After a commanding start to their celebratory 20th year, NZTrio return this July with Legacy 2. Join the outstandingly talented Ashley Brown (cello), Amalia Hall (violin), and Somi Kim (piano) as they take you on an moving musical journey, which will captivate audiences in Warkworth (3 July), Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber (20 July), and Manurewa (23 July).

After bringing the laughs to Wairarapa in February, the sell-out Saturday Laughs is back for round two with even more top Kiwi talent. This two-hour comedy showcase will have the Carterton Events Centre filled with laughter on 23 July.

Nightsong are at it again with their larger-than-life theatrical dreams and outrageous defiance of ‘it’ll do’. In just two short weeks they premiere a brand-new show for family audiences - THE WORM. Another ambitious offering that will blow your creative mind, THE WORM takes to the stage at the Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre from 30 June - 4 July. And better yet… it’s totally free, gratis, nada (and yes, we mean it!)

Tim Bray Theatre Company, Auckland’s leading theatre for children, returns to the stage for a season of theatrical magic for the whole family! This winter, the company revisits a kiwi classic that oozes with comedy - Badjelly the Witch - coming to The PumpHouse Theatre in Takapuna, and Māngere Arts Centre Ngā Tohu o Uenuku from 2-30 July, with tickets on sale now via www.timbray.org.nz

The acclaimed 17th annual Doc Edge Festival has officially kicked off, with a full hybrid festival including a Virtual Cinema and in-person screenings in Auckland (The Civic, The Capitol and Silky Otter), Wellington (The Roxy and Embassy Theatre) and Christchurch (Silky Otter).

SPOTS – The Sex and Prevention of Transmission Study – launched in April with aims to make blood donation fairer for gay, bisexual, takatāpui and other men who have sex with men (MSM), is nearing the end of its collection phase, due to conclude 30 June. To date, researchers have received over 3018 responses, bringing them closer to their goal of collecting 4000 responses from MSM across Aotearoa.

Easily the biggest and best night of comedy every year, the Best Foods Comedy Gala rounds up Aotearoa's highest calibre comedy talent, guaranteed to have audiences laughing for hours. Hosted by Rhys Mathewson, this will be the ultimate night out for a guaranteed good laugh, on Friday 9 September at The Civic in Auckland and Friday 30 September at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington.

Continuing their unwavering commitment to develop emerging artists and new work, Atamira Dance Company are proud to combine the energies of young artists, senior practitioners, and new technologies to present KAHA – Tripleboost, playing for a limited season at Q Theatre from 7 - 9 July.

Kicking off the winter festivities, glide into Aotea Square from 24 June, as the ever-popular Aotea Square Ice Rink returns to delight the whole family, along with the most Insta-worthy dining experience in town – The Snugs.

The producers of the NZ International Comedy Festival and Pax Assadi are bringing a new lineup show The Comedy Mixtape to the BNZ Theatre at Manukau’s Vodafone Events Centre, for an unmissable night of stand up with some of Aotearoa’s biggest comedy stars and hottest emerging talent on Saturday 6 August.

Tala Pasifika Productions return to the ELEMENTAL AKL festival this winter, with Takurua - Nafanua, War Goddess - the sequel to their sold-out 2021 production - Takurua - Battle of the Brothers. The evening weaves together the threads of hospitality, theatre and dance for an unforgettable night out, and a highlight of ELEMENTAL AKL’s 2022 programme, with tickets now on sale.

To mark their impressive 25-year milestone Indian Ink Theatre Company kicks off its five-centre national tour at Auckland’s Q Theatre on June 9.

Pacific Dance Festival and Auckland Live are excited to announce that Fresh Movement’s acclaimed dance-theatre work MĀUI returns to the stage in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland in celebration of Matariki. This epic journey through Polynesian myth and legend takes over the prestigious Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre at Aotea – Te Pokapū Aotea Centre for one night only on Thu 23 June, with tickets on sale from Thu 19 May, 9am.

Two teams of the country's best comics will go head to head in the name of love at The Great Comedy Debate presented by national law firm, Lane Neave. Armed with their comedic genius, impeccable wit, and intellectual nous, six comedians will take to Rangatira, Q Theatre on 17 August to battle it out.

Silo Theatre is pleased to announce that MAURI TAU, the innovative audio-play which premiered in 2021, returns this June. To mark the first celebration of Matariki as a public holiday in 2022, New Zealanders at home and abroad will be able to tune in for a special audio experience.