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18 - 21 Sep

You Mustapicked The Wrong Guy to Mess With (Return Season)

Celebrity Treasure Island winner James Mustapic is back in Wellington with hit show 'You Mustapicked The Wrong Guy To Mess With'. Join him as he unpacks all of his biggest feuds from over the years!

19 - 21 Sep

Dungeons & Delinquents: Be Gay Do Crime

It’s time… for crime. Queer Crime. Join Wellington-based Dungeons and Dragons podcast Last In Initiative in a law-defying, action-packed romp into the depths of the seedy criminal underworld.

21 Sep

No Homo: Queer Comedy

Join host James Mustapic alongside some of Wellington's best queer comedians for one night only!

24 - 28 Sep

Farce Onion

Murder, mystery and hot improvisers in three piece suits, what more could you want?

26 - 28 Sep

CRUNCH

Winner of the Grand Design Award at NZ Fringe 2024 and Nominated for Best in Fridge, CRUNCH is coming back to the heart of Pōneke theatre to share its whimsy, joy and crunchiness.

27 Sep

Jez & Jace

An improvised, queer, bogan road-trip comedy that is hilarious, heartfelt and fun.

4 Oct

PopRox

Laughs, drinks, and hot improvisers in three-piece suits, what more could you want?

4 Oct

Between Friends

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.

4 Oct

blip.

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.

4 - 5 Oct

Fresh Produce

Improv without the impediment of a fully developed frontal cortex!

5 Oct

Late Night Knife Fight

Three improv teams face off in a battle for glory, honour, & the audience's favour. We'll bring the knives; you bring the judgement.

5 Oct

The Last Days of Jericho Falls

An improvised rock biopic.

5 Oct

Muunboot: Welcome to the Shmuckpad

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!

8 Oct

All Aboard!

Welcome to the Festival! Voyage into uncharted waters with a crew of dashing performers from the shows yet to come!

8 Oct

Songs from a Spellbound City

Supernatural creatures grapple with love, rage and temptation in an improvised musical.

8 Oct

Kōrero Paki

Settle in for an evening of yarn spinning and storytelling from a spontaneous tira whakaari.

9 Oct

It's us, in the end

This is the end. What would you do with your last hour?

9 - 11 Oct

The Made-Up Smackdown

Teams of improvisors meet for the first time in a no-holds-barred, knock-down, drag-out, bare-knuckle brawl! Of improv!

9 Oct

Bodyworks

Experience Bodyworks, a genre-defying movement piece that delves into the beauty, challenges, oddities and stories of living in our unique bodies.

10 Oct

Grab Bag!

The Festival favourite mix-and-match show is back!

10 Oct

Pulsión — a Sensory Universe

Perúvian improviser Andrea Ferpo uses objects from the audience to explore the lives of women.

10 Oct

There Used to be Magic, Once

The old stories say that there used to be magic, once. It is no longer safe to discuss this openly. There is a guide who claims to know their way to an ancient source. A small group of travellers is following the guide, each for reasons of their own.

11 Oct

100 Things

3 actors. 60 minutes. 100 things. Can they do it?

11 Oct

Chronically Ill-Prepared

Are you feeling better yet? Join us on an improvised journey through the beauty and chaos of life.

11 Oct

Meet the Filipinos

The show is based on the Filipino custom of “pamamanhikan,” which is the meeting of the two families before the wedding. It’s an interactive show where the audience gets to decide on the fate of the couple using their red and green flags to vote.

12 Oct

The Royal Fakespeare Company

The most authentically inauthentic Shakespeare show, made up on the spot.

12 Oct

Closing Night Show

It's the end of the Festival! Come join us to send it off in style!

12 Oct

Improv Masala

A Bollywood masala movie live on stage, created on the spot by a multi-ethnic cast of Kiwi improvisers!

12 Oct

The Ex-Husbands Of Wilhelmina Williams/That 90s Sitcom

Wilhemina Williams is making her triumphant return home after 4 decades away and much musical success in many countries. Become the live studio audience for everyone's favourite, nostalgic 90's sitcom.

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