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Mr Snotbottom – Mr Snotbottom's Stinky Silly Show

Wellington, Auckland

17/05/2025 - 24/05/2025

"Fantastic, feel-good comedy delivers stinks, silliness and side-splitting fun..

Brynley Stent – Bonetown

Auckland, Wellington

07/05/2025 - 17/05/2025

"More variety would be welcome from top-notch talent..

Heath Franklin’s Chopper, The Last Hard Basta*d on Earth

Wellington

16/05/2025 - 16/05/2025

"His minimal physicality and maximal verbosity make for a mind-bending speed-date..

Josh Thomson – Old Mate

Wellington, Auckland

15/05/2025 - 24/05/2025

"Could have more impact if it was less rambly..

Eli Matthewson – Heaven's Devil

Wellington, Auckland

16/05/2025 - 20/06/2025

"Has everyone engaged and laughing from start to finish..

Chess - The Musical

Dunedin

15/05/2025 - 24/05/2025

"An abundance of on and off-stage talent..

Henry Yan – Dancing Is Just Physical Talking, So Let's Make A Podcast

Auckland, Wellington

06/05/2025 - 17/05/2025

"Engaging material in search of a story arc..

Kirsty Webeck – Everything I Need To Say About Sea Creatures

Wellington, Auckland

15/05/2025 - 24/05/2025

"Enlightening and disconcerting observations and experiences..

REVEL 2025

Wellington

15/05/2025 - 17/05/2025

"Flawed, fabulous and absolutely worth sneaking into..

Sera Devcich – Exposé

Wellington

15/05/2025 - 17/05/2025

"Pure celebration of pasts that prove tricky to discuss in polite company..

RE-ENGINEERED

Wellington

10/05/2025 - 24/05/2025

"Solo work an important play about identity and reinvention..

"Renders personal experience universal, with humour and humanity..

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DELIGHTFOOL

Wellington, Auckland

22/02/2024 - 17/05/2025

"Radiates a sense of joyous camaraderie..

"Delightfully transcends and transforms the personal and global turbulence of our times..

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THE FIREBIRD with MY BRILLIANT CAREER

Wellington, Auckland, Palmerston North, Invercargill, Dunedin, Christchurch

30/04/2025 - 01/06/2025

"A Dazzling Firebird and Impeccable Dancing..

"A flood of drama, unsurpassed music, dance and special effects. ..

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Ginge & Minge – House of Ick

Wellington

14/05/2025 - 17/05/2025

"A baptism by fire into the most delightfully disturbing club in town..

Lesa MacLeod-Whiting – Rebellina

Wellington, Auckland

13/05/2025 - 24/05/2025

"Makes intellectualism accessible, feminism hilarious, motherhood a collective adventure..

TimProvise – The Kapahaka Dropout

Auckland, Wellington

06/05/2025 - 17/05/2025

"The kind of comedian you feel at ease with..

He Huang – White Man's Burden

Auckland, Wellington

06/05/2025 - 14/05/2025

"Brilliant, subtle satire; supremely confident crowd work and scripting..

Barnie Duncan – Oooky Pooky

Wellington, Auckland

14/05/2025 - 24/05/2025

"Just froth or an experimental deeper dive into oooky pookiness?..

Hoani Hotene – IT’S GETTING HOT-ENE, SO TELL ME ALL YOUR JOKES

Wellington, Auckland

13/05/2025 - 24/05/2025

"Relevant, outspoken, sincerely funny – a breath of fresh air..

Haiming Jiang – Comedy Hypnosis Show

Auckland, Wellington

10/05/2025 - 13/05/2025

"Entertained? Vastly. Sceptical? No. Envious? Perhaps...

How Long is a Piece of String

Wellington

09/05/2025 - 14/05/2025

"A quick-paced, ecclectic mix celebrating talented young dance artists...

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