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.
happy hour
26 june | 8PM
Whatever you ask for, we double it.
Joy, drama, tears, or laughter - Best on Taps’s Happy Hour pours spontaneous truth based improv using the vibe in the room as our starting point.
Sit back and drink it in as we take you on a one time only journey.
We can’t drive you home after so please remember to consume improv responsible.
MICETRO
27 June | 6.30PM
Beloved improv elimination competition Micetro is back for another bite of the cheese.
A crew of eager improvisers will again battle head to head using wit, spur-of-the-moment storytelling and risking everything for an the love of the audience.
There’ll be songs! Drama! Pathos, bathos probably a bit of logos!
A mix of seasoned improvisers and adorable newcomers and everyone in between will play their hearts out to decide who gets eliminated and who survives to be crowned ‘Micetro’.
WANNABE ACADEMY
27 June | 8.30PM
Five hopeful popstars, but just three will make it through to join the band of the century!
Join Pōneke's premier improvisers for a night of marketable music, moving melodies and... media training.
Help our host Millie Osborne search through this wave of talent to find the strongest personalities that'll make teenagers scream.
THIS is the popstar survival parody show that nobody asked for!
MEET YOU OUTSIDE THE TUCK SHOP
28 June | 6.30PM
Escape from the dreary grey skies of Wellington with a trip down nostalgia lane.
The funniest teens in town are ready to transport you back to the first day of school.
No script, no plan — just witty banter, chaotic energy, and core memories.
The scenes are snappy, the characters off the wall, and the gen-z slang?
Certified bussin.
Buckle up, this is comedy by people who've never had to pay for car insurance.