Shows
Set to stun
Meet family circus act The Fabelinskys this New Zealand Fringe Festival in a fabulous and breathtaking comedy-drama set in a travelling circus in the 1890s.
Va-va-voom
Get heart eyes and belly butterflies this Valentine’s Day at Heart Throb – The Breakup Drag Show at Ivy Bar and Cabaret. This drag show isn’t just for the lovers, but for the heartbroken and villains too.
Enchanted to meet you
Want to see Taylor Swift’s famous cat Olivia Benson shaking their tail feather onstage, or an epic Bad Blood battle round a pole? Caburlesque will swiftly bring the superstar’s hits to The Fringe Bar on the 1st of February.
Mischief and mayhem
Fun! Fun! Fun is on its way to Carterton, Lower Hutt, and Paraparaumu with Dr Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat – Live on Stage careening into theatres this 15th, 16th, and 17th of January.
Have yourself…
A Very Merry Caburlesque! New Zealand’s longest-running burlesque-meets-cabaret variety show will deck The Fringe Bar with boughs of holly and sequins strung on feather boas on the 7th of December.
Naughty or nice?
Ms. Claus is single and ready to mingle (and jingle)! That’s why she’s signed up for PopRox’s Ms. Christmas Bachelorette, a Christmas-themed, improvised dating show at Hannah Playhouse on the 13th of December.
Jeepers, creepers!
Zoinks! Something is afoot down at Ivy Bar and Cabaret. The Mystery Inc gang are in the house, but they need your help to crack the case at Scooby Doo Drag Show on the 22nd of November.
Howdy, folks
Saddle up for a hullabaloo, Carterton! Friday Laughs is coming to Carterton Events Centre on the 15th of November with Wilson Dixon, Lesa MacLeod-Whiting, and local laugh legends in tow.
The heart and soul of Kiwi communication
We caught up with 7 Days host Jeremy Corbett about the live show, which hits Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre on the 8th of November amidst a nationwide “golf tour interrupted by performances”.
Spooky and spicy
Eat your heart out at Fired Up Halloween, a sultry Samhain soirée at The Fringe Bar on the 27th of October.
The strength of sisterhood
Sister Wives, based on an unsettling true story that happened right here in Wellington, will premiere at BATS Theatre from the 16th to the 19th of October.
Wicked, wonderful, weird
In a cautionary tale, giants, foxes, trolls, and the obnoxious king of the land collide. Step into The Kingdom of Bling from The Rocky Horror Picture Show creator Richard O’Brien at The Opera House on the 31st of October and Te Raukura ki Kāpiti: Performing Arts Centre on the 1st of November.