After three jam-packed weeks of the best comedians from Aotearoa and around the world, the NZ International Comedy Festival with Best Foods Mayo ended the 2023 Festival tonight by honouring the outstanding talent in this year’s programme at Last Laughs! with the New Zealand Comedy Trust awards: The 2023 Fred Award for the Best New Zealand Show in the Festival and the 2023 Billy T Award.

For the first time, leading children’s theatre maker Tim Bray Theatre Company brings one of the world’s best-selling authors, Enid Blyton, to the stage in their adaption of The Magic Faraway Tree, playing 24 June – 15 July at The PumpHouse Theatre.

On the 22nd of June, at The Civic, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO) will be performing A Night of Sondheim, presented with Auckland Live as part of the Auckland Live Cabaret Experience. This performance promises to bring to life Stephen Sondheim’s compositions with a full orchestra of over 65 musicians, together on stage with four outstanding singers. 

Step aboard one of Auckland’s most famed superyachts, grab a glass of champagne and be plunged into an evening of Hollywood high society, love triangles, drama and possibly … murder.

Nine years after it first debuted, Sam Brooks’ critically acclaimed play Wine Lips returns to Basement Theatre's green room, from May 30 - June 1. 

Fresh from a slew of sold-out seasons around Aotearoa, The Most Naked is returning to Auckland, at Q Theatre 13 - 17 June 2023. 

Auckland Live and Plumb Theatre are proud to present the New Zealand premiere of the 2023 Olivier award winning and critically acclaimed one-woman play Prima Facie, from Wednesday 21 June – Sunday 9 July at the Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre. 

For the second concert of their 2023 season, Bach Musica NZ perform 20th century favourites and a world premiere at the Auckland Town Hall on Sunday 25 June. Following stunning reviews of their most recent St John Passion, the combined choir and orchestra will showcase their versatility under conductor and Music Director Rita Paczian.

Silo Theatre is thrilled to be welcoming Tim Blake into its Executive Director role after his decade-long association with the company.

The much-anticipated 18th edition of Doc Edge Festival is set to captivate audiences with its diverse and thought-provoking line-up. Featuring 71 films, 22 XR projects, a photo exhibition celebrating the work of the late documentary photographer Ans Westra, and an honorary recognition for this year's Doc Edge Superhero, Annie Goldson, the festival promises to be a must-attend event for documentary enthusiasts.

The Comedy Mixtape, South Auckland’s unmissable showcase of blazing hot comedic talent from across Aotearoa, returns for two must-see nights on 26 & 27 May at Māngere Arts Centre as part of the NZ International Comedy Festival with Best Foods Mayo.

Award-winning theatre company Tim Bray Theatre Company is collaborating once again through its Youth Theatre programme with Ko Taku Reo Deaf Education to create a showcase under the bright lights of the big stage. The difference? The students of Ko Taku Reo will create their own work from inspiration that exists entirely from within Deaf culture.

To celebrate the coronation of King Charles III, the New Zealand government is donating $1 million to fund the planting of native trees across Aotearoa. The initiative will be led by Trees That Count in partnership with the Department of Conservation and volunteers across Aotearoa over the coming months. 

This May the NZ International Comedy Festival with Best Foods Mayo is hitting the road and heading to Kāpiti on 20 May and Carterton on 27 May to deliver a slice of the Festival pie beyond Wellington’s CBD. Both nights will offer up hysterical all-star comedy line-up specials, featuring the best kiwi comedy talent, exclusively for Kāpiti and Carterton.

The 2023 NZ International Comedy Festival with Best Foods Mayo is only three weeks away, and the New Zealand Comedy Trust is delighted to announce the final 11 comedy superstars that round out the full, star-studded 2023 Best Foods Comedy Gala line-up. Featuring 23 of the Festival’s top local and international comedians, the Gala offers Aotearoa comedy lovers the perfect taster for the Festival season ahead, on Friday 5 Mayin Auckland and Saturday 6 May in Wellington, both hosted by the incomparable Melanie Bracewell.