Pōneke performing arts Feb 24-Mar 2, 2025

Nau mai, haere mai to my weekly round-up of every public performing arts event in Pōneke/Wellington (that I know of). I list the next 4 weeks of shows below, and also keep a chronological spreadsheet for the rest of 2025.

Recently announced

Anna Secker presents idk: Angst & Hormones at BATS in March.

The Barden Party bring their Macbeth back in March.

Ahir Shah (UK) brings his Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show Ends to BATS for one night in May.

Inverted Citizens’ REVEL is back in May.

Kia Mau Festival have announced their next batch of shows:

• For the Love of Spam by Sierra Sevilla (UK/Guam)

• Braiding the Land by Raven Spirit Dance (Canada aka Turtle Island)

• The Aotearoans by Īhaka Martyn

• A Short History of Asian New Zealand Theatre by Nathan Joe

• Heart of Stone by Emma Katene

This week

The NZ Fringe Festival continues in full force!

Also on are: Don’t Look Now from Theatre for Climate; In Other Words with Jennifer Ward-Leland and Michael Hurst; and the Newtown Festival on Sunday.

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* = continuation of season

Advisory: Please double check the dates/times/venues of events when you book tickets!

Mon 24 Feb-Sun 2 Mar

Not NZ Fringe Festival:

• Wed 26, Fri 28 Feb, Thu 6 Mar, Sat 5 Apr, 7pm - Don’t Look Now | Theatre for Climate @ Newtown Community Centre / Vogelmorn Bowling Club / Strathmore Park Community Centre / Ngaio Union Church

• Thu 27 Feb-Sat 8 Mar, 6:30pm (4pm Sun) - In Other Words | Figment Productions (Jennifer Ward-Leland, Michael Hurst, Callum Brodie) @ Circa Theatre

• Sun 2 Mar - Newtown Festival

NZ Fringe Festival:

• *Mon 24 Feb, Sat 1-Mon 3 Mar, various times - a show for when you feel lonely. | Theatre of Love (James Wenley) @ James’ apartment

• Mon 24-Wed 26 Feb, 8:30pm - Guy Gunn: Beast Basher | Dimly Wit Productions (David Bowers-Mason & Mitchell Botting) @ Gryphon Theatre

• Tue 25-Fri 28 Feb, 6pm - Scat on a Hot Tin Roof | Hakaia Daly @ Fringe Bar

• Tue 25 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 6:30pm - Riding Waves, Growing Roots | Sarai Perenise-Ropeti @ BATS Theatre

• Tue 25 Feb, 7:30pm - SPOON SHOW - Development Showing | Daniel Nodder @ Fringe Bar

• Tue 25 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 7:30pm - SONDER: Second Hand | Duct Taped On @ BATS Theatre

• Tue 25-Thu 27 Feb, 7:30pm - Tecuani | Alux Theatre @ Hannah Playhouse

• Tue 25 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 8pm - THERAPY: A Musical Comedy | Good for Her Productions (Chelsea McRae, Mario Sadra de-Jong) @ BATS Theatre

• Tue 25 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 9pm - Bailey Poching: Doing Great @ BATS Theatre

• Wed 26 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 6pm (& 3pm Sat) - The Blue Plate Special | Corrie Milne, RV Quijano, Louise Jamieson @ Te Auaha

• Wed 26 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 6:30pm - Cancer Card | Becky Steepe @ Circus Bar

• Wed 26 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 6:30pm - Secret Time Travel Meeting | Shawn Wickens @ Te Auaha

• Wed 26 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 6:30pm - Three Feet Under | Two Girls and a Dog (Helen Vivienne Fletcher, Ivana Palezevic) @ Te Auaha

• Wed 26-Fri 28 Feb, 7pm - Baby Gorgeous Build Ups | Marshall Lorenzo @ Gryphon Theatre

• *Wed 26 Feb, Sat 8 Mar, 7pm - Petit ChouX & Ana @ Pow Wow Room / Abandoned Brewery Petone

• Wed 26 Feb, 7pm - Sidesplitters NZ Fringe Fest Taster @ Whisky & Wood

• Wed 26 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 7:30pm - Flawless | Frankie & Lola (Leanne Jenkins & Frances Muir) @ Te Auaha

• *Wed 26 Feb, Wed 5 Mar, 7:30pm - Fringe Bar Comedy Club: Best of the Fest @ Fringe Bar

• Wed 26 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 8pm (& 5pm Sat) - How to Art | Ratbags @ Te Auaha

• Wed 26 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 8pm - IndigE-girl Comedy @ Te Auaha

• *Wed 26 Feb-Thu 6 Mar, 8:30pm - The Sexy Ghost Trilogy | George Fenn @ Whisky & Wood

• Wed 26 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 9pm (& 4:30pm Sat) - HEY SIRI | Vaping Dragon Productions (Micky Delahunty, Jono Weston, Parekawa Finlay) @ Te Auaha

• Wed 26 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 9:30pm - Jim's No Cowboy | Sophie Maree, Kelsi Stroud, Sibel Atalay @ Te Auaha

• Thu 27 & Fri 28 Feb, various times - The Girmit | Nadia Freeman @ National Library / Pātaka

• Thu 27 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 7:30pm - Don't Bully Me I'll become a Comedian (WIP) | Keegan Thomas @ Fringe Bar

• Thu 27 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 7:30pm - Steiner and the Snake | Dussler & Team @ Newtown Community Centre

• Thu 27 & Fri 28 Feb, 7:30pm - Tales from a Country Pub | Chris Sainton-Clark @ Welsh Dragon Bar

• Thu 27 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 7:30pm - The Big Vent | Blip the Siren (Isaac Hooper) @ Humanners Expressway (120 Victoria St)

• Thu 27 Feb, 7:30pm - The Coming 2nd | Jaqi Taimana @ Vogelmorn Bowling Club

• Thu 27 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 7:30pm - Twins From the Bin | Chen Wang & Summer Begalka @ Pow Wow Room

• Thu 27 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 8pm - The Self Possessed | Neurodiverse Arts (Glenn McKenzie) @ St Christopher’s

• Thu 27 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 8:30pm - The Fother Muckers @ Gryphon Theatre

• Thu 27 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 9pm - Bottom Surgery | Lily Catastrophe @ Fringe Bar

• Thu 27 Feb-Sat 1 Mar, 9pm - Trying Our Best (Under the Circumstances) | Sam Howard & Oliver Pol @ Pow Wow Room

• Fri 28 Feb-Sun 2 Mar, 5:30pm - The Vulvodynia Diaries | Mave @ Pow Wow Room

• Fri 28 Feb & Sat 1 Mar, 7:30pm - Renegade Cabaret | The Black Rabbit @ Whisky & Wood

• *Fri 28 Feb, 7:30pm - This Wasn't the Plan | Glenn Horsfall @ Thistle Hall

• Fri 28 Feb & Sat 1 Mar, 8pm (& 4pm Sat) - Feign | Liam Sharpe @ Circus Hub

• Fri 28 Feb, 8pm - Iris Little - The Nature Project @ Hannah Playhouse

• Sat 1 & Sun 2 Mar, 10:30am & 3:30pm - The Tiny Show | Company of Giants (Tomasin Fisher-Johnson) @ Te Auaha

• Sat 1 & Sun 2, Sat 8 & Sun 9 Mar, 11am & 1pm - Hugo's Rainbow Show | Hugo Grrrl @ Thistle Hall / Newtown Community Centre

• Sat 1, Sun 2, Sat 8 Mar, 11:30am & 1:30pm - Science Magic: Messy Mayhem | Donal Vaughan @ Te Auaha

• *Sat 1 & Sun 2 Mar, 5:30pm - Anxiety… The Musical!? | Maria Williams @ Gryphon Theatre

• Sat 1 & Sun 2 Mar, 7pm - Gauntlet Prom: The Musical | Nemesis Productions (Kaia Costanza-van Den Belt) @ Gryphon Theatre

• Sat 1 Mar, 7pm & 9pm - Waypeople | Jake Baxendale, Chelsea Prastiti, Jia Ling @ Hannah Playhouse

• *Sat 1 Mar, 8pm - Saturday Laughs | Wellington Comedy @ Abandoned Brewery Petone

• Sat 2 & Fri 7 Mar, various times - The Crimson Club @ Fringe Bar / St Peter’s Village Hall, Paekākāriki

• Sun 2 Mar, 7:30pm - Renegade Cabaret: Bellini's Boys | The Black Rabbit & Jojo Bellini @ Whisky & Wood

Mon 3-Sun 9 Mar

Not NZ Fringe Festival:

• *Tue 4-Sat 8 Mar, 6:30pm - In Other Words | Figment Productions (Jennifer Ward-Leland, Michael Hurst, Callum Brodie) @ Circa Theatre

• *Thu 6 Mar, Sat 5 Apr, 7pm - Don’t Look Now | Theatre for Climate @ Strathmore Park Community Centre / Ngaio Union Church

NZ Fringe Festival:

• Mon 3-Wed 5 Mar, 5:30pm - Papa | Kaputī Studio @ Gryphon Theatre

• *Mon 3 Mar, 6:30pm - a show for when you feel lonely. | Theatre of Love (James Wenley) @ James’ apartment

• Mon 3-Sat 8 Mar, various times - Dance with Dementia | Bandone Productions @ Gryphon Theatre / Vogelmorn Bowling Club

• Tue 4-Fri 7 Mar, various times - ROADKILL: The Uber-Cool Musical | Tom Knowles @ ROADKILL van

• Tue 4-Sat 8 Mar, 6pm - APHRODI-TIM | LOOSE UNIT (Tim Fraser) @ Fringe Bar

• Tue 4-Sat 8 Mar, 7pm - Sing Me the Sweetest Songs | Wallflower Productions @ BATS Theatre

• Tue 4 & Wed 5 Mar, 7pm - Triple Double Trouble | Improv Connection @ Newtown Community Centre

• Tue 4-Thu 6 Mar, 7:30pm - Captain Houndstooth @ Pow Wow Room

• Tue 4-Sat 8 Mar, 7:30pm - Everything That Happened at Number 68 | Nick Robertson @ BATS Theatre

• Tue 4-Thu 6 Mar, 8pm - HAUSDOWN | Inconceivable Productions (Katie Hill & Ruby Carter) @ Hannah Playhouse

• Tue 4-Sat 8 Mar, 8pm - Love; Mum | Sela Faletolu-Fasi @ BATS Theatre

• Tue 4-Sat 8 Mar, 8:30pm - House of Ick | Ginge & Minge (Nina Hogg & Megan Connolly) @ BATS Theatre

• Tue 4 & Wed 5 Mar, 9pm - Callum and Hoani Open a Can of Whoop-Laughs | Hoani Hotene & Callum Wagstaff @ Fringe Bar

• Tue 4-Sat 8 Mar, 9pm - Dictionary | Absurdists Inc (Nathan King) @ BATS Theatre

• Wed 5-Sat 8 Mar, 6pm - The Brilliance of Broken Glass | Brooke @ Te Auaha

• Wed 5-Sat 8 Mar, 6pm - Whanake | Te Whare Tapere Collective

• Wed 5-Fri 7 Mar, 7pm - Accordion Ryan's Pop Bangers @ Ivy Bar

• Wed 5 Mar, 7pm - Selena Mersey: Madonna/Whore @ Gryphon Theatre

• Wed 5-Fri 7 Mar, 7pm - DOORMAT | S.L.U.G. (Society for Little Ugly Girls) Theatre Company @ Preservatorium Cafe

• *Wed 5 Mar, 7:30pm - Fringe Bar Comedy Club: Best of the Fest @ Fringe Bar

• Wed 5-Sat 8 Mar, 7:30pm - Temporal Aria | Nicole Maisey @ Te Auaha

• Wed 5-Sat 8 Mar, 8pm - POMMIE FUNNY FILLIES - Sajeela Kershi & Suzy Bennett @ Te Auaha

• Wed 5-Sat 8 Mar, 8pm - Space Invaders | Nicola Brown @ Te Auaha

• Wed 5-Sat 8 Mar, 8:30pm - 22 (Brooke’s Version) | Brooke @ Te Auaha

• *Wed 5 & Thu 6 Mar, 8:30pm - The Sexy Ghost Trilogy | George Fenn @ Whisky & Wood

• Wed 5-Sat 8 Mar, 9:30pm - THE KIDS MIGHT DIE (a tale told by an idiot) | Young and Wise Theatre Co (USA) @ Te Auaha

• Thu 6-Sat 8 Mar, 6pm (& 2pm Fri) - D' Things N Such | Seiyan Thompson-Tonga @ BATS Theatre

• Thu 6-Sat 8 Mar, 6pm - Neurodi-versatile | Andreas Lepper & students @ Salvation Army Hall

• Thu 6-Sat 8 Mar, 6pm - Selena Mersey: Bisexuelle @ Gryphon Theatre

• *Thu 6-Sat 8 Mar, various times - Capital Reeds @ Thistle Hall / Inverlochy Art School

• Thu 6-Sat 8 Mar, 6:30pm - Wow, You've Changed. | Indie Vine & Katy Borrows @ two/fiftyseven

• Thu 6-Sat 8 Mar, 7pm - I Was a Teenage Racist | Simon Kingsley-Holmes @ Sweet Axe Throwing Co

• Thu 6 Mar, 7pm - The Rocking Rainbows @ Newtown Community Centre

• Thu 6-Sat 8 Mar, 7:30pm - Egg | Monfu (Sachie Mikawa) @ Fringe Bar

• Thu 6-Sat 8 Mar, 8pm (& 4pm Sat) - Prowl | Prowl Productions @ Gryphon Theatre

• Thu 6-Sat 8 Mar, 9pm - Fist Club | Willyworks (Willy SmacknTush) @ Fringe Bar

• Thu 6-Sat 8 Mar, 9pm (& 4:30pm Sat) - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes | Michael Parmenter & Lucy Marinkovich @ Te Auaha

• *Fri 7 & Sat 8 Mar, 6pm - Sameena Zehra - Work In Progress @ Hannah Playhouse

• Fri 7 Mar, 7:30pm & 9:30pm - The Chasm Where We Fall Into Each Other | Louisa Williamson @ Hannah Playhouse

• *Fri 7 Mar, 7:30pm - The Crimson Club @ St Peter’s Village Hall, Paekākāriki

• Fri 7 Mar, 8pm - Airhorn! | ACW (Zach Mandeville & Lesa MacLeod-Whiting) @ Newtown Community Centre

• Fri 7 Mar, 8pm - Scotland Made the World | Bruce Fummey @ Thistle Inn

• *Sat 8 Mar, 11:30am - Flutter | String Bean Puppets @ Zealandia

• *Sat 8 Mar, 11:30am & 1:30pm - Science Magic: Messy Mayhem | Donal Vaughan @ Te Auaha

• *Sat 8 & Sun 9 Mar, 11am & 1pm - Hugo's Rainbow Show | Hugo Grrrl @ Newtown Community Centre

• Sat 8 Mar, 2pm - Ground (play reading) | Evangelina Telfar @ Circa Theatre

• *Sat 8 Mar, 6pm - 30 Songs:30 Years | Hannah Virk @ Meanwhile

• *Sat 8 Mar, 7pm - Petit ChouX & Ana @ Abandoned Brewery Petone

• Sat 8 Mar, 7:30pm & 9:30pm - Deva Mahal @ Hannah Playhouse

• Sat 8 Mar, 8pm - Ska Punk Dance Party | Ska Pai @ Moon

• *Sat 8 Mar, 11:59pm - The Night is Always Darkest | Lia Kelly, Izzi Lao, Rosie Glover, Austin Harrison, Campbell Wright, Dylan Hutton @ two/fiftyseven

Mon 10-Sun 16 Mar

• Fri 14 & Sat 15 Mar, 7:30pm (& 1:30pm Sat) - The RNZB with Scottish Ballet @ St James Theatre

• Fri 14 & Sat 15 Mar - Homegrown Festival @ Wellington Waterfront

Mon 17-Sun 23 Mar

• Tue 18 Mar-Sat 19 Apr, various times - Blithe Spirit | Colin McColl, dir. @ Circa Theatre

• Tue 18-Sat 22 Mar, 7pm - idk: Angst & Hormones | Stuff & Things Theatre (Anna Secker) @ BATS Theatre

• Wed 19-Sat 29 Mar, various times - Shakespeare in Love | Wellington Repertory Theatre @ Gryphon Theatre

• Fri 21 Mar, 7:30pm - Love Actuary (preview) | Advait Kirtikar @ Cavern Club

• Sat 22 Mar, 7pm - Circus of Illusion Magic Show | Boyd Productions @ St James Theatre

• Sat 22 Mar, 8pm - Kitty Flanagan Live @ Opera House

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