What's on

On now

1 - 24 May

NZ COMEDY FEST 2026

Every BATS show from the 2026 NZ International Comedy Festival, all in one place.

20 - 23 May 2026
closes tomorrow

I'm (Still) Happy For You

Fresh off the back of her Melbourne run, Angella brings back her 2025 Fred award winning show.

20 - 23 May 2026
closes tomorrow

Driving me crazy

Driving Me Crazy is a no-brakes comedy collision starring real-life married comedy couple Mo Munn and Q Potts.

20 - 23 May 2026
closes tomorrow

You Wouldn't Think

We all have secrets… Things best kept quiet… Tama Alexander is no stranger to hiding from his embarrassing life.

20 - 23 May 2026
closes tomorrow

Featherbrained

Oliver Pol is a silly goose.

20 - 23 May 2026
closes tomorrow

Bird of the Year

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.

20 - 23 May 2026
closes tomorrow

As If You Never Left

Gabby thought that moving overseas in her thirties would be the start of her main-character era.

21 - 22 May 2026
last night

SWIPSWOP

"Like Freaky Friday, but fucked! Like Stars in their Eyes sans celebrities!"

21 - 23 May 2026
closes tomorrow

Comic Mans - How To Become Self-Aware Before AI Does

Are you a robot? Yeah, but I'm working on it…

23 May 2026
opens tomorrow

Goblin Girls

Auckland’s cult hit favourite sell-out sensation is BACK for every week of the NZ Comedy Festival.

Coming up

26 - 30 May 2026

Crocodilian Oblivion

This play has everything! A revenge plot, family betrayal and … talking crocodiles?

4 Jun 2026

SHOOT THE GUANO - Practitioners Networking night

A relaxed networking night organised by BATS for theatre practitioners to connect beyond projects, share experiences, and foster relationships within the community.

5 - 13 Jun 2026

How To Play Fantastic Games

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.

11 - 13 Jun 2026

Instant Theatre

A fully improvised dramedy - freshly brewed every night.

16 - 20 Jun 2026

Don't Look Now

Short plays for a changing climate

19 - 20 Jun 2026

The Keeper's Dance: An Evening of Butoh

What happens when bodies remember what words cannot say? Five lighthouses. Two bodies becoming water, stone, light. Come and experience it.

2 - 4 Jul 2026

WOOOF

Music Meditation and ...Meat! A solo comedy where chanting OM turns into screaming WOOOF !!

16 - 18 Jul 2026

In Between The Verses

After years of chasing music, Emma Rutherford faces the question everyone with a creative degree eventually hears: “have you thought about going teaching?”

29 - 30 Jul 2026

Mano Po

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.

decorative rip

Download the latest guano

decorative rip