Celebrating 25 years, Tempo Dance Festival | Te Rerenga o Tere is Aotearoa New Zealand’s gathering ground for the fearless, the rebellious and the boundary-breaking —...
Cross Street Music Festival returns on Saturday 28 November for its eighth year. The 2026 event, supported by Auckland Live and Auckland Council Events, is heading beyond Cross Street,...
Celebrating 25 years, Tempo Dance Festival | Te Rerenga o Tere is Aotearoa New Zealand’s gathering ground for the fearless, the rebellious and the boundary-breaking —...
Cross Street Music Festival returns on Saturday 28 November for its eighth year. The 2026 event, supported by Auckland Live and Auckland Council Events, is heading beyond Cross Street,...
Starring Jackie Clarke, directed by Jennifer Ward-Lealand and with live piano accompaniment by Penny Dodd, Songs for Nobodies brings together three of New Zealand’s most prominent theatrical forces to create...
Tiki Taane and Auckland Philharmonia are uniting on 22 October for one unmissable night of dance and symphonic fusion in the Auckland Town Hall. Featuring Tiki and special guests performing live with Auckland Phil’s...
WOMAD Aotearoa is confirmed to return to the iconic Bowl of Brooklands, Pukekura Park, Taranaki, from 12–14 March 2027, with tickets on-sale now for...
This September, Silo Theatre brings JOB, the acclaimed psychological thriller by American playwright Max Wolf Friedlich, to Q Theatre. Directed by Shane Bosher and starringStephen Lovatt and Olivia Tennet,...
New Zealand's biggest one-day music festival, Mānuka Phuel SYNTHONY Festival, returning to Auckland Domain on Saturday 20 March 2027. Marking five years at Auckland Domain, the...
Bestselling author, comedian and Britain's twelfth-favourite doctor, Adam Kay, returns to New Zealand with his hilarious festive live show, Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas.Following the international...
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 Vatican Museums, they’re coming...
What happens when one of Shakespeare's greatest villains swaps the English throne for a high school election?
The answer is TEENAGE DICK — Mike Lew's razor-sharp, darkly comic...
Auckland Philharmonia’s most recent operatic performance was Madama Butterfly a three-act piece composed by Giacomo Puccini and set in the city of Nagasaki in...
Constellations is an thought-provoking play produced by Silo Theatre and written by British playwright Nick Payne that tells the story of a relationship between...
Cirque Alice, an epic new circus production inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, is coming to The Civic from Friday, 28 August to Sunday, 6 September...
Tom Sainsbury, Lara Fischel-Chisholm and a cast of sparkly new Dynamotiondebutants present Sharp Teeth for a five-day fling at Q Theatre from 21 July – 25 July.
Scientists have studied...
The complex social interactions of teenagers in American high schools have been at the forefront of film and television for decades. There have been...
The capital’s premier open mic comedy competition, the Wellington Raw Comedy Quest, returns for another year. A stepping stone for many local comedians, the Raw...
Chicago punk quartet Rise Against will tour to New Zealand, joined by Boston’s rock ‘n’ roll underdogs turned champions, Dropkick Murphys.
Produced by Live Nation, this year will...
As part of its 35th anniversary year, Massive Theatre Company presents HOME MADE, a new and original production celebrating the people, places and moments that shape our...
The internationally acclaimed World Press Photo Exhibition returns to Auckland, presenting the outstanding work of photojournalists and documentary photographers from across the globe, thanks to the...
The Oscar qualifying Doc Edge Festival has announced its full 2026 programme, unveiling a bold line-up of documentary films and immersive storytelling from Aotearoa and around...
Presented by The Tuning Fork and San Fran, award-winning Australian electronic duo Hermitude bring their genre-bending live show to New Zealand this July, performing at Wellington’s San Fran on Friday July 24and Auckland’s...
The Queen’s Nanny, written by Australian playwright Melanie Tait, is Tadpole Productions latest theatrical release. Under the expert direction of Simon Prast, the play...
This winter, Auckland Theatre Company presents MACBETH by William Shakespeare, from July 28 until August 22, at the ASB Waterfront Theatre.
Based on a Scottish...
Pacific Dance Festival returns this June with a powerful celebration of contemporary Pacific identity in Aotearoa, bringing together artists from across the Moana in an...
Globally renowned pop group Westlife today announce the Australia and New Zealand leg of their monumental Westlife 25: The Anniversary World Tour, alongside today’s release of their highly...
New Zealand-raised singer-songwriter MACEY as the latest artist selected for Next On. This marks his first headline show in over three years alongside the release of his highly...
Welsh singer and broadcaster Aled Jones MBE is bringing three very special shows in New Zealand — marking his first-ever performances here. The concerts...
The Dire Straits Experience brings the legendary sound of one of rock’s most iconic bands back to Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland this August
The celebrated...
Kiwi artist Aldous Harding today announces her Train on the Island New Zealand tour dates for November. Last month, Aldous announced her first headline shows since 2023,...
Blood, spectacle and bold storytelling collide as The Court Theatre unveils its most ambitious project ever, Let the Right One In.
Opening this month and helmed...
The global comedy phenomenon Defending the Caveman is headed for New Zealand, starring beloved Step Dave actor Jono Kenyon. A record-breaking international hit that has captivated audiences for...
Multi-platinum recording artist Dermot Kennedy, the much-loved singer/songwriter confirming a string of shows across New Zealand this November, following his powerful appearance at last year’s...
Mozart’s masterpiece makes its long-awaited debut in the capital. Renowned for its wit and musical sophistication, this NZ Opera staging by trans-tasman creatives Lindy...
has today announced Australia and New Zealand tour dates for breakout Montana folk duo Buffalo Traffic Jam this October/November, marking their first visit on the Down Under...
After a standout 2025 marked by packed theatres and widespread sell-outs, the L’Oréal French Film Festival Aotearoa celebrates its 20th edition by bringing the magic of French...
The Auckland Opera Studio, in association with the Manukau Symphony Orchestra and Auckland Choral Society, returns to Auckland Town Hall for one night only...
Pacific Dance Festival returns this June with a powerful celebration of contemporary Pacific identity in Aotearoa, bringing together artists from across the Moana in an...
Courtney makes returns to Aotearoa in the wake of extensive UK and North American dates. Known for a performance that’s part intimate storytelling, part...
A bold celebration of rule-breaking burlesque, circus, music and comedy, the Auckland Live Cabaret Festival returns to The Civic from 24 June to 5 July 2026....
A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller is a tragic drama set in the tight-knit Italian-American community of Brooklyn, where longshoreman Eddie Carbone...
As national conversations intensify around consent, rough sex, and the pressures young people face navigating intimacy – highlighted in a recently published New Zealand...
This blackly funny and deeply affecting comedy-drama brings to life the extraordinary true story of Marion Crawford, the governess who raised the young princesses...
A sharp, heartfelt, and unashamedly left-wing look at politics, parenthood and staying positive in 2026
Award-winning comedian and podcaster Tim Batt is back this May with his...
American rock band A Perfect Circle, formed in 1999 by guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan, will visit New Zealand in December,...
One of New Zealand’s most original comedians, CHRIS PARKER is bringing his ability to turn everyday life into laugh-out-loud gold with the Take A Good Look At Me Tour, playing shows across Aotearoa in September.
The Take A Good Look At Me Tour will begin at the St James...
he certified ‘King of Romance’, Engelbert Humperdinck returns to New Zealand and Australia this June and July with ‘The Celebration Tour 2026.’
Englebert will perform...
Come together to celebrate Matariki and honour waiata reo Māori at Auckland Philharmonia’sWaiata Anthems in Concert, a soul-stirring evening of live music collaboration in the...
Following acclaimed and sold-out runs in London as well as an extensive tour of North America, the UK, and Australia, the Olivier Award-winning reimagined...
Internationally acclaimed British comedian and television star Stephen K Amos returns to New Zealand in May with his brand-new show, Now We’re Talking.
Fresh...
Aotearoa’s fan-favourite comedian returns to New Zealand in 2026 with even more understated punchlines and her signature deadpan delivery in the brand-new show, Fatty On...
