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Opening 22 May 2013 at The Civic – THE EDGE® [Auckland]
THE ILLUSIONISTS: Witness the Impossible
The Illusionists: Witness the Impossible features seven internationally renowned grand master magicians performing a stunning mix of the most outrageous and unbelievable optical illusions including nail-biting Russian roulette, jaw-dropping acts of levitation, mind-reading, disappearance and death-defying escapes. [more]

Opening 25 May 2013 at Civic Theatre [Otaki]
DANCING IN THE WAKE: The Story of Lucia Joyce
Dancing in the Wake tells the lively and ultimately tragic story of an extraordinary and talented young woman who grew up in the shadow of her famous father, James Joyce. [more]

Opening 25 May 2013 at The Classic [Auckland]
Tyran Park in A LIGHT IN THE DARK
THE BEST DAMN CABARET SHOW OF THE YEAR. He smoulders, he shimmers, he soars! Last Tapes Theatre Company are proud to bring Tyran Parke’s original one-man, Australia-toured, cabaret combustion A Light In The Dark to New Zealand, offering up the music you know and love for one night only. [more]

Opening 25 May 2013 at Circa Two [Wellington]
AFTER JULIET
The Other Side to the World’s Most Famous Love Story Romeo loved Rosaline. Until he saw Juliet. Now Romeo and Juliet are dead. But Rosaline has to go on living … [more]

Opening 25 May 2013 at ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre [Auckland]
Language of Living - North Island tour
Join The New Zealand Dance Company as it embarks on its first North Island tour with its acclaimed inaugural production Language of Living. [more]

Opening 27 May 2013 at The Basement Studio, Lower Greys Ave [Auckland]
BRENDON GREEN in EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT (*Citation Needed)
The surprise package of the 2012 NZ International Comedy Festival, Brendon Green is returning in 2013 with a brand new hour of comedy. Having sold out his debut run of shows and picking up the “2012 Best Newcomer Award” at last year’s Festival, Brendon Green is more than ready to take on the 2013 NZ International Comedy Festival. [more]

Opening 28 May 2013 at Studio 77, VUW [Wellington]
THE KICK
The Theatre Programme at Victoria University presents the English-language premiere of a contemporary German play based on a true murder case. For the past ten weeks the students of the THEA 302 ‘Conventions of Drama and Theatre’ course and the THEA 308 ‘Scenography: The Scenographic Imagination’ course have been rehearsing, designing and discovering the disturbing content of The Kick, translated and directed by German theatre expert Bronwyn Tweddle. [more]

Opening 30 May 2013 at WHITIREIA THEATRE - return season [Wellington]
ROMEO AND TUSI
A story of two teenagers growing up in a state housing area, whose parents are constantly at war with each other. With fate having them meet at 'the housie', the two fall in love – but will their different ethnicities keep them apart? [more]

Opening 1 Jun 2013 at Various venues - on tour [New Zealand wide]
DANCING IN THE WAKE: The Story of Lucia Joyce
Dancing in the Wake tells the lively and ultimately tragic story of an extraordinary and talented young woman who grew up in the shadow of her famous father, James Joyce. [more]

Opening 4 Jun 2013 at Allen Hall Theatre [Dunedin]
DANCING IN THE WAKE: The Story of Lucia Joyce
Dancing in the Wake tells the lively and ultimately tragic story of an extraordinary and talented young woman who grew up in the shadow of her famous father, James Joyce. [more]
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