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Nominations are now open for the 2025 BroadwayWorld New Zealand Awards! The 2025 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.

Great drama has rich emotional audience connection.

What did our critic think of MARY - THE BIRTH OF FRANKENSTEIN at ASB Waterfront Theatre?

What did our critic think of IRON at Stagecraft Theatre?

The Dolphin Theatre in Onehunga is poised to engage audiences on multiple levels with its production of John Logan's acclaimed play, RED.

Ration the Queen’s Veges is a compelling one-man play produced by Te Pou Theatre, inspired by real events from December 2023.

Mamma Mia! is a vibrant jukebox musical celebrating the timeless hits of Swedish pop legends ABBA.

American folk-rockers and 2 x GRAMMY nominees The Lumineers will bring their AUTOMATIC World Tour to Australia and New Zealand in January 2026.

Running from August 8th to August 23rd, the play honors the cleverness of Wilde's words while also bringing to light the deeper social commentary that lies beneath the witty one-liners.

Deftly directed with keen emotional intensity by Catherine Maunsell, this New Zealand comedy-drama is effectively executed by a very talented cast working superbly together to create shape, light and shadow throughout.

Magic, illusion, and intrigue—making the seemingly impossible possible —form the foundation of Anthony Street’s performance.

Quite simply, this is an imaginative production with the story told as Shakespeare would have interpreted many elements today.

Matilda began as a beloved children’s book by Roald Dahl, published in 1988, and was later adapted into a charming film in 1996—which I absolutely adored.

Maven Theatre Company makes a striking entrance onto the New Zealand theatre scene with the premiere of The Ballad of Maria Marten.

The Sound Inside is a critically acclaimed play by Adam Rapp, first premiering on Broadway at Studio 54 in October 2019.

Wellington Repertory Theatre is running it's latest offering, an adaptation of DH Lawrence's The Fox written by Keith Scott, a Dunedin playwright known for his historical works and original stage plays.

From the minds of award-winning playwright Jess Sayer and director Oliver Driver, comes MARY: The Birth of Frankenstein.

The Pink Hammer by Michele Amas is a much loved Kiwi comedy.

Well directed and skilfully delivered by a stellar cast, this is an absorbing play that will remain with you for a long time.

 Georgy Girl -The Seekers Musical made its New Zealand premiere at Off Broadway Theatre Papakura, Auckland on Saturday night.

The NZ premiere of this quintessential Australian story about The Seekers; how 3 clean-cut young men who looked like bank tellers, and a shy cuddly girl-next-door type, left their hometown to have a go at making the big time.

13 is a coming-of-age musical centred on protagonist Evan Goldman and his navigation through his teenage angst in a small town after his parents divorce.

Taniwha comes to the Silo Theatre this month.

London Suite by Neil Simon comes to the Dolphin Theatre next month.

It is not often that a piece of musical theatre impacts long after the curtains close, but this is certainly the case at Dolphin Theatre's 'Assassins'.