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French-Trained Clown Show At Basement Theatre In Two Weeks

Friday, 13 March 2026, 6:22 pm | Basement Theatre

Expect laughter, gasps, confusion, smashed watermelons, and above anything else, whatever you do, don’t hand over your valuables. More >>

ROADKILL: The Uber-Cool Musical' Rolls Into Basement Theatre, Auckland This September

Sunday, 10 August 2025, 6:27 am | Basement Theatre

Strap in for ROADKILL: The Uber-Cool Musical — an immersive, one-man, rock 'n' roll theatre experience like no other. More >>

A Bold New Pasifika Show Premieres At Basement Theatre

Thursday, 31 July 2025, 2:10 pm | Basement Theatre

When best friends Tautai and Maau’s stubborn refusal to change stirs trouble across the realms, their mischief draws the gaze of powerful presences: Nafanua - goddess of war. Fiapoko - god of knowledge. Fa’ataualofa - god of love. More >>

A Karanga To The Lost; A Multimedia Journey Of Communion, Reconnection And Ritual With Our Whakapapa

Wednesday, 23 July 2025, 2:37 pm | Basement Theatre

The show features work from a total of 16 artists including tuakana support from comedian/actor Janaye Henry (Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa), poet/writer Liam Jacobson (Kāi Tahu) and movement artist Gabby Terras. More >>

Critically Acclaimed One Man Show Offers Intimate, Personal Look At Gender Transition

Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 4:07 pm | Basement Theatre

Man Lessons has previously played three seasons, including a sold-out run during Auckland Pride's 2023 season at Basement Theatre. This Matariki, the show has been completely re-crafted into something portable enough to be performed anywhere meaningful ... More >>

Beloved Dungeons And Dragons Show Embraces Accessibility

Monday, 28 October 2024, 10:08 am | Basement Theatre

Despite the challenges of adding accessibility measures to improvised shows, Improverished are intent on making their performances as accessible as possible by offering a special Relaxed Performance, along with Touch Tours before two of the shows in their week-long ... More >>

Retail Therapy: The Gloves - And Clothes! - Come Off

Monday, 20 August 2018, 2:37 pm | Basement Theatre

Click-Clack Productions presents RETAIL THERAPY Written by Grace-Amelia Vernal Directed by Richard Green More >>

Santa Claus is in the Basement And He’s Coming for You!

Thursday, 26 October 2017, 6:50 pm | Basement Theatre

Santa Claus is in the Basement And He’s Coming for You! The Basement Theatre’s 9th Annual Christmas Show SANTA CLAUS Directed by Leo Gene Peters More >>

Sara Wiseman Directs ‘Danny and the Deep Blue Sea’

Friday, 23 June 2017, 9:25 am | Basement Theatre

In 2004, Sara Wiseman won the esteemed Metro Magazine ‘Best Actress Award’ for her portrayal of Roberta in Silo Theatre’s season of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea . Over a decade later Wiseman turns her hand to directing for the first time with ... More >>

The Basement Theatre Performance Salon

Thursday, 9 February 2017, 2:06 pm | Basement Theatre

Throughout the festival, the venue’s upstairs studio space will be transformed into a Performance Salon. The loungey setting - with cabaret tables, couches and a bar, will play host to around six short vignette performance pieces each night, ... More >>

New Monologue Series Tells Five Unique Women’s Stories

Wednesday, 20 April 2016, 3:25 pm | Basement Theatre

A powerful and thought-provoking new one-woman theatre show will have its world premiere season at Auckland’s Basement Theatre from Tuesday 24 May, 2016. More >>

Hungover – A Musical Comedy

Monday, 21 March 2016, 11:22 am | Basement Theatre

What can you remember from last night? For cataclysmically hungover Tom, Lauren, and Will, it’s not much. After an epic night, the three friends attempt to piece together the night before and navigate their own love lives - all through the haze ... More >>

Bubblelands: A Fable of Fishy Sentience, Ecology And Sashimi

Friday, 7 August 2015, 9:57 am | Basement Theatre

Omphalos Co and A+ Productions presents Bubblelands by Renee Liang, directed by Amanda Grace Leo More >>

Purple Rainbow

Wednesday, 8 January 2014, 5:31 pm | Basement Theatre

The Gays are getting married and the irrepressibly straight Roberto senses something ominous in the air. The LGBT community is out in droves and this ain’t no Pride Parade. Can Roberto escape with his sexuality unscathed? More >>

The Basement Shows Off Auckland's Newest Talent

Monday, 12 August 2013, 5:10 pm | Basement Theatre

Media release; For immediate release DISCOVERING TOMORROW'S THEATRE MAKERS: THE BASEMENT SHOWS OFF AUCKLAND'S NEWEST TALENT The Basement presents In association with Young and Hungry Arts Trust and Lion Foundation YOUNG AND HUNGRY FESTIVAL OF NEW THEATRE ... More >>

Rebels & Robots Presents the NZ premiere of Cat and Mouse

Saturday, 15 June 2013, 12:25 pm | Basement Theatre

Roberto works in a bar and meets multitudes of women, but nothing can prepare him for Cat. Drunk, desperate and on a failed date, he takes her number through pity and sleeps with her out of lust. A week later he meets Cleo: confident, indifferent, ... More >>

Megachristmas by Nic Sampson & Barnaby Fredrick

Thursday, 15 November 2012, 5:06 pm | Basement Theatre

Basement Theatre are stuffing their Christmas stocking full, as even more names have been announced for their traditional end of year romp – with Megachristmas taking place December 12th to the 22nd. More >>

The Basement presents Mega Christmas

Monday, 29 October 2012, 4:44 pm | Basement Theatre

A Christmas cracker banging with talent! The rotating cast includes: MIA BLAKE, MICHAEL HURST, FERN SUTHERLAND, BETH ALLEN, FASITUA AMOSA, MILLEN BAIRD, NIC SAMPSON, JENNIFER WARD LEALAND, DAVE FANE, BRONWYN BRADLEY, OLIVER DRIVER, CAMERON RHODES, ASH JONES, ... More >>

Some Explicit Polaroids

Thursday, 7 June 2012, 1:07 pm | Basement Theatre

REBELS & ROBOTS PRODUCTIONS presents The NZ premiere of : SOME EXPLICIT POLAROIDS By Mark Ravenhill THE BASEMENT THEATRE – June 20th to 30th at 8pm* *(June 24th Show at 7pm. No show on June 25th) Failed Assassination Attempts / New Age Strippers ... More >>

Brazilian Drag Queen To Confess All

Sunday, 2 January 2011, 8:48 pm | Basement Theatre

Brazilian Drag Queen To Confess All, Fabulously, At The Basement! Confessions of a Drag Queen, The Basement Theatre, 26 – 29 January More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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