Shows

Bloody good time

Sink your fangs into a risqué, raunchy, and raucous cabaret comedy show. Dracula’s: Sanctuary guarantees a bloody good time from the 10^th to the 12^th of July at St James Theatre.

Disco will never die

Niece of the Bee Gees and vocalist Debora McLane is proud of her family’s legacy and excited to be travelling to Aotearoa for the very first time as a special guest performer in Best of the Bee Gees at The Opera House on the 16^th of August.

Go bananas

The first banana appeared on Earth roughly 10,000 years ago, after which humanity began its long, downward spiral according to purple puppet Randy Feltface. Discover the comedian’s appeal at his new show FIRST BANANA at The Opera House on the 15^th of July.

Beauty and brutality

We interview standout New Zealand actor Dulcie Smart, back in the country after more than 30 years in Berlin, about The Sound Inside, a “mysterious, multi-faceted jewel of a play” running at Circa Theatre from the 5^th of July to the 2^nd of August.

Animal instincts

Wellington Repertory Theatre presents a fierce battle of wills – human and animal, body and spirit – in Keith Scott’s stage adaptation of D. H. Lawrence’s The Fox at Gryphon Theatre from the 9^th to the 19^th of July.

The foul-mouthed prophet

At San Fran on the 24^th of June, foul-mouthed Aussie comedian Daniel Muggleton will unveil You May Be White, I May Be Crazy, his new comedy show about family… or maybe The Fast & Furious.

Past lives

KAT Theatre’s Home, I’m Darling asks important questions about what women want and how they might successfully find it. Does the answer lie in the past? To find out, rock on down to Cochran Hall, Khandallah, from the 10^th to the 19^th of July.

Stunts set to stun

Roll up to Tararua Tramping Club these school holidays: KidzStuff Theatre for Children are bringing circus maestros Heidi and Sean to town! Heidi & Sean Show blends circus with comedy and a touch of danger from the 28^th of June to the 4^th of July.

Dance to This

There is no Better Place to be than at the Troye Sivan Drag Show! Strutting into Ivy Bar & Cabaret on the 6^th of June, go WILD and get ready for a RUSH.

The real big belly laugh

Irish internet sketch comedy sensations Foil, Arms & Hog are coming to Wellington with fun, chaos, and Vogels aplenty. Catch comedic crumbs and loafs of laughter at the St James Theatre on the 5^th of June.

For the Love of Spam

CHamoru/Filipina theatremaker Sierra Sevilla explores the “delicious” connection between canned meat and colonialism in her show For the Love of Spam, on as part of the Kia Mau Festival at Te Auaha from the 3^rd to the 7^th of June.

A parody of a paradigm

Soak the blues away with laughter at Tubs of Fun!, Sandy Burton’s all-new comedy show making a splash at Newtown Community Centre on the 8^th, 9^th, 16^th, and 17^th of May.