ISMO is often called “the most insightful comic in Finland”. Having started his career then in 2002, he is now a resident in the United States, he continues to be the ultimate observer of culture and master of wordplay. His sharp writing and uniquely hilarious delivery make quick-fans of people of all backgrounds.
Read MoreFrom hip-hop to ballet to contemporary to Indigenous, Tāmaki Makaurau will dance like everyone’s watching as the biennial Tempo Dance Festival - Te Rerenga o Tere returns with a full programme of immersive, innovative and exciting dance, running from 10 – 20 October at Q Theatre.
Read MoreThe celebrated NZTrio are set to present the final instalment of their 2024 series with Triptych 3: Untamed Hope, traversing to the far reaches of the country with 13 performances taking place everywhere from Tāmaki Makaurau, to Motueka and Arrowtown, kicking off from 10 October.
Read MoreReturning with a beloved audience favourite, Tim Bray Theatre Company are set to bring Joy Cowley’s Mrs Wishy-Washy to life on stage once more, in a fantastically funny farmyard adventure playing at the PumpHouse Theatre, Takapuna from 21 September – 12 October and at Due Drop Events Centre, Manukau from 15 – 18 October.
Read MoreSilo Theatre and Freya Silas Finch (they/them) play with gender for the wonderfully offbeat and eccentric world premiere of A Slow Burlesque, taking the stage at Basement Theatre from 3 – 19 October.
Read MoreStephen Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter, film director and all-round national treasure in the UK. He returns to New Zealand with a brand-new show in November. Tickets go on sale Monday 19 August at 10am.
Read MoreEvents Innovated has today announced that DIVAS! – the smash-hit show that celebrates some of the most heralded female artists and vocalists of our time – is heading on tour for six dates around New Zealand this Spring.
Read MoreAfter a year’s hiatus the festival that showcases the gloriously experimental and wildly innovative arts persona of Tāmaki is back, just in time to usher in Spring. Featuring 56 acts across 14 performance spaces it’s time to celebrate with all of the wacky, political, funny and uber-artistic artists that will come together from September 1 – 22, for Auckland Fringe.
Read MoreNZTrio, one of New Zealand’s most celebrated chamber ensembles, is delighted to announce the second instalment of their 2024 series, with Triptych 2: Untrodden Ways. This continuation of their three-part concert series will unfold in September & October in Whitianga (15 Sep), Auckland (18 Sep), and Greytown (22 Sep), before travelling across the ditch to Adelaide (4 Oct) and Melbourne (5 Oct).
Read MoreThis spring the Nelson Arts Festival celebrates 30 years of incredible artists, conversations and festivities in Whakatū Nelson. To get the party started, the festival announces five acts ahead of the programme launch on Friday 30 August. The festival will offer more than 56 must-see arts experiences over 11 awe-inspiring days, from 24 October – 3 November.
Read MoreThe highly anticipated tour of Rutene Spooner's Be Like Billy? is set to entertain audiences across Aotearoa. This unique one-man comedy cabaret show, with live music and truckloads of show-band flair, will take the stage at various prestigious festivals and venues from 14 September.
Read MoreAfter an electric NZ International Comedy Festival, which drew nearly 70,000 attendees out to enjoy live comedy, organisers knew that Tāmaki Makaurau was thirsty for more!
Read MoreThis year, Music Therapy New Zealand celebrates a significant milestone: 50 years of music therapy practice in Aotearoa. To mark this anniversary there will be a three-day “Looking Back, Moving Forward” event in Wellington, which will begin with an opening celebration on 13 September, followed by a two day conference on 14-15 September 2024. The conference programme includes 48 presentations by over 60 presenters from New Zealand and around the world.
Read MoreFollowing its sell-out season earlier this year at the Aotearoa NZ Festival Of The Arts, having played to packed houses all over the country, The Savage Coloniser Show tours to WORD Christchurch Festival in Tusiata Avia’s hometown of Ōtautahi (9 - 13 September) and to Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival (10 October). The production will then make is international debut at the Seoul Performing Arts Festival 2024 (19 - 20 October).
Read MoreCelebrating 20 years of Tawata Productions, the acclaimed company is taking their unapologetically Indigenous, genre-bending and ground-breaking work Ngā Rorirori on tour, following a successful premiere season in 2022. Melding together contemporary dance, theatre, farcical storytelling and digital recording, this work from Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate 2022 playwright and director Hone Kouka plays in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (12-15 September), Tāmaki Makaurau at Kōanga Festival (19-22 September), Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (25 September) and Ōtautahi at WHAO Festival (04 October).
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