Every BATS show from the 2026 NZ International Comedy Festival, all in one place.
Fresh off the back of her Melbourne run, Angella brings back her 2025 Fred award winning show.
Driving Me Crazy is a no-brakes comedy collision starring real-life married comedy couple Mo Munn and Q Potts.
In 2021, the pekapeka-tou-roa (long-tailed bat) won New Zealand’s Bird of the Year – despite being a mammal, and not at all a bird.
Gabby thought that moving overseas in her thirties would be the start of her main-character era.
The show involves ballet, violence, wrestling, nudity, an evil owl, magic, 45 bras and a very loose grasp of the French language.
We all have secrets… Things best kept quiet… Tama Alexander is no stranger to hiding from his embarrassing life.
"Like Freaky Friday, but fucked! Like Stars in their Eyes sans celebrities!"
Are you a robot? Yeah, but I'm working on it…
Auckland’s cult hit favourite sell-out sensation is BACK for every week of the NZ Comedy Festival.
This play has everything! A revenge plot, family betrayal and … talking crocodiles?
Four young adults are the test subjects of a new housing experiment in which they must compete against each other in a series of games to secure an entry into the housing market.
What happens when bodies remember what words cannot say? Five lighthouses. Two bodies becoming water, stone, light. Come and experience it.
After years of chasing music, Emma Rutherford faces the question everyone with a creative degree eventually hears: “have you thought about going teaching?”
The Filipino son of NZ comedy is back with a funny and heartfelt new hour about ageing, unpacking your life and the panic of realising you’ve become the adult, whether you’re ready or not.
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.
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.
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!
Office Hours
Mon - Fri 9am - 4pm
Show Dates
4pm - Late
