Shows
Day-to-day deep dive
Wellington: it’s time to take a good, hard look at Chris Parker! The stage and screen comedy star will kick off the New Zealand leg of his new tour at St James Theatre on Friday the 4th of September.
The hunt is on
Prowl down to BATS from the 18th to the 19th of September and catch The Hunt for the Canterbury Panther, a heartfelt, cringey, and super silly show for tweens this TAHI New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance.
A bug’s life
Through 10 whimsical original songs, Lia Kelly and Phoebe Caldeiro delve into the bug life to tell stories of queer and racial identity in Bug Songs Not Love Songs, on at BATS Theatre from the 24th to the 29th of August.
Dreams, terrors, hope
Jessie McCall’s Big Low Dream is about what we reach for together in the dark. Footnote New Zealand Dance will premiere the contemporary work at The Hannah from the 10th to the 12th of September.
The art of the Teese
Dita Von Teese will bring Nocturnelle, a spellbinding, sensual showcase of bewitching burlesque, to The Opera House on the 28th and 29th of August.
Funnier than ever
One of Britain’s most celebrated comedians, Alan Davies brings his brand-new live show Think Ahead to the capital, reflecting on family life and the everyday absurdities of modern middle age at Michael Fowler Centre on the 8th of August.
Laughs on lock
Known across Australia for her upbeat, playful, and inclusive comedy, Kirsty Webeck will ward off your winter blues with wondrous words that’ll flow faster than your dehumidifier fills at The Fringe Bar on the 9th of August.
Check out Local Library
Under the direction of Conrad Newport, Peter Hambleton and Jude Gibson are having a great time rehearsing Dave Armstrong’s highly anticipated new comedy Local Library, running at Circa Theatre from the 25th of July to the 22nd of August.
Our brand of sausage
New Zealand’s surreal sketch comedy circus trio Laser Kiwi is making a new sausage (series of work-in-progress shows) titled It’s a Sign, the second of which takes place at Newtown Community Centre Theatre on the 17th of July.
Systems of power
Created by siblings Hariata and Tamati Moriarty, Waenga explores violence and racism within the justice system. The play is on at the new Toi Aro art space on Market Lane until the 5th of July.
Dilly Dallying
Comedian Melanie Bracewell is back with a brand-new hour about returning to unfinished things later in life. Dilly dally down to her show at The Opera House on the 19th of June.
Stilettoed skirmish
Sequins, sparkles, and staggering stilettos clash in the ultimate search for stardom – the Mx Capital Drag 2026 Finale – at Ivy Bar & Cabaret on the 31st of May.