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improv week is back

IMPROV WEEK | June 2025

Calling all Improv lovers!

Improv Week is back, with five shows performed by some of the Aotearoa's top improv troupes.

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On now

18 - 21 Jun

The Sexy Ghost of Xmas

A very Christmas Spinoff of The Sexy Ghost Trilogy.

18 Jun

Champorado

Kiwi-Filipino comedy veteran James Roque serves up an hour of his trademark sweet-and-salty stand-up.

Coming up

26 Jun

Happy Hour

Whatever you ask for, we double it.

26 Jun - 5 Jul

The Home Inside

A delightful, language-lean theatre work for children aged 4-8 years, The Home Inside follows young Winifred on a journey of self-discovery and emotional resilience.

26 Jun

Pudgy Mediocre White Men Solve Your Problems

Dave and Bryan invite you to the Hataitai Bowling Club for a night of fun where we'll help solve your problems through the power of improv!

27 Jun

Micetro

Beloved improv elimination competition Micetro is back for another bite of the cheese.

27 Jun

Wannabe Academy

Five hopeful popstars, but just three will make it through to join the band of the century!

28 Jun

Meet You Outside The Tuck Shop

The funniest teens in town are ready to transport you back to the first day of school.

28 Jun

Late Night Knife Fight

We bring the knives. You bring the judgement.

8 - 12 Jul

My Puppet Who Sighs in Pearl Shavings

A myth of twinned faces, anecdotes from the end times; a body alone, from it two voices.

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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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