Shows

Please Please Please

Pop into Ivy Bar & Cabaret for a hit of that me-espresso on the 12^th of September. Espress-Hoes PT 2 will celebrate the release of Sabrina Carpenter’s new album with a drag show that is sure to Mountain Dew it for ya.

In a galaxy far away

Venture to infinity and beyond at Bad Kitty Cabaret: Live Long & Prosper – a showcase of emerging and established talent at The Fringe Bar on the 31^st of August.

Raw energy

Shift into overdrive at Wildkiwi Tribute Fest: a full-throttle tribute concert careening into Upper Hutt on the 29^th of August.

What do we hold to be true?

Part courtroom drama, part prison diary, part absurd kōrero, ration the Queen’s veges is the story of Te Wehi Ratana’s 48 hours behind bars following a protest act of artivism on the English text of the Treaty of Waitangi exhibition at Te Papa.

Untucked, unhinged

Untucked and unhinged, unfiltered and unapologetic, MD: A Down Under Untucked Drag Show at Ivy Bar & Cabaret on the 9^th of August features RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under season four stars Mandy Moobs and Olivia Dreams.

Veni, vidi, vici

Comedy duos Ginge & Minge and Mo & Ralph take to the stage to discuss their niche interests in Roman Empire: Battle of the Duos at The Fringe Bar on the 18^th of July.

The rumours are true

Facing the drama-queen allegations head-on, Kiwi comedian Chris Parker heads to The Opera House on the 19^th of July.

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.