Auckland’s baddest, booty-shaking, big-hearted dance-comedy maniacs, Dynamotion, are back to wreak merry havoc on your holidays with A Christmas Crisis — burning up the floor in Q Theatre from 10 – 20 December.
Read MoreAfter a month of side-splitting shows from the very best local and international comedians, the NZ International Comedy Festival with Best Foods Mayo wrapped up this evening at Last Laughs. After the performances, the New Zealand Comedy Trust honoured the brightest comedy talent of this year’s festival with multiple awards, including the coveted 2025 Fred Award for the Best New Zealand Show in the Festival and the 2025 Billy T Award for a comedian with the most outstanding potential.
Read MoreThe three finalists for this year’s coveted Fred Award have been chosen by a panel of expert judges and will compete at tomorrow’s final showcase Last Laughs, hosted by Eli Matthewson. The award will go to the Best New Zealand Show in the 2025 NZ International Comedy Festival with Best Foods Mayo and is one of the highest commendations in Aotearoa’s comedy industry.
Read MorePresented by Base Entertainment, internationally renowned performer, illusionist and creator of smash-hit shows Celtic Illusion, Celtica, and Ballroom Blitz, Anthony Streetreturns to Aotearoa this winter with something audiences have never seen before. ILLUSIONIST ANTHONY STREET, a bold new show where the spotlight falls not just on the magic, but on the man behind it.
Read MoreRongo Whakapā is the debut choreographic work by one of Aotearoa’s most captivating Māori contemporary dance artists Brydie Colquhoun (Ngāpuhi) on from Fri 11 – Sun 13 July at Te Pou Theatre. Presented by Atamira Dance Company this bold and intimate new work invites audiences into a circular, non-traditional space to experience performance in 360 degrees—free to move, enter, and exit the environment as they choose.
Read MoreThe NZ International Comedy Festival with Best Foods Mayo is now in full swing, and the laughs just keep coming. The New Zealand Comedy Trust is thrilled to announce B*TCH Better Have My Funny, a night packed with great comedians, great vibes and a line-up that delivers hit after hit. Join Kiwi comedy legend Michèle A'Court as host on Saturday 17 May at Q Theatre, for this incredible line-up of pure entertainment – fast, funny, and full of energy.
Read MoreSay hello to Max the Musical Mosquito, the brand-new song from Aotearoa’s favourite ukulele trio The Nukes. It’s a catchy, country-swinging, brain-tickling tune about an airplane-obsessed kid who is woken in the middle of the night by a ukulele-playing mosquito, and it’s leading the charge on their new kids’ EP Creature Feature which will be released on Friday 30 May proudly supported by NZ On Air’s Children’s Music Fund.
Read MoreThe countdown has begun! The 20th Anniversary Oscar-qualifying Doc Edge Festival has officially launched its 2025 programme, now live and on sale at docedge.nz.
Read MoreExperience some of the top acts in this year’s NZ International Comedy Festival with Best Foods Mayo at the sensational stand-up showcase, the Best Comedy Show On Earth, presented by the New Zealand Comedy Trust and Skycity. Following a sell out show at last year’s fest, join big international and local names, whilst also discovering a few fresh faces for a night of total hilarity on Sunday 18 May at SKYCITY Theatre.
Read MoreThis June, the Pacific Dance Festival invites audiences to connect more deeply with Pacific creativity, offering a rich programme of performance, rehearsal and workshop events across Tāmaki Makaurau. Alongside the return of Aruna Po-Ching’s acclaimed dance-theatre work, the festival opens its doors to a series of free open rehearsals and a hands-on Cook Islands workshop with master artist Aunty Kura Taruia.
Read MoreThis August, the powerful theatrical experience Te Tangi a Te Tūī will soar across Aotearoa for a much-anticipated Te Ika-a-Māui tour. Presented by Te Pou Theatre and The Dust Palace, in association with PANNZ (Performing Arts Network of New Zealand), this groundbreaking work brings together the resonance of te reo Māori storytelling and the visceral beauty of circus.
Read MoreThese July school holidays, Silo Theatre invites tamariki and their whānau on a theatrical adventure from the everyday into the extraordinary. Taniwha is an immersive new stage experience that blends puppetry, live music, diorama, and real-time videography to conjure up a vivid, technicolour world – full of mystery, courage and imagination. From the creators of Silo’s critically acclaimed and award-winning Peter and the Wolf, this is an audacious new work for people aged five and up.
Read MoreWith just a handful of single tickets left for its current season, Auckland Theatre Company’s Murder on the Orient Express has officially become the biggest box office hit in the company’s history.
Now, due to overwhelming demand, audiences will have a second chance to climb aboard the world’s most infamous train. The return season of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig, will play at the ASB Waterfront Theatre from 7 – 15 February 2026.
Join the renowned Bach Musica NZ, New Zealand’s leading combined choir and orchestra, at the Auckland Town Hall on Sunday 22 June for an evening of exquisite performance with Mozart’s Piano Concerto in D minor & C.P.E. Bach’s Magnificat.
Read MoreAfter a sell out show last year, the NZ International Comedy Festival with Best Foods Mayo is once again teaming up with the iconic Parrotdog Bar in Lyall Bay for Comedy Fest At Parrotdog, mashing together the beloved Sunday night drink with a tasty selection of comedians in a hilarious night of comedy like no other on Sunday 4 May.
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