Pōneke performing arts Mar 3-9, 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

Some post-NZ Fringe shows have been announced at BATS:

• Guy Gunn: Beast Basher returns

• Acacia O’Connor and Hone Taukiri present AltarNative and Māori Krishna

• Jan Bolwell presents Supping with the Devil

• Grace McLean’s new musical In the Green runs for 2 weeks

Wellington Footlights Society’s new show Solarise is now on sale.

The Tape Face Show has been added to the NZ Comedy Festival in May.

Peppa Pig (and friends) will be at the St James in July (pre-sale 28 March).

This week

It’s the final week of NZ Fringe Festival! I recommend Everything That Happened at Number 68 by Nick Robertson. Is it my show, yes, yes it is.

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

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* = continuation of season

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

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

Mon 24-Sun 30 Mar

• *Tue 25 Mar-Sat 19 Apr, various times - Blithe Spirit | Colin McColl, dir. @ Circa Theatre

• *Tue 25-Sat 29 Mar, various times - Shakespeare in Love | Wellington Repertory Theatre @ Gryphon Theatre

• Wed 26 & Thu 27 Mar, 6:30pm - Suitcase Show (return season) | Trick of the Light @ Hannah Playhouse

• Thu 27 Mar-Sun 13 Apr, 7:30pm (4pm Sun) - End of Summer Time (return season) | Roger Hall @ Circa Theatre

• Thu 27 Mar, 7:30pm - Rhys Darby - The Legend Returns @ Opera House

• Fri 28-Sun 30 Mar, 7:30pm - An Evening with Graham Norton @ Michael Fowler Centre/Opera House

• Sat 29 & Sun 30 Mar - CubaDupa

• Sun 30 Mar, 7pm - PopRox Improv @ Circa Theatre

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