Shows

Dance to This

There is no Better Place to be than at the Troye Sivan Drag Show! Strutting into Ivy Bar & Cabaret on the 6^th of June, go WILD and get ready for a RUSH.

The real big belly laugh

Irish internet sketch comedy sensations Foil, Arms & Hog are coming to Wellington with fun, chaos, and Vogels aplenty. Catch comedic crumbs and loafs of laughter at the St James Theatre on the 5^th of June.

For the Love of Spam

CHamoru/Filipina theatremaker Sierra Sevilla explores the “delicious” connection between canned meat and colonialism in her show For the Love of Spam, on as part of the Kia Mau Festival at Te Auaha from the 3^rd to the 7^th of June.

A parody of a paradigm

Soak the blues away with laughter at Tubs of Fun!, Sandy Burton’s all-new comedy show making a splash at Newtown Community Centre on the 8^th, 9^th, 16^th, and 17^th of May.

Kick it into overdrive

Parking up at Te Auaha between the 21^st and 24^th of May, buckle up for Occean Denham’s NZ International Comedy Festival show A Hot Girl and Her Suzuki Swift.

This night is sparkling

Described as being so good that she “is Taylor Swift”, Shannon will perform hit after hit, costume change after costume change as the best thing at this party in Taylor’s Story, a stage spectacular at The Opera House on the 7^th of May.

Giggles connect us

Calling all kids! Especially the ones who like cake! Sensible Spray and excitable Wipe will bring circus, slapstick, and magic to Circa Theatre in Kitchen Chaos these school holidays.

Faux pas and foul play

Crash-banging into The Opera House between the 19^th and 27^th of April, The Play That Goes Wrong is a finely tuned farce that features faux pas and foul play.

Rock on and rock out

Over 12 years and 67 shows, Caburlesque has been dazzling Wellington audiences with its signature blend of burlesque and variety cabaret. The theme for the next edition? Women of Rock.

What comes before

Ruby Kemp’s brand-new sci-fi musical, presented by Wellington Footlights Society from the 3^rd to the 12^th of April at Gryphon Theatre, “isn’t a show about the apocalypse”, the writer and composer says. “It’s about what comes before.”

Doing it Darby

Rhys Darby, one of Aotearoa’s biggest names, graces The Opera House with his newest stand-up show The Legend Returns on the 27^th of March.

The nectar of the gods

Whether you pray to ancient gods, new ones, or no one, spend the Ides of March on the 15^th at Gods, Myths & Monsters: A Pride Drag Show at Ivy Bar and Cabaret.