Shows

You’ll see!

The world’s only world-famous surreal sketch comedy circus trio Laser Kiwi comes home with their new show Everybody Knows, playing at The Hannah from the 1^st to the 16^th of May this NZ International Comedy Festival.

Tiny life slices

Wellington Improvisation Troupe (WIT) will create a world of multiple scenes in Elsewhere in the Building, an improv show at Thistle Hall on the 10^th of April.

The stage as a storybook

“When a show reaches 75 performances, it means it’s doing something right.” Caburlesque 75^th Show will slay the stage at The Fringe Bar on the 5^th of April.

Oops Sari I’m Indian

Oops Sari I’m Indian is a new solo show from Jenice the Menace at Circus Bar on the 14^th of March that celebrates and cleverly dismantles Indian stereotypes.

An incredible story

Music Portrait of a Humble Disabled Samoan shares the extraordinary life journey of musician and disability advocate Fonotī Pati Umaga at Tāwhiri Warehouse from the 12^th to the 14^th of March for the Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts.

Gleeful abandon

D’Things N Such is Wellington’s freshest, wildest, and most unhinged theatrical experience. We chat with director Seiyan Thompson-Tonga ahead of the 14-date Circa run from the 13^th to the 28^th of February.

Standout stand-up

Now that there are no more public holidays in sight, lift your spirits at the stacked Weekend Laughs calendar coming to Abandoned Taproom Petone on the 20^th and 21^st of February, the 27^th and 28^th of February, and the 6^th and 7^th of March.

The chosen one

Do Star Wars and Star Trek have beef? They do now, thanks to the latest Caburlesque show that will see a lineup of stars perform burlesque, pole, cabaret, and belly dance acts to determine the top wookie of space travel at The Fringe Bar on the 7^th of February.

William who?

Stagecraft opens its 2026 season with a production about one of the greatest playwrights of all time – and how we nearly didn’t know him at all. Catch The Book of Will at Gryphon Theatre from the 4^th to the 14^th of February.

Spinster

At The Fringe Bar on the 30^th and 31^st of January, Christchurch-based comedian Snap explores his newfound self-determined status of spinster.

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.

A quirky take on a classic

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