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Basement Theatre

Lower Greys Ave, Auckland CBD, Auckland
Auckland

Basement Theatre is a theatre in Auckland.

Upcoming Shows

Femmes and Thems Comedy

Femmes and Thems Comedy

Aug 27 – Nov 19, 2026

Local fan-favourite comedy show Femmes and Thems is at Basement Theatre on the last Thursday (usually) of every month! Some of your favourite funny people from across Tmaki Makaurau and beyond take over the Basement Studio for an evening of belly laughs, experimental comedy and...

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Review: BUT WHY, DAD at Circa Theatre

Review: BUT WHY, DAD at Circa Theatre

by Neil Brewer · October 2, 2026

A school-holiday hack for parents with children of wildly different ages: find a show that can keep everyone entertained. Easier said than done when your children range from 5 to 13. My five-year-old and a thirteen-year-old do not, generally speaking, agree on much. But But Why, Dad?? Boy, did thi…

Review: JOB at Q Theatre

Review: JOB at Q Theatre

by Monica Moore · September 6, 2026

Silo Theatre’s Auckland production of Job, playing at Q Theatre’s Loft, is a superb rendering of the Broadway hit — a two-hander that earns every ounce of its reputation. Walking in tired on opening night, I fully expected to coast through the evening. Instead, I found myself pinned to my seat…

Review: SENSE & SENSIBILITY at Hutt Repertory Theatre

Review: SENSE & SENSIBILITY at Hutt Repertory Theatre

by Neil Brewer · September 3, 2026

Sense and Sensibility is Jane Austen's classic novel, first published anonymously in 1811. Set within the social constraints of Regency England, it follows the fortunes and romantic entanglements of sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Through their contrasting temperaments, Austen explores the ten…

Review: CIRQUE ALICE at The Civic is a Wondrous Spectacular

Review: CIRQUE ALICE at The Civic is a Wondrous Spectacular

by Jude Gair-Ah Siu · August 29, 2026

Following international success in Australia and Singapore, the rabbit hole to Wonderland has opened up in Auckland with an acrobatic adventure in Cirque Alice. The Civic was packed, with rabbit ears worn proudly on people's heads and girls with blonde curls and blue dresses. Auckland was ready for …

Review: JUDY'S ENCORE at Circa Theatre

Review: JUDY'S ENCORE at Circa Theatre

by Neil Brewer · August 30, 2026

If you have the opportunity to see this production, take it. You will be entertained, moved, and left marvelling at the extraordinary talent on display.…

Past Shows

Garithmetic: The Maths Show for Dumb People

Garithmetic: The Maths Show for Dumb People

Sep 22 – Sep 26, 2026

For too long MATHS has been reserved for smart people. And what have they done with it? Built the economy? Ew! Tricked us into thinking that because they know more numbers that they deserve more resources? Yuck! Well no more! We're making maths as dumb as everything else in this...

The Bridie and Rebecca Variety Show (but it’s just Rebecca and Bridie)

The Bridie and Rebecca Variety Show (but it’s just Rebecca and Bridie)

May 9 – May 23, 2026

There's no business like show business, and there's nobody who knows that better than Bridie Rebecca; Tmaki’s hottest new queer comedic duo! In the Autumn of 2023, Rebecca and Bridie met at an open mic comedy night and noticed they were both wearing the same outfit of overalls...

Can I Get an Underground Location and a Mythical Creature?

Can I Get an Underground Location and a Mythical Creature?

Nov 5 – Nov 9, 2024

Want to experience Dungeons & Dragons without doing all that math? Is watching a wizard fight a shapeshifting dragon on your Must-See list? Then Can I Get an Underground Location and a Mythical Creature? is for you! Experience an improvised fantasy adventure entirely made up on...

Skin Hunger

Skin Hunger

Sep 13 – Sep 17, 2022

GOD, GRIEF AND GASMS SET TO EXPLODE AT AUCKLAND FRINGEDelightfully outspoken actress, writer and Crazy-Grief pod-caster, Tatiana Hotere (Surviving Summer, The Tender Trap) stars in the debut of her semi-autobiographical play Skin Hunger.Skin Hunger is one womans roller coaster...

Fleshies 2.0

Fleshies 2.0

Jul 23 – Jul 30, 2021

Sell-out sensation Fleshies, by local legends The Oddballs, is reimagined by a diverse cast of brilliant young people from Tmaki Makaurau, presented in Auckland Theatre Companys annual HERE & NOW Youth Festival.Fleshies 2.0 is a celebratory call to action to teens, tweens and...

YANG/YOUNG/杨

YANG/YOUNG/杨

Jul 23 – Jul 30, 2021

An identity crisis, final year exams and a boy called Timothe Chalamet is just the beginning!Poppy Young, high school it-girl, struggles to adapt to her new outsider status, meanwhile usually quiet Qiu Ju Yang navigates being vulnerable in love and at home. What do these two...

Revolt. She Said, Revolt Again.

Revolt. She Said, Revolt Again.

Feb 15 – Mar 11, 2017

Revolutionise language. Revolutionise sex. Revolutionise work. Revolutionise the world. Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. by Alice Birch is a subversive, provocative and darkly comic manifesto that exposes the invisible power of language and its implications for radical change...

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