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BATS Theatre is celebrating 21 years of STAB
Friday, 23 September 2016, 12:09 pm | Bats Theatre
The BATS’ annual commission, STAB is turning 21 this year! STAB was created in 1995, with support from Creative New Zealand to provide a platform for artists to take their production to the next level. STAB has since grown to include STAB LAB, ... More >>
A Girl Named Mo Live at Bats Theatre
Wednesday, 7 September 2016, 3:31 pm | Bats Theatre
After blowing audiences away as a member of the Fly My Pretties cast for their run of August shows, October will see A Girl Named Mo take to the stage to perform Platonic\Romantic at Wellington’s Bats Theatre. The show will combine the musical ability of A Girl ... More >>
The Double Caryl Churchill Season
Monday, 11 April 2016, 10:33 am | Bats Theatre
Wellington will soon be treated to a two-play season at BATS Theatre celebrating the vision and unique voice of the UK’s Caryl Churchill, widely regarded to be one of the world’s greatest living playwrights. Far Away is a dystopian fairy tale ... More >>
Wellington to be rocked 15 to 24 March
Thursday, 11 February 2016, 10:03 am | Bats Theatre
“Wolf is a tale of domestic life disturbed by an ever present and unsettling undercurrent of darkness and occult. It is about brooding evil hidden in suburbia and uses the Canterbury earthquakes as its backdrop.” - The Press - Christchurch More >>
Spring Awakening: A play by Frank Wedekind
Thursday, 24 December 2015, 8:33 am | Bats Theatre
Imagine living inside a fantastical world continuously mutating and breeding. We place high expectations and faith into our young people from an early age. Spring Awakening , a play by Frank Wedekind interrogates the experience of growing up and ... More >>
Alan Rickman Impersonator Performs One Man Action Movie
Wednesday, 11 November 2015, 4:16 pm | Bats Theatre
Gift of the Gab is a fast-paced devised show that features James Cain’s impeccable impressions to tell an hour long action movie on stage. Alan Rickman, in a career slump, sells his soul to create the most vacuous piece of entertainment ever witnessed ... More >>
Me/You/Us/Them: Respect existence or expect resistance
Monday, 21 September 2015, 10:04 am | Bats Theatre
There are defining moments in people’s lives which cause change, a transition, moments that create a movement internally and shape them into a unique being, created by these experiences. Our personal experiences are vastly different from each other’s, ... More >>
Comedian Brings Orgy Home
Monday, 29 June 2015, 9:32 am | Bats Theatre
Comedian Freya Desmarais is returning to her roots, bringing two shows in as many weeks to Wellington’s BATS Theatre. More >>
Joyce's Ulysses Comes to BATS, this Bloomsday
Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 9:20 am | Bats Theatre
The Year of Reading Massively is a 12-month podcast project from award-winning comedian and writer Jonny Potts. On June 16th he will be joined by Wellington improv doyenne Jen O'Sullivan, writer and director Uther Dean ('Spyfinger!', 'A Show About Superheroes') ... More >>
Embody2
Monday, 20 April 2015, 2:38 pm | Bats Theatre
Embody2 is a new performance platform for artists who practice and work within the mediums of the body, movement, dance, sound, visuals and music. More >>
Letters from the Front brings ANZAC letters alive
Thursday, 2 April 2015, 12:50 pm | Bats Theatre
Improv troupe Best on Tap is bringing a special show to BATS for ANZAC Day. More >>
Fast and loose theatre from nothing!
Monday, 30 March 2015, 3:16 pm | Bats Theatre
PlayShop is pleased to announce the return of its flagship show, LIVE. PlayShop LIVE is late-night improvised comedy without limits, fast, physical, and unpredictable, and it's performed every Friday night! A team of 4 skilled actors and a musician ... More >>
Once Upon a Time in Wellington
Friday, 10 October 2014, 3:32 pm | Bats Theatre
Once Upon a Time in Wellington is a play showing at BATS from Thursday 16 October to Saturday 25 October, is the third stand-alone play from a trilogy of theatre productions written by Tza Drake, a graduate of Victoria Universities prestigious International ... More >>
Afterlife of a Fringe Favourite
Thursday, 2 October 2014, 11:34 am | Bats Theatre
After a crowd-pleasing run at the 2014 Fringe, Alice May Connolly brings her lo-fi comic fairy tale to the BATS stage in October. Written and performed by Connolly ( Vampimple , The Bacchanals), joined on stage by Hillary Penwarden (The Bacchanals), ... More >>
TONIGHT [28/8/14]: The Great Political Comedy Debate
Thursday, 28 August 2014, 12:22 pm | Bats Theatre
It's a night for debating. You could stay home frowning at tonight's Leaders debate, or laugh it up with us at BATS! More >>
BATS Theatre to become a hive of political performance
Monday, 18 August 2014, 2:34 pm | Bats Theatre
What do Winston Peters, a savage and wild barbarian, Karl Marx, and a group of dusky maidens have in common? They’re all part of #RaucousCaucus2014, a two week festival of political performance taking over BATS Theatre from the 26th of August. More >>
Teenage Brazilian Drag Queen Dominatrix Tells Her Secrets
Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 4:40 pm | Bats Theatre
After Sold out shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland, Mistress Dominique is coming to Wellington to share the secrets of her profession. More >>
BATS calls for community to join flight home
Thursday, 19 June 2014, 12:42 pm | Bats Theatre
BATS Theatre is gearing up, literally, for a return to a strengthened and refurbished building late this year and has announced a deadline of August 1st to reach a target of $25,000 through their fundraising website at www.flybatshome.co.nz. More >>
“Perfect” Benedict Cumberbatch inspires new show
Tuesday, 10 June 2014, 9:59 pm | Bats Theatre
An obsession with British actor and movie star Benedict Cumberbatch has inspired three Wellington women to write and perform “Benedict Cumberbatch Must Die”, on at BATS Theatre from 19 to 28 June. More >>
Helping BATS Fly Home
Thursday, 10 April 2014, 11:25 am | Bats Theatre
The launch of BATS theatre’s fundraising campaign has taken off – with a bit of help from their friends. And with friends like theirs… An event last night hosted by Te Radar at Wellington’s latest waterfront venue, Shed 6, featured Fly My Pretties ... More >>
