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Make Labour Weekend An Arts Adventure At The Nelson Arts Festival
Thursday, 9 October 2025, 1:12 pm | Elephant Publicity
Closing out the long weekend, the festival is thrilled to celebrate New Zealand’s top-selling cookbook author Chelsea Winter, and her newly released book Nourish, with an afternoon tea at The Summer House. More >>
Nurse Blake New Zealand Tour 2026
Tuesday, 30 September 2025, 1:35 pm | Elephant Publicity
Nurse Blake – who’s been hailed “a genuine phenomenon” by The New York Times – will return to the stage with his specialty blend of humour and nursing expertise for a night of laughter, connection, relatability, and pure entertainment. More >>
Celebrated Theatremakers Honour The Timeless Voice Of Bruce Mason
Monday, 29 September 2025, 10:06 am | Elephant Publicity
A prolific writer, Bruce Mason had a unique ability to create spellbinding stories from the regular lives of Kiwis, earning a CBE in 1980 for his contributions. More >>
Julia Deans, Anika Moa & Bella Kalolo Join Jubilation Choir At The Hollywood
Thursday, 25 September 2025, 2:12 pm | Elephant Publicity
For 25 years, Jubilation has brought together singers from all walks of life to share songs that speak to universal themes of struggle, salvation, and love - reinterpreting everyone from The Beatles to Prince to Blur to Nina Simone. More >>
NZTrio Announce Hypnotique: The Final Programme In Their 2025 Season
Friday, 19 September 2025, 12:07 pm | Elephant Publicity
Guest cellist Matthias Balzat joins violinist Amalia Hall and pianist Somi Kim for this tour. Matthias will officially become the trio’s new permanent cellist in 2026, and Hypnotique offers audiences a chance to witness the next chapter of NZTrio’s ... More >>
Rip Roaring Comedy Epic Directed By Barnie Duncan Sets Sail For Auckland This October
Friday, 19 September 2025, 11:14 am | Elephant Publicity
Captain Morrow and the Sands of Time premieres in New Zealand for the first time, directed by Barnie Duncan and starring Ella Hope-Higginson and Callum Brodie. More >>
Inside Lady T’s - Auckland’s Hottest New Drag Club For One Month Only
Sunday, 14 September 2025, 4:04 pm | Elephant Publicity
Three drag artists fight to save their beloved club while everything around them is crumbling. More >>
From Eclipses To Rovers: Cosmic School Holiday Fun At Te Whatu Stardome
Tuesday, 9 September 2025, 4:34 pm | Elephant Publicity
Things kick off on the very first morning of the break, Monday 22 September, with a partial solar eclipse visible across Aotearoa. Here in Tāmaki Makaurau, the sun will rise already in eclipse at 6.10am, reaching maximum coverage of around 60% just ... More >>
Deck The Halls With Lols: Best Comedy Show On Earth Christmas Special Hosted By Chris Parker
Tuesday, 9 September 2025, 12:16 pm | Elephant Publicity
With even more names still to be announced, this show is the perfect chance to get in another dose of comedy before the year ends. More >>
The Māori Sidesteps Bring Māori Made Mischief And Music To Wellington This Spring
Monday, 8 September 2025, 4:11 pm | Elephant Publicity
The Māori Sidesteps have evolved a fresh and enlightening perspective of the great Māori showbands of the 80s and 90s. Known for entertaining with clever skits, irreverent charm and music, they have wowed crowds throughout the country, and the world, thanks ... More >>
H.R. The Musical #2 Now Fully Staffed
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 11:59 am | Elephant Publicity
Artsense Productions are thrilled to announce Katie Burson, director of H.R. The Musical, is circling back around to take on the role once again. Katie is an award-winning actor, director, and theatremaker. More >>
Jimmy O Yang New Zealand Tour 2025
Wednesday, 27 August 2025, 12:17 pm | Elephant Publicity
Jimmy O. Yang will be coming to New Zealand with his biggest tour yet, the BIG & TALL Tour . Jimmy will be performing in Auckland on Monday 1st December. Jimmy O. Yang is a comedian and actor best known for Silicon Valley, Crazy Rich Asians, ... More >>
Recovery In The Spotlight: Rehab Returns To The Stage
Saturday, 23 August 2025, 4:19 pm | Elephant Publicity
Unlike the statistics that reduce people to “addicts” or “alcoholics”, REHAB invites audiences to connect and laugh with its characters rather than look at them. More >>
Put A Spring In Your Step: Nelson Arts Festival 2025 Programme Just Launched
Saturday, 23 August 2025, 4:03 pm | Elephant Publicity
Helmed for the first time by new Artistic Director Janelle Bish, this year’s programme champions works that are deeply human and gloriously ambitious. More >>
Karangahape Road Struts Its Stuff With Fam: Fashion Edition
Friday, 22 August 2025, 4:09 pm | Elephant Publicity
Highlights across the programme also include the underground glamour of Te Wiki Āhua o Aotearoa’s multiple runway shows, Celestial Markets with Aotearoa-made goods, and a night of music and solidarity at Voices for Gaza at Whammy Bar. More >>
TE WHATU STARDOME: A New Dawn For Tāmaki Makaurau’s Planetarium
Monday, 18 August 2025, 12:28 pm | Elephant Publicity
It reflects a bold new direction for the observatory as it deepens its commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, honours its role as leaseholder on this sacred maunga, and shows how Indigenous knowledge and cosmological science can walk hand in hand to ... More >>
John Bishop New Zealand Tour 2025
Monday, 11 August 2025, 1:37 pm | Elephant Publicity
Now, a quarter of a century later, the comedy superstar is embarking on his tenth stand-up tour John Bishop: 25 Years Of Stand Up, to celebrate his incredible 25-year career. More >>
Eddie Izzard New Zealand Tour 2025
Monday, 11 August 2025, 1:26 pm | Elephant Publicity
This show promises to be a beautiful, hilarious journey spanning a 35-year career talking thought provoking, nonsense, who could resist? More >>
One Theatre Icon, One Stage And One Life On A Loop
Friday, 8 August 2025, 11:02 am | Elephant Publicity
Directed by acclaimed theatre-maker Jesse Peach, Life on a Loop features a score by Victor Chaga (whose film credits include Music Editor of Back to Black), adding a surreal atmosphere to Grace’s world. More >>
A Comedy Of Exploitations: Incendiary New Play By Sam Brooks Takes No Prisoners
Tuesday, 22 July 2025, 2:04 pm | Elephant Publicity
The bar has run dry, the hors d'oeuvres are stale, and reality is starting to set in. What happens when the man upstairs dies? Are these men who knew what they were doing? Or are they boys who signed a contract they could barely even read? More >>
