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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 >>
Fam Is Back: Film Festival Edition: Karangahape Road Becomes A Living Cinema
Friday, 18 July 2025, 9:56 am | Elephant Publicity
“FAM is all about bringing people together on K’ Road and using all the weird and wonderful spaces we’ve got on this iconic street,” says Ella, Creative Producer at the Karangahape Road Business Association. “It’s fun, it’s a bit chaotic, ... More >>
Bach Musica NZ Celebrate Local Talent With Two World Premieres
Thursday, 17 July 2025, 2:34 pm | Elephant Publicity
Bach Musica NZ’s Music & Artistic Director, Rita Paczian, will lead the concert as conductor, marking her second to last performance with the organisation following the recent announcement of her retirement at the end of this year. More >>
Pacific Dance Festival 2025 Proves Community Demand & Delivers On Creative NZ’s Pacific Arts Strategy
Monday, 7 July 2025, 1:03 pm | Elephant Publicity
Intergenerational audiences expressed great appreciation for the chance to share Pacific cultural stories outside formal education systems that often omit or marginalise these narratives. More >>
Call Me Mother. Or Don’t.
Monday, 7 July 2025, 10:09 am | Elephant Publicity
Fresh from Broadway and a 2025 season at Melbourne Theatre Company, Mother Play lands at Q Theatre with fierce poise and a matching handbag. This is not a gentle homage to motherhood. I More >>
Doc Edge Awards 2025: Mighty Indeed And The Pool Take Top Honours And Oscar® Consideration
Friday, 4 July 2025, 9:45 am | Elephant Publicity
Doc Edge is an Academy Awards qualifying festival for feature and short documentary films. The winners of Best NZ Short, NZ Feature, International Feature and International Short are eligible for consideration for the 2026 Academy Awards. More >>
A Window Into Humanity: World Press Photo Exhibition Opens This Month In Auckland
Thursday, 3 July 2025, 9:17 am | Elephant Publicity
Presenting the 2025 World Press Photo Contest winning photographs, the exhibition will display a selection of powerful images by 42 international photographers. It offers a rare opportunity to step away from our screens and engage with the stories ... More >>
Rita Paczian To Retire As Bach Musica NZ Music Director
Tuesday, 1 July 2025, 4:24 pm | Elephant Publicity
Rita has been the driving force behind the organisation’s high standard of musicianship for over 31 years. Her dedication, enthusiasm, drive, energy and passion for music have transformed the group to firmly establish its position in the New Zealand performing ... More >>
Things Just Got Personnel: H.R. The Musical #2, A Provocative New Sketch Comedy
Tuesday, 1 July 2025, 3:55 pm | Elephant Publicity
Mansfield is a strong believer in the wisdom and voice of audiences, both in her artistic practice and as a producer. Everyone has a work story to tell, and the more absurd the better! For H.R. The Musical #2, I’m crowd-sourcing work stories from ... More >>
Rising Opera Stars To Take Centre Stage For One Glorious Night
Monday, 30 June 2025, 9:28 pm | Elephant Publicity
The Auckland Opera Studio nurtures emerging operatic talent by offering performance opportunities to young New Zealand singers, and has played a role in launching the careers of many of Aotearoa’s finest operatic singers. More >>
The Quest Is On To Find Wellington’s Next Comedy Stars
Saturday, 28 June 2025, 6:56 pm | Elephant Publicity
The Wellington Raw Comedy Quest is held annually by the Humorous Arts Trust, who will be celebrating 15 years of supporting local comedy this August. This year also marks the 15th year Humorous Arts have run Wellington Raw. More >>
A New Universe Of Whānaungatanga Takes The Stage With ‘Siblings’
Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 4:14 pm | Elephant Publicity
Directed by acclaimed artists Pelenakeke Brown and Barnie Duncan, SIBLINGS brings together four Māori and Pacific disabled performers in a devised, disability-led production that is as theatrically adventurous as it is emotionally resonant. More >>
Bill Bailey New Zealand Tour 2025
Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 2:42 pm | Elephant Publicity
New Zealand’s best loved UK comedian is back with an all-new show touring this October and November. More >>
