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Welly weirdos - 219 | Regional News

Welly weirdos

Make to BATS (Theatre) like a vampire to a blood drive for Jemaine Clement and Jonny Brugh’s NZ International Comedy Festival show Goth 2 A Flame from the 21st to the 25th of May.

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A horse the source of divorce - 219 | Regional News

A horse the source of divorce

Those who love improv and need a regular fix should jump on Best On Tap’s Happy Hour, a monthly “truth-based” improvised theatrical experience taking place in Newtown on the fourth Thursday of each month.

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Dickie in the city - 218 | Regional News

Dickie in the city

It’s a new chapter for loveable ol’ grump Dickie Hart. Directed by Ross Jolly and starring Gavin Rutherford, Sir Roger Hall’s End of Summer Time will bring the rugby madcap with a heart of gold to the Circa Theatre stage.

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Levitating - 218 | Regional News

Levitating

Celebrate the release of Dua Lipa’s new album Radical Optimism with a drag show that will leave you Levitating on Saturday the 3rd of May at Ivy Bar and Cabaret.

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True love and connection - 217 | Regional News

True love and connection

WITCH Music Theatre is bringing Dave Malloy’s whirlwind Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 to Hannah Playhouse this autumn.

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Careful what you wish for - 217 | Regional News

Careful what you wish for

Arts Laureate Michael Hurst’s free-wheeling adaptation of The Golden Ass is a wild ride through a timeless world of bandits and goddesses, witches and circuses, and scandals and sandals.

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Degenerative Fill  - 216 | Regional News

Degenerative Fill

After a five-year absence from his beloved Wellington, comedian Steve Wrigley lands on Te Auaha’s stage from the 4th to the 6th of April with an arsenal of brand-new jokes and jibes.

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Wild things - 216 | Regional News

Wild things

If I could walk with the animals, talk with the animals, grunt and squeak and squawk with the animals… Make like Bobby Darrin and canter to The Fringe Bar for Caburlesque: Zoolesque 2 – Petting Zoo this April.

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What’s not to love?  - 215 | Regional News

What’s not to love?

Hands up if you love horror! Hands up if you love comedy! Now wave those arms in the air and run like a monster’s chasing you to BATS for It Came From Beyond The Script.

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Slay the World - 215 | Regional News

Slay the World

Before she sashays away to London, drag star Kelly Fornia gives us one last serve at her epic drag concert Slay the World at Te Auaha on the 22nd and 23rd of March.

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Modern-day Macbeth - 214 | Regional News

Modern-day Macbeth

Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe’s 2024 Bard in the Yard production is a contemporary rendition of Shakespeare’s popular, pacey, and powerful tragedy of unchecked ambition, Macbeth.

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Laugh-a-minute - 214 | Regional News

Laugh-a-minute

Emerging from the depths of the Hutt Valley, comedians Jerome Chandrahasen and Patch Lambert are coming together on the 2nd of March at The Fringe Bar for a one-night-only, laugh-a-minute hour of comedy.

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