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Battle Chorus: Disco Inferno

Auckland

14/06/2025 - 14/06/2025

"Sequins, wigs, sparkly glasses, and a fun format that's all singing, all dancing..

KARE TAO

Hamilton

14/06/2025 - 14/06/2025

"Surprising levels of emotion generated by karetao and puoro exponents..

Glory Whole

Auckland

14/06/2025 - 14/06/2025

"A must-see queer subcultural communion, steamy, anarchic, and unforgettable..

Georgia Lines: Under the Stars with Friends

"Carefully planned show, impressive vocalists, marred by a poor production decision..

Songs from The Factory

Auckland

13/06/2025 - 13/06/2025

"‘From the Pacific, we rise’ - harmony, humour, and heart from The Factory..

Materiel World

Auckland

14/06/2025 - 14/06/2025

"A provocative ceremony of colonial violence..

THE MADELEINES – LIGHTS, CAMERA, GLAMOUR!

New Plymouth

15/06/2025 - 15/06/2025

"Timeless tunes, stunning harmonies and show-stopping style an utter delight..

MDF (medium density fantasy)

Auckland

13/06/2025 - 13/06/2025

"Stunning performance art with satirical intellect fills the house and the imagination...

CLUB BURLESQUE

New Plymouth

14/05/2025 - 14/06/2025

"A sensual night that strips the audience of their conservatism..

TARANAKI COMEDY GALA

New Plymouth

13/06/2025 - 13/06/2025

"Each brings their own rhythm, charm, and power to provoke laughter..

The Tīwhas: A Matariki Spectacular

Wellington, New Plymouth

19/06/2024 - 14/06/2025

"Pride in Māori story-telling, in being Takatāpui, in performance art..

"Flamboyant, lush and absolutely rooted in truth, heart and love..

Double Bill – KUINI & SHAPES IN THE CLOUDS

Auckland

10/06/2025 - 11/06/2025

"A double bill of skill, passion and storytelling offering a deep sense of cultural pride...

A NIGHTIME TRAVESTY

Wellington

12/06/2025 - 14/06/2025

"Risks everything to say something loud and messy and true..

Rutene Spooner's Be Like Billy?

Christchurch, Rotorua, Auckland, Gisborne, Nelson, New Plymouth

25/03/2023 - 12/06/2025

"Aroha that holds joy and pain, reverence and reflection..

"A Question for the Times..

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IN VOGUE: SONGS BY MADONNA

New Plymouth

12/06/2025 - 12/06/2025

"An utterly fabulous way to open the Right Royal Cabaret Festival..

Tūī Girls

Wellington

11/06/2025 - 14/06/2025

"Experiences of grief, both for a beloved Nanny and their culture, ingeniously explored..

DARK!DARK!DARK!

Wellington

05/06/2025 - 07/06/2025

"Powerful messaging reaching beyond the dark...

The Circle

Wellington

11/06/2025 - 13/06/2025

"A dance-theatre work of joyful resistance..

'Avaiki Nui Social Returns

Wellington

09/06/2025 - 09/06/2025

"A call to memory that gets the audience dancing..

KA MUA KA MURI

Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington

25/07/2024 - 05/06/2025

"Tradition colliding with innovation through a wonderful mastery of movement, sound and lighting...

"Culturally profound and visually captivating..

Wrest

Auckland

06/06/2025 - 14/06/2025

"Love, anger, frustration, and a cry from the heart. An uncomfortable, but worthy watch...

"Real, relatable and moving; The realities of early motherhood... closer to terror than bliss...

Night and Mortar

Auckland,

13/12/2022 - 14/06/2025

"Alluring, slick dancing that packs a punch...

"A Drop of Dance with your Drink of Choice..

Gates to Memory

Wellington

05/06/2025 - 07/06/2025

"Silhouettes of remembrance: light, lineage, and the reclamation of time...

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