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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.…

Review: FIND YOUR TRIBE by Best On Tap

Review: FIND YOUR TRIBE by Best On Tap

by Neil Brewer · August 19, 2026

Best on Tap has assembled a talented group of performers capable of creating something entertaining, heartfelt and memorable from almost nothing at all.…

Past Shows

16 total · showing 1–10

Uma Lava

Nov 23 – Dec 14, 2019

From the award-winning Kiwi/Samoan playwright of last year’s smash hit At the Wake, comes the world premiere season of Uma Lava. Three strangers – a lesbian academic, a closeted right-wing politician and a promiscuous reverend with a penchant for juicy spoken word poetry – walk...

He Kura Korero – The Gift of Speech

Oct 1 – Oct 12, 2019

He Kura Korero encourages young people to be bold and brave in using Te Reo Maori in everyday life, whether they know a little or a lot. Join Kaiarahi as they find their voice and the courage to speak Te Reo Maori. Be a part of their exciting journey and delve into magical...

The Pope

Sep 21

Pope Benedict and Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio meet at the Castel Goundolfo, the Pope’s Summer Residence in August 2012. We witness their imagined discussion.

Cringe Worthy!

Aug 10 – Sep 7, 2019

A smorgasboard of contagiously cringeworthy songs, served with a huge dollop of cheesy comedy. NZ in the 1970s and the cultural cringe was in full swing. Musical options were limited, popular music was served to us via a handful of radio stations and two TV channels. At a time...

Burn Her

Aug 3 – Aug 31, 2019

It’s election night and a fledgling new party led by the charismatic and idealistic Aria Robson clinches one seat in Parliament. That same night, an intern comes to her with a scandal that could sink the party by morning. Aria must decide what or who she is willing to sacrifice...

Tröll

Jul 13 – Jul 20, 2019

It’s 1998. Otto is twelve but online he’s thirteen and he’s pretty sure he gets away with it. He lives with his mum, dad, and sister, a chain-smoking Icelandic granny, and an ancient malevolent troll that’s living in the wall… From Trick of the Light Theatre (The Bookbinder, The...

Switzerland

Switzerland

Mar 17 – Apr 14, 2018

It’s 1995 in the Swiss Alpes where Patricia Highsmith lives, refusing to contact her increasingly desperate publishers who are urging her to write the final instalment of her best-selling Mr Ripley series. But when a mysterious international visitor barges into her home...

At the Wake

At the Wake

Mar 21 – Mar 31, 2018

From the award-winning Kiwi/Samoan playwright of international festival hit Black Faggot, comes the Wellington premiere season of AT THE WAKE. Chain smoking, booze swilling Joan (Lisa Harrow in her Wellington theatre debut) holds court at her daughter’s funeral. Keeping it...

Rushes

Rushes

Feb 23 – Mar 5, 2018

A multi-award winning collaboration, Rushes is an inter-arts experience like no other. Immerse yourself in this unique experience where live music gig meets art gallery meets theatre, dance and film. In Rushes, you will navigate your way around a series of performance spaces...

Joan

Joan

Jan 19 – Feb 17, 2018

Tom Scott’s play, Joan follows his mother’s life from a humble childhood in Southern Ireland to raising six children in grueling circumstances with an angry alcoholic husband. Ginette McDonald and her daughter, Kate McGIll, share the narrative as the older Joan, wounded...

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