Following 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).
Read MoreAfter eleven incredible years, Sophie Roberts will step down as Silo Theatre’s Artistic Director in June 2025.
Read MoreThe acclaimed World Press Photo Exhibition, a stunning selection of the past year’s best photojournalism and documentary photography from around the world, returns this month from 20 July – 11 August at Smith and Caughey’s.
Read MoreAward-winning duo and all-time internet legends, Dan and Phil are back with their biggest worldwide tour to date, Terrible Influence - a screamingly hilarious brand-new live stage show. The tour will take in an initial 70+ dates around the globe, starting in September 2024 until February 2025.
Read MoreFrom the creators of audience favourites Jekyll & Hyde and Don Juan, the masters of irreverence, A Slightly Isolated Dog, are thrilled to return to Q Theatre with a hilarious and genre-bending immersive production. Our Own Little Mess runs from 24 July – 3 August as part of Q’s MATCHBOX.
Read MoreEnjoy an outstanding evening of musical excellence from the country’s most renowned combined choir and orchestra, Bach Musica NZ, at the Auckland Town Hall on 15 September, with a presentation of Mendelssohn's popular Symphony No 2 Hymn of Praise, op. 52.
Read MoreThis one-day LIVE writing event offers a stunning opportunity for established and aspiring writers to learn from some of NZ’s most successful writers, on Sunday 21 July at Toi Tu Studio One.
Read MoreA highly contagious and deadly strain of avian influenza, commonly known as "bird flu," is feared to land in New Zealand for the first time. To cope with this potential outbreak BirdCare Aotearoa needs support.
Read MoreJoin heavily medicated lounge singer Tabitha Booth along with her long-suffering stagehand (not stage-foot) Riley Bell, for an intimate evening of unhinged comedy like no other.
Read MoreWith their powers combined, Auckland Theatre Company and Silo Theatre are sharing an urgent message about our future with the New Zealand premiere of David Finnigan’s Scenes from the Climate Era, playing at Q Theatre Rangatira from 2 – 24 August.
Read MoreHeading to Northland this July, Laughs on Tour presents some of the funniest comedians in Aotearoa right now at the best two-hour comedy showcase around. This time Whangārei and Kerikeri both get in on the action for two nights of uproarious laughter, with Friday Laughs on 12 July at ONEONESIX in Whangārei and Saturday Laughs on 13 July at Turner Centre in Kerikeri.
Read MoreWellington’s premier open mic comedy competition, the Wellington Raw Comedy Quest, is back for 2024 and is set to meet the freshest and bravest new faces of the local comedy scene. The first heat kicks off in the Capital on 27 June at Te Auaha, MC’d by 2019 National winner Courtney Dawson.
Read MoreAward-winning comedian and writer Sarah Millican announces her all new New Zealand tour in 2025.
Read MoreAtamira Dance Company uplifts the voices of acclaimed choreographers and long-time collaborators, Bianca Hyslop and Eddie Elliott in KA MUA KA MURI for a three-centre tour, playing Tāmaki Makaurau (25-27 July), Whangārei (22 August) and Kirikiriroa (29 August).
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