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...
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...
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...
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...
