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Coming up

25 - 29 Mar

Murder on the Dance Floor

When the school disco takes a dark turn, three preteens must do whatever it takes to make sure their big night goes smoothly.

1 - 5 Apr

AltarNative and Māori Krishna

A double bill of solo shows about life outside of the mainstream.

2 - 5 Apr

ESCAPING

A gay exposé about living, loving, losing and learning.

2 - 5 Apr

Whose Memory Lights The Dark

A story of first love navigating life after unexpected tragedy, altering the couple’s trajectory forever.

8 - 12 Apr

Supping With The Devil

Leni Riefenstahl is called Hitler's "Pin-Up Girl," a brilliant filmmaker who sold her soul to the Nazi regime, ruining her career. Supping with the Devil tells her story.

15 - 26 Apr

In The Green

Dare to declare who you are. A musical unlike any you've seen, an astonishingly, sonically sophisticated saga of two exceptional women broken by the world and their journey of healing that changed history.

22 - 26 Apr

Coro

Two Kiwis do Coro. It’s about time your favourite daytime soap got a comedic reboot!

2 May

Ahir Shah: Ends

A comedy show about family, immigration, marriage, history and politics.

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About BATS

From a gorgeous three level repurposed historic building we nurture creative talent and showcase exciting new NZ performance. Our buzzing year-round programme is an alternative mash-up of theatre, dance, improv, stand-up, and experimental work.

​We partner in the development of exciting and bold performance. Through the meeting of digital and live art, bolstering BATS as a hub of creativity and showcasing diverse festival activity we support career sustainability and wellbeing for all.

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Accessibility

We aim to make visiting BATS as easy as possible for everyone. If you need support with access, audio, visual needs, or with reserving an easy access seat in the theatre we encourage you to contact us prior to your visit and discuss your individual needs with our friendly Box Office team.

Put on a show

Putting on a show at BATS is a pretty sweet deal. We spend more supporting our shows than we make back with our low venue fees. That’s alright by us though, we exist to support emerging artists and showcase new NZ performance!

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