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On now

14 - 17 Oct 2026

The King's Gambit

A trial with no names. No age, gender, or ethnicity. Can only the facts lead us to justice?

15 Oct 2026

Poprox Shakespeare

More Bard than you can Shake a spear at!

15 Oct 2026

Double Double Feature

Two sets, one show - all improv

16 Oct 2026

Happy Hour - October

Taking prompts from the audience, Best on Tap will create an intoxicating array of scenes and stories to start your weekend right.

16 Oct 2026

Scratch Night - October

Join us for a night of messy works in progress where Pōneke creatives test their ideas in front of a Friday night crowd!

17 Oct 2026

Theatresports - October

Who will be victorious? Who will be ridiculous? Who will get five WHOLE points?

17 Oct 2026

Late Night Knife Fight - October

We bring the knives. You bring the judgement.

Coming up

20 - 24 Oct 2026

Dear God

Four people, Four prayers, One God.

20 - 25 Oct 2026

The Quickest Route to Salvation

"There are no bad choices... Only choices made with bad intentions."

25 - 28 Nov 2026

The Awakening

Rory, lost in the woods and running from home, discovers it might be possible to bring back her brother from the dead. But what will it cost, and how far will she go?

25 - 28 Nov 2026

Since She Burned

A new accusation of witchcraft in Salem throws the townspeople into hysteria! Will Amy be burned like her mother or escape her dreaded fate?

27 Nov 2026

Endemic PARK (the musical)

A splat-stick comedy horror puppet musical set in a less than Jurassic wildlife park.

2 - 5 Dec 2026

UNDREAMT

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN IN YOUR DREAMS?

2 - 5 Dec 2026

The Last Rehearsal

He never left the room, She came back so he could.

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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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