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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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Improv on the rocks - 213 | Regional News

Improv on the rocks

Come to the cabaret, where you’ll find glitz, glamour, and Britney Spears dancing like a small dog. This is a PopRox Improv Comedy Night, where anything can happen.

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Poetic vindication - 213 | Regional News

Poetic vindication

This New Zealand Fringe Festival, comedian Nick Robertson will cross a border to do a show about unsuccessfully crossing a border.

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Don’t You (Forget About Me) - 213 | Regional News

Don’t You (Forget About Me)

Cha cha slide back a few decades at DIRTY GIRLS – An 80s Inspired Drag Show. It’s the Matron of Monsters Amy Thurst and Yonic K’s final show before they set off across the channel to Melbourne.

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Wet hot Kiwi summer - 212 | Regional News

Wet hot Kiwi summer

Slip into your swimmies and slap on your sunnies because Beach Boys! A Camp Summer Time Cabaret is about to make a splash at The Fringe Bar on the 2nd of February.

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Crazy crime capers - 212 | Regional News

Crazy crime capers

Have you ever seen a famous private eye solve eight crimes in eight hours through interrogations
wrought with jazz and beat poetry? No? Best head to Circus Bar on the 4 th of February then.

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Say yes to heaven - 211 | Regional News

Say yes to heaven

Indulge in some Summertime Sadness at Olivia Dreams’ Lana Del Rey: The Drag Show, featuring a line-up with a Lust for Life performing sad girl bops, cinematic sonatas, melancholic melodies, and tragic romance rhythms.

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The waiting is over  - 209 | Regional News

The waiting is over

The waiting is over for Waiting For Waiting For Godot, a critically acclaimed production that takes the original to new meta heights. Don’t wait to catch it at Hannah Playhouse!  

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Big, bold, and bonkers - 209 | Regional News

Big, bold, and bonkers

After a massive year, Laser Kiwi, New Zealand’s best and only olive-fuelled sketch-comedy circus trio, is back with their beloved and bonkers variety show IDIOM.  

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