Bar & Cabaret on the 31st of October.

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Bloody good comedy - 254 | Regional News

Bloody good comedy

What We Do in the Shadows supernatural star Cori Gonzalez-Macuer will swoop into The Fringe Bar on the 10th and 11th of October with a work-in-progress show, hoping to test out new jokes on fresh meat.

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Succession meets Barbie - 254 | Regional News

Succession meets Barbie

Monument, a timely tale of the pressures women face in their political, public, and private lives, will have its New Zealand premiere from the 11th of October to the 9th of November at Circa Theatre.

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Showbiz, baby - 253 | Regional News

Showbiz, baby

Step into a world of sequins and stars at Whisky & Wood on the 3rd of October where Burlesque The Movie (The Burlesque Show) will take the stage by storm.

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Leading with her heart - 253 | Regional News

Leading with her heart

Coasters Musical Theatre is bringing the pink-powered hit Legally Blonde The Musical to Southward Theatre from the 2nd to the 11th of October. We caught up with Lauren Loghry, who has dreamed of playing Elle Woods since she was 13 years old.

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Here he goes again - 252 | Regional News

Here he goes again

With less than two weeks’ rest after playing Harry Bright in Mamma Mia!, Glenn Horsfall returns to the stage for his one-man show This Wasn’t the Plan, on for the TAHI: New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance at The Hannah on the 12th of September.

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