BATS Theatre is doing something massive on the night of 16 November as part of our 35th birthday!
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Flight... Icons...Wētā... ...Lowe&Co...Glastonbury...Stages... Alumni...Luna ...Chocolate...Takeover...
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Laughs, drinks, and hot improvisers in three-piece suits, what more could you want?
True stories shared between the old (old) friends of Best on Tap inspire scenes celebrating the best of truth-based spontaneous theatre created between friends.
blip is an interactive underwater adventure by award-winning performance artist Isaac Hooper The pioneering production of 'Cyborg Sound Poetry', blip harnesses embodied electronics for voice, light, and wordplay through clown.
Improv without the impediment of a fully developed frontal cortex!
Three improv teams face off in a battle for glory, honour, & the audience's favour. We'll bring the knives; you bring the judgement.
Improv comedy group Muunboot are bringing their podcast to the stage with Welcome to the Schmuckpad - a wild show, packed to the brim with absurdities, bizarre characters and wicked-fast improv!
Welcome to the Festival! Voyage into uncharted waters with a crew of dashing performers from the shows yet to come!
Supernatural creatures grapple with love, rage and temptation in an improvised musical.
Settle in for an evening of yarn spinning and storytelling from a spontaneous tira whakaari.
Teams of improvisors meet for the first time in a no-holds-barred, knock-down, drag-out, bare-knuckle brawl! Of improv!
Experience Bodyworks, a genre-defying movement piece that delves into the beauty, challenges, oddities and stories of living in our unique bodies.
Perúvian improviser Andrea Ferpo uses objects from the audience to explore the lives of women.
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!
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Mon - Fri 9am - 4pm
Show Dates
4pm - Late
