The novel Wuthering Heights is a morality tale full of intense passion that explores the complex psychology of love and betrayal. Tackling this depth...
Ahead of her highly anticipated new album, luck… or something, arriving next Friday, February 20, multiplatinum global superstar Hilary Duff has officially announced the lucky me tour, marking...
The novel Wuthering Heights is a morality tale full of intense passion that explores the complex psychology of love and betrayal. Tackling this depth...
Ahead of her highly anticipated new album, luck… or something, arriving next Friday, February 20, multiplatinum global superstar Hilary Duff has officially announced the lucky me tour, marking...
British period dramas often expose the curious and out-dated social rituals of the class system and that makes them ideal targets for parody. Fackham...
Art Day for Gender Equality returns for its second year with an amazing line-up of workshops, music, performance poetry and a lively panel discussion. A full-day...
The Chapel Studios (formerly known as Red Room) was founded in 2006 by award-winning music producer TeMatera Smith who is well-known in supporting emerging and...
Under the skilful direction of former Silo Theatre Artistic Director, Sophie Roberts, Helen Clark in Six Outfits retraces the remarkable trajectory of a farm...
Aucklanders are guaranteed a little extra sunshine this summer, as Auckland Live presents Helios - a breathtaking, larger-than-life artwork created by renowned UK artist...
After delighting Auckland Pride audiences in 2025, award-winning theatremaker Hamish Annan brings Before We Begin back to Basement Theatre for a three-night send-off season.
A naughty, playful, surprisingly tender...
The New Zealand Comedy Trust is thrilled to announce the first local and international comedy stars heading to the 2026 Best Foods Comedy Gala: Hayley Sproull,...
Aspiring Conversations is back, and asking the big questions again. Returning in 2026 after its celebrated comeback in 2024, the festival runs from 27 – 29...
The dream of peace, unity and acceptance remains strong, yet headlines around the world continue to be dominated by hate, conflict and division. New...
The Court Theatre invites audiences to revel in the wit, romance and delicious absurdity of Oscar Wilde’s enduring masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest, directed...
After a sold-out 2025 season, the fastest-selling production in Auckland Theatre Company’s history, Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express is returning by overwhelming popular demand. Audiences...
Kiwis be warned: something strange is happening after dark. Citizens are vanishing. Nerves are fraying. And your designated safehouse will be… a theatre.
Werewolf, the...
Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated performer Eddie Izzard will return to bring her acclaimed one-person performance of The Tragedy of Hamlet to New Zealand in July 2026, following...
Auckland Pride Festival 2026 is set to transform Tāmaki Makaurau this February with a series of events and activations that champion and gather together...
As Christmas is approaching there can be no better way to get into the festive spirit than attending Dynamotion’s latest offering A Christmas Crisis....
Charles Dicken’s was the conscience the Victorian Era needed. His many books and articles excoriated a society full of its own achievements but that...
Auckland Theatre Company has announced its line-up of plays for the 2026 season and it’s an eclectic range of local and international productions. Lots...
Gospel artist KIRK FRANKLIN announces The Tribe of Ope as special guest for his Auckland date, with Melbourne’s Soli openingthe Australian leg of THE...
An internationally acclaimed production of Bluebeard’s Castle, Bartók’s only opera, makes its Auckland debut for two performances only. A stunningly interpreted psychodrama of Bluebeard and...
Critically acclaimed stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and TV personality, Alan Davies, is delighted to announce an extensive Aotearoa tour for July and August 2026, unveiling...
he popular annual Summer Concert Tour returns in January with the recent announcement by Greenstone Entertainment of their stellar 2026 artist line-up, featuring IGGY...
POSTMODERN JUKEBOX has announced their brand-new show, which will take them to cities across UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, to kick off their...
Thirty years after it first premiered, Hone Kouka’s Waiora Te Ūkaipō – The Homelandreturns to the stage in a special 30th anniversary production with Auckland Theatre Company at the ASB...
Shoreside Theatre’s annual Auckland Shakespeare in the Park returns this summer for its milestone 30th anniversary season. The 2026 programme features two of the Bard’s most...
A summer filled with music
NZ Opera’s much-loved Opera in the Park concerts return this summer, as part of Auckland Council’s Music in Parks programme, with two...
The 2026 Auckland International Buskers Festival is set to bring a world class line-up of talented street performers to Tāmaki Makaurau’s waterfront from 23 – 26 January,...
Ladies, it’s time to embrace The Change with a night out full of uncontrollable laughter, uplifting celebration and shared sisterhood! The international phenomenon Menopause The Musical is back...
Before anything begins, a carpet of stars stretches upwards towards a door like portal. It is otherworldly, timeless, a reminder perhaps that we are...
The Dry House is a deeply dramatic play exploring the devastating effects of alcoholism on two sisters.
Chrissy (Alison Bruce) lives in a small flat...
A dazzling, feel-good celebration of the season, The Greatest Christmas Show brings together a 9 strong cast of exceptional dancers, musicians and cirque artists in a...
For more than three decades, Grammy and Academy Award-nominated rock band Counting Crows have enchanted listeners worldwide with their intensely soulful and intricate take...
Following one of the most successful Summer Concert Tours to date, Greenstone Entertainment are thrilled to announce the eagerly anticipated return of the annual...
New Zealand’s greatest independent music and arts festival is back. Splore 2026 is returning to Tāpapakanga Regional Park in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland on February 20th-22nd with a bold new vision and a...
Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival returns from 5–22 March 2026, transforming Tāmaki Makaurau into a city-wide celebration of creativity and connection. Across...
Most New Zealanders will never get the chance to see Michelangelo’s breath-taking Sistine Chapel frescoes in person, so this summer under licence from the...
Celebrating one of the most significant playwrights in our country’s history, Bruce Mason, two contemporary legends of Aotearoa theatre have created a brilliant homage...
Silo Theatre closes out 2025 with the glitter-soaked world premiere of D.R.A.G. (Dressed Resembling a God).
From 13 November – 6 December, Q Theatre Loft transforms into Lady...
BLACK GRACE is absolutely thrilled to announce their groundbreaking tour in November.
In what has already been a mighty year for the company, two landmark...
After a decade of shaking up what a choir can sound like, Stimmung Choir will celebrate its 10-year anniversary with a one-night-only concert at the Auckland...
On Sunday 23 November, Ponsonby’s own Jubilation Choir takes to the stage atHollywood Avondale with special guests Julia Deans, Bella Kalolo and Anika Moa, for a one night only celebration of...
It’s Christmas Eve, and Ebenezer Scrooge is counting down the seconds until the silliness of the season passes. Deeply entrenched in his own misery,...
Prime Minister is a documentary that follows New Zealand’s former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern over the five years of her premiership. It’s told mostly...
Duco Events has today revealed the first wave of artists set to take the stage at Mānuka Phuel SYNTHONY Festival, returning to the Auckland Domain on...
Dear Diary… September 1st, the day it all begins!
In celebration of Heathers Day, it is announced that the global phenomenon Heathers the Musical will make its...
Following record-breaking runs across North America, Europe, the UK, and India, the music icon will bring his epic new tour AURA 2025 to New Zealand this...
Following a hugely successful sold-out tour in 2023, award-winning UK comedian, musician and actor Bill Bailey is heading back to New Zealand this October and November...
Actress, businesswoman, and philanthropist Priscilla Presley, has today announced two dates for An Evening with Priscilla Presley, Life After Elvis in Ōtautahi Christchurch and Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. This news follows...
One of our most treasured theatre stars, Ellie Smith returns home this November with her uplifting and poignant new one-woman show, Life on a Loop, a heartfelt...
After two years away from the spotlight, global superstar Lewis Capaldi is well and truly, back. Back in the charts with his huge new single Survive, back...
It’s been argued that Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein kicked off the sci-fi genre of fiction writing by mixing technology and horror to produce a frenzied...
Olivia Tennet stars as Mary Shelley in Auckland Theatre Company’s Mary: The Birth of Frankenstein. In this transcribed interview with Andrew Whiteside, Olivia (Liv)...
Get ready, New Zealand – the world’s sexiest and most outrageous musical is back, and it’s bigger, bolder, and brasher than ever! After 15 years away, The Rocky...
