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Yesterday -- performing the greatest hits of the 70s
2021-03-27 19:30 - 2021-04-10 22:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | Touring NZ, New Zealand
YESTERDAY – PERFORMING
THE GREATEST HITS OF THE 70s

Featuring exciting Kiwi talent
Celebrating the music of Abba, Kenny Rogers,
Boney M, Leo Sayer and more
ALL IN ONE SHOW | ON SALE NOW!

Stewart & Tricia Macpherson are delighted to announce the first Stetson Production for 2021.
With the blessing of the US Producers of ‘Yesterday Once More’ we now present YESTERDAY.
From songs like ABBA’s Dancing Queen to KENNY ROGERS’ Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town…and BONEY M’s Rivers Of Babylon to LEO SAYER’s You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, you’ll enjoy a 2 hour show of non-stop hits, colourful choreography and
informative and humorous banter.
Under the direction of TOM RAINEY as musical director, who will also appear on stage, as will his son Jimmy on saxophone, this outstanding cast features:

ALI HARPER- currently performing to rave reviews at Circa Theatre:
MATTHEW PIKE – Singer, Actor, Guitarist
LEANNE HOWELL- Singer, Dancer, Choreographer
COLE JOHNSON- Up & coming singer, actor who recently spent time in New York & London furthering his career.

If you believe in yesterday – as the song goes – this is the show for you!

For media inquiries, contact Sandra Roberts
021 525104 | Sandra@skip.co.nz
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Due to Covid preventing the US Artists of ‘Yesterday Once More’ from coming to
NZ, we are positively looking forward to bringing you ‘Yesterday’ this March & April.
This unique new musical revue features exciting Kiwi talent performing the greatest
hits of the 70’s. Please retain your tickets as they are valid for the new dates on the
itinerary.
Thanks for your patience – the wait will be worth it!

Yesterday – touring New Zealand this March & April

Saturday, 27 March 2021- Christchurch – Isaac Theatre Royal – Ticketek
Sunday, 28 March 2021- Dunedin – Regent Theatre – Patron Base
Monday, 29 March 2021 – Invercargill – Civic Theatre – Ticketek
Wednesday, 31 March 2021 – Wellington -Opera House – Ticket Master
Thursday, 1 April 2021 – Paraparaumu – Southwards Theatre – Eventfinda
GOOD FRIDAY
Saturday, 3 April 2021- New Plymouth – TSB Theatre – Ticketek
Sunday, 4 April 2021 – Wanganui – Royal Opera House – Ticketek
EASTER MONDAY
Tuesday, 6 April 2021 – Taupo – Great Lake Centre – Ticketek
Wednesday, 7 April 2021 – Hastings – Opera House – Ticketek
Thursday, 8 April 2021 – Tauranga – Baycourt Theatre – Ticketek
Friday, 9 April 2021 – Hamilton – Clarence Street Theatre – Ticketek
Saturday, 10 April 2021 – Auckland – Bruce Mason Centre – Ticket Master

Jersey Boys -- The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
2021-04-17 19:30 - 2021-05-09 19:30 | The Civic, Cnr Queen & Wellesley Streets, Aucland, New Zealand
How did four blue-collar kids become one of the greatest successes in pop music history? You ask four guys, you get four different answers. Have we got a story for you …
JERSEY BOYS – The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – makes its long-awaited return to New Zealand theatres in 2021.
The hit musical, seen by more than 26 million people worldwide, returns to Auckland for the first time in nine years, and makes its much-anticipated premiere in Wellington, from May through to June.
The internationally acclaimed stage sensation, produced in New Zealand by the same company that delivered the critically acclaimed, sold-out season of Les Miserables in 2019, tells the story of how four blue collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American pop sensations of all time.
“Oh what a night of magical memories….This is an utterly wonderful show full of vitality, pace and power”— Daily Express
Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi joined forces to become The Four Seasons, writing their own hits and developing their unique sound to sell over 175 million records before they were 30!
They were just four guys from Jersey, until they sang their very first note. They had a sound nobody had ever heard… and the radio just couldn’t get enough of. But while their harmonies were perfect on stage, off stage it was a very different story — a story that has made them an international sensation all over again.
Go behind the music and inside the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in the Tony Award®-winning true-life musical phenomenon, JERSEY BOYS. From the streets of New Jersey to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, this is the musical that’s just too good to be true.
Having smashed New Zealand box office records when it first visited in 2012, JERSEY BOYS is THE most requested musical for a return season by New Zealand theatre audiences. Winner of 57 major awards worldwide, including the Olivier Award for Best New Musical, their story was so good, it was turned into a Hollywood blockbuster, produced and directed by Clint Eastwood and grossing $67 million at the box office.
Featuring hit after legendary hit including BEGGIN’, CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU, OH WHAT A NIGHT, SHERRY, WALK LIKE A MAN, BYE BYE BABY, BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY and many more, JERSEY BOYS is a story full of heart, humour and ‘sheer musical razzamatazz’.
This is the musical that’s just too good to be true.

Jersey Boys -- The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
2021-05-21 19:30 - 2021-06-07 19:30 | Wellington Opera House, 13/111 Manners St, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
How did four blue-collar kids become one of the greatest successes in pop music history? You ask four guys, you get four different answers. Have we got a story for you …
JERSEY BOYS – The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – played to rave reviews in Auckland. Don’t miss it while it’s in Wellington.
It was one of those rare performances where I caught myself closing my eyes and forgetting that it wasn’t Frankie Valli performing on stage… The Speakeasy
Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi joined forces to become The Four Seasons, writing their own hits and developing their unique sound to sell over 175 million records before they were 30!
They were just four guys from Jersey, until they sang their very first note. They had a sound nobody had ever heard… and the radio just couldn’t get enough of. But while their harmonies were perfect on stage, off stage it was a very different story — a story that has made them an international sensation all over again.
Go behind the music and inside the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in the Tony Award®-winning true-life musical phenomenon, JERSEY BOYS. From the streets of New Jersey to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, this is the musical that’s just too good to be true.
Featuring hit after legendary hit including BEGGIN’, CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU, OH WHAT A NIGHT, SHERRY, WALK LIKE A MAN, BYE BYE BABY, BIG GIRLS DON’T CRY and many more, JERSEY BOYS is a story full of heart, humour and ‘sheer musical razzamatazz’.
This is the musical that’s just too good to be true.

Edith Piaf à L'Olympia à Paris
2021-07-03 19:00 - 21:00 | The Civic, Cnr Queen & Wellesley Streets, Aucland, New Zealand
Legendary French chanteuse Edith Piaf was a global icon of resistance and triumph in the last years of her extraordinary life. Between 1955 and 1962, the Parisian theatre L’Olympia became her second home, where electrifying ovations greeted some of the greatest performances of her long, celebrated career.
L’Olympia witnessed the live debut of her signature song, ‘Non, je ne regrette rien’, and definitive recordings of some of her most stirring songs of love, joy and resilience, including ‘Mon Dieu’, ‘La Vie en rose’, ‘L’Accordeoniste’, ‘Milord’, ‘La Foule’ and ‘Padam Padam’.
Now, commemorating 60 years since the Little Sparrow’s classic concert album Récital 1961, New Zealand’s multi-award-winning pop-classical contralto YULIA performs with orchestra and band to revisit those historic performances live on stage.
A fluent French speaker, Russian-born Yulia has explored the distinctive smoulder and brass of the Piaf catalogue for more than a decade, from a special engagement in Chambord Castle in France to the New Zealand Jazz and Blues Festival in Christchurch.
Piaf’s ‘L’hymne a l’amour’ was among the many highlights of Into The West, Yulia’s chart-topping debut album of 2004. Her second, Montage, made her the first female vocalist in New Zealand to have two number one albums in a row, culminating in total sales of 6 x Platinum.
Don’t miss this meeting across the ages, as one of our most inspired talents channels the great chanteuse performing at the peak of her powers: EDITH PIAF à L’Olympia à Paris.

Madagascar - The Musical: Auckland
2021-07-08 18:30 - 2021-07-18 19:00 | Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Mayoral Drive, Auckland City, Auckland central
Go Wild! as Madagascar – the Musical is breaking out of the zoo and onto a stage near you!
Adapted from the critically acclaimed smash-hit DreamWorks animated motion movie, this fun-filled family musical features all the bells and whistles of the international touring production including a lavish set, word-class puppets and colourful costumes – with an all-New Zealand cast.
Just like the movie, Madagascar – the Musical is ferociously fun and follows all your favourite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien’s Madagascar.
Alex the lion is the King of the urban jungle, the main attraction at New York’s Central Park Zoo. He and his best friends – Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hip hip hippo – have spent their whole lives in blissful captivity before an admiring public without a care in the world. Or so they thought.
Not content to leave well enough alone, Marty lets his curiosity get the better of him and makes his daring escape – with the help of some plotting penguins – to explore the world.
Filled with outlandish characters, adventure galore and a catchy upbeat score – you’ll have no choice but to “Move It, Move It!”
Welcome to the jungle: in Madagascar, it’s fun and games for the whole family!

The Soundtracks from Reservoir Dogs & Pulp Fiction
2021-07-10 20:00 - 22:00 | The Civic, Cnr Queen & Wellesley Streets, Aucland, New Zealand
Quentin Tarantino’s arrival marked a rebirth of cinematic cool steeped in the classiest Top 40 nostalgia.
Reservoir Dogs offset its uber-violence with the smooth ’70s grooves of Little Green Bag, Hooked on a Feeling and Stuck in the Middle with You.
Two years later, the surf guitar of Dick Dale’s Misirlou kick-started Pulp Fiction’s playlist of sweet rockin’ soul with Dusty Springfield, Urge Overkill, Chuck Berry and more.
Now, for one night only, join Tami Neilson, Laughton Kora (Kora), Milan Borich (Pluto) and Booga Beazley (Head like a Hole) to relive the wickedest scenes on celluloid, backed by the Big Band Royale.

Come Together - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: Wellington
2021-07-15 19:00 - 21:30 | Wellington Opera House, 13/111 Manners St, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Featuring: Jon Toogood (shihad) | Luke Buda (phoenix Foundation) | Laughton Kora (kora) | Mel Parsons | Deva Mahal | Jol Mulholland | Brett Adams | Matthias Jordan | Alistair Deverick
The first album concert tour of three for our COME TOGETHER series for 2021 — Elton John’s Magnus Opus – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road!
After the huge success and rave reviews for Brothers in Arms, Abbey Road and Live Rust from Come Together 2020, we are bringing you more!
In July as part 1 of 3 of our Album Concert Tours for 2021, the Come Together supergroup of Kiwi artists and musicians will perform Goodbye Yellow Brick Road live in concert along with a bonus set of classic hits and deep cuts from Elton John’s golden 1970s period.
In the early 1970s, Elton was in top form. With seven Top 40 singles in two years and, Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player, topping charts, Elton was reaching the peak of his career. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road became even bigger with 30 million records sold – arguably every 1970s household in New Zealand had the album.
Opening with the compositional masterpiece ‘Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding’ and followed by absolute classics, ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’, ‘Candle in the Wind’, ‘Bennie & The Jets’ and the underrated gem ‘Harmony’ – there is a reason the album is consistently included on the list of greatest albums of all time.

Come Together - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: Christchurch
2021-07-16 20:00 - 22:30 | Isaac Theatre Royal, 145 Gloucester St, Christchurch Central,, Christchurch, New Zealand

Come Together - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: Auckland
2021-07-17 20:00 - 22:30 | The Civic, Cnr Queen & Wellesley Streets, Aucland, New Zealand

Madagascar - The Musical: Wellington
2021-08-05 18:00 - 2021-08-15 19:00 | Wellington Opera House, 13/111 Manners St, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Go Wild! as Madagascar – the Musical is breaking out of the zoo and onto a stage near you!
Adapted from the critically acclaimed smash-hit DreamWorks animated motion movie, this fun-filled family musical features all the bells and whistles of the international touring production including a lavish set, word-class puppets and colorful costumes – with an all-New Zealand cast.
Just like the movie, Madagascar – the Musical is ferociously fun and follows all your favourite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien’s Madagascar.
Alex the lion is the King of the urban jungle, the main attraction at New York’s Central Park Zoo. He and his best friends – Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hip hip hippo – have spent their whole lives in blissful captivity before an admiring public without a care in the world. Or so they thought.
Not content to leave well enough alone, Marty lets his curiosity get the better of him and makes his daring escape – with the help of some plotting penguins – to explore the world.
Filled with outlandish characters, adventure galore and a catchy upbeat score – you’ll have no choice but to “Move It, Move It!”
Welcome to the jungle: in Madagascar, it’s fun and games for the whole family!

EDITH PIAF - à L'Olympia à Paris
2021-08-07 19:00 - 21:30 | Isaac Theatre Royal, 145 Gloucester St, Christchurch Central,, Christchurch, New Zealand
Legendary French chanteuse Edith Piaf was a global icon of resistance and triumph in the last years of her extraordinary life. Between 1955 and 1962, the Parisian theatre L’Olympia became her second home, where electrifying ovations greeted some of the greatest performances of her long, celebrated career.

L’Olympia witnessed the live debut of her signature song, ‘Non, je ne regrette rien’, and definitive recordings of some of her most stirring songs of love, joy and resilience, including ‘Mon Dieu’, ‘La Vie en rose’, ‘L’Accordeoniste’, ‘Milord’, ‘La Foule’ and ‘Padam Padam’.
Now, commemorating 60 years since the Little Sparrow’s classic concert album Récital 1961, New Zealand’s multi-award-winning pop-classical contralto YULIA performs with orchestra and band to revisit those historic performances live on stage.
A fluent French speaker, Russian-born Yulia has explored the distinctive smoulder and brass of the Piaf catalogue for more than a decade, from a special engagement in Chambord Castle in France to the New Zealand Jazz and Blues Festival in Christchurch.
Piaf’s ‘L’hymne a l’amour’ was among the many highlights of Into The West, Yulia’s chart-topping debut album of 2004. Her second, Montage, made her the first female vocalist in New Zealand to have two number one albums in a row, culminating in total sales of 6 x Platinum.
Don’t miss this meeting across the ages, as one of our most inspired talents channels the great chanteuse performing at the peak of her powers: EDITH PIAF à L’Olympia à Paris

EDITH PIAF - à L'Olympia à Paris. NEW DATE ASAP
2021-08-21 19:00 - 21:30 | Wellington Opera House, 13/111 Manners St, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Michelangelo - A Different View (open in RED)
2022-01-03 10:00 - 2022-02-13 17:00 | Aotea Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
Under license from the Vatican Museums, this exhibition offers the most complete and authentic reproduction of Michelangelo’s beautiful ceiling frescoes of the Sistine Chapel to be shown outside the Vatican
Michelangelo — A Different View presents a very different picture of Michelangelo’s works: the exhibition shows photo-mechanically reproduced copies almost in original size and in a way that invites visitors to look at them up close and in their own time.
Michelangelo — A Different View is a transformative experience that allows attendees to look down on ‘The Genesis’ that is enshrined on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel rather than up…. hence the exhibition’s name A Different View. This offers a much closer perspective of what its Florentine creator did. The rest of the frescoes are in frames and can be viewed from within 2 metres.
With no time constraints, visitors can allow these masterpieces to truly soak in.
Some 50 pieces, including an almost original size, 4.6m x 20m reproduction of ‘The Genesis’ (which includes The Creation of Man) and a 3.8m x 3.8m version of ‘The Last Judgment’ are just 1-2 metres away from the viewer, while audio guides, accessible via personal devices (please bring your own phone, head set/earbuds), mean visitors can experience the Florentine master’s interpretation of The Bible’s creation story in a way they never imagined.
As an addition to – and to complete – Michelangelo — A Different View, reproductions of 14 of these impressive frescoes await visitors in the entrance. Scenes from the lives of Jesus and Moses, painted by Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Cosimo Rosselli, provide additional historical background and allow for a deeper insight into this epoch.

Come Together - The Rolling Stones "Sticky Fingers" CHCH
2022-01-14 20:00 - 22:00 | Isaac Theatre Royal, 145 Gloucester St, Christchurch Central,, Christchurch, New Zealand
New Zealand’s finest musicians Jon Toogood (Shihad), Sam Scott, Luke Buda (Phoenix Foundation), Lou’ana, Diane Swann & Deva Mahal, Brett Adams, Matthias Jordan, Mike Hall, (Pluto), Finn Scholes (Carnivorous Plant Society), Nick Atkinson ( Supergroove), Karen Hu, and Jol Mullholland MD, perform The Rolling Stones’ greatest ever album Sticky Fingers.
50 years ago, the Rolling Stones recorded what is arguably their greatest ever album. It was 500 days in the making and the wait was worth it.
Now, on the anniversary of its historic launch to the top of the US and UK album charts, New Zealand’s finest musicians Come Together to bring *Sticky Fingers* back where it belongs: live on stage in the hands of a world-class rock band, backed up by a second set of Rolling Stones classics and deep cuts to place this peerless masterpiece in its rightful context.
To many fans, Sticky Fingers is the ultimate Rolling Stones album. From the instant party-starting riff of Brown Sugar to the elegantly wasted Wild Horses; the brassy sleaze of Bitch to the strung-out country-blues of Dead Flowers, the lean and dirty classic from 1971 has been THE benchmark album for aspiring rock’n’roll bands for generations.
Recorded between the legendary Muscle Shoals Studios in Alabama and back in London in the aftermath of guitarist Brian Jones’ untimely death, Sticky Fingers introduced new kid Mick Taylor and found Mick Jagger and Keith Richards at the height of their songwriting powers. As the ’60s dream imploded behind them, their raw, raunchy survivors’ swagger would seal their legend and make them the biggest stadium rock band in the world.

Come Together - The Rolling Stones "Sticky Fingers" WELLINGTON
2022-01-20 20:00 - 22:00 | Wellington Opera House, 13/111 Manners St, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Madagascar - The Musical: Christchurch CANCELLED
2022-01-21 18:30 - 2022-01-30 19:00 | Isaac Theatre Royal, 145 Gloucester St, Christchurch Central,, Christchurch, New Zealand
Due to restrictions imposed under the Red setting of the Covid 19 Protection Framework, the promoter of Madagascar the Musical is forced to cancel all remaining performances at the Isaac Theatre Royal in Christchurch.

Promoter GMG Productions chief operating officer Paul Mansfield says: “We are all devasted that it has come to this, having already rescheduled twice but we have to abide by the government guidelines. We are sad for the cast and crew and we are sad for you, Canterbury, who didn’t get to see this amazing production featuring an incredible New Zealand cast. We look forward to seeing you all in better times.”

The Isaac Theatre Royal shares in GMG Productions’ disappointment. We thank the cast and crew and our community for their consistent perseverance and never giving up on the delivery of this world-class production.

Stay safe, and we look forward to seeing you all soon.

All ticket holders will be supplied with full refunds, they will be contacted by Ticketek NZ.

Come Together - The Rolling Stones "Sticky Fingers" AUK
2022-01-21 20:00 - 22:00 | The Civic, Cnr Queen & Wellesley Streets, Aucland, New Zealand

Snapchat Dude Live - NATIONAL WIDE TOUR
2022-05-29 00:00 - 2022-06-19 00:00
Check here for venues, times and dates
Tom is hitting the road with SNAPCHAT DUDE LIVE! and no stone will be unturned in his quest to poke fun at New Zillunders.
Famous for his take offs of politicians like Paula Bennett and Simon Bridges, as well as his parallel life as Gingerbread the cat, Tom will be plumbing the depths of our quirky culture.
So grab yourself some fush and chups, put some L&P in the chilly bin, say “yeah nah”, dress up fancy in your jandals and head out to see Tom in action when he come to a venue near you.
* May contain coarse language

The Wedding Singer Musical - Wellington
2022-06-10 19:30 - 2022-06-19 15:30 | Wellington Opera House, 13/111 Manners St, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
From the Broadway creators and writer of the Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore Hollywood blockbuster, audiences will be treated to one of the most hilarious, feel-good musicals that celebrates all the fun of the ‘80s.
Robbie Hart is New Jersey’s number one wedding singer and the life of the party. That is until his own fiancée strands him at the altar. Bitter and broken, Robbie begins to make every wedding as disastrous as his own until a warm-hearted waitress named Julia intervenes. Only trouble is, Julia’s about to be – you guessed it – married! Can Robbie pull off the performance of the decade and win the girl of his dreams?
The Wedding Singer includes music by Matthew Sklar (Elf The Musical), lyrics by Chad Beguelin (Aladdin), and a book by Beguelin and Tim Herlihy. A long-time collaborator of Adam Sandler, Tim wrote the classic hit films Happy Gilmore and Billy Maddison, as well as several other Sandler-starring blockbusters in addition to The Wedding Singer.
Just say YES to The Wedding Singer and come join the party!

CHESS THE MUSICAL
2022-06-16 08:00 - 2022-06-19 17:00 | Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Mayoral Drive, Auckland City, Auckland central
With music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (ABBA), book and lyrics by Sir Tim Rice, CHESS – THE MUSICAL is arguably one of the most memorable scores ever heard. Featuring global smash hits ‘I Know Him So Well’ and ‘One Night in Bangkok’, this extraordinary semi-staged musical also features much-loved standards such as ‘Anthem’, ‘Someone Else’s Story’, ‘Heaven Help My Heart’ and ‘Pity The Child’.
This powerful new production of CHESS – THE MUSICAL features an all-New Zealand cast, the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and a 30-strong choir, for five performances only.
This semi-staged production, featuring an incredible array of New Zealand musical theatre talent, the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, and a choir of 30, will be filled with sumptuous musical arrangements set to a gripping story.
Written in 1984 by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, and Sir Tim Rice (Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita), CHESS – THE MUSICAL features hits including ‘I Know Him So Well’ – recognised in the Guinness Book of Records as the biggest selling UK chart single ever by a female duo – and the upbeat pop favourite ‘One Night In Bangkok’.
CHESS – THE MUSICAL tells the story of a complex love triangle combined with dramatic political intrigue, set against the background of the Cold War in the early 1980s, where Soviet and American forces attempt to manipulate an international chess championship for political gains.
Two of the world’s greatest chess masters, one American, one Russian, are in danger of becoming the pawns of their governments as their battle for the world title gets underway. Simultaneously, their lives are thrown into further confusion by a Hungarian refugee, a remarkable woman who becomes the centre of their emotional triangle. This mirrors the heightened passions of the political struggles that threaten to destroy lives and loves.
The musical originally premiered in London’s West End in 1986 (where it was revived in 2018) starring the beloved Elaine Paige. The season ran for three years, resulting in a BBC listener poll ranking CHESS – THE MUSICAL seventh in a list of ‘Number One Essential Musicals’ of all time.
Make your move quickly. Pre-sales begin tomorrow, with all remaining seats on sale this Friday from 9am via Ticketmaster.
Venue: Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre, Auckland.
Dates: Performances from 16 June 2022.
Times: Thursday 7.30pm; Friday 7.30pm; Saturday 2pm & 7.30pm;
Sunday 2pm.
Tickets: Tickets from $49.10. A service fee applies.

The Wedding Singer - Auckland
2022-06-30 19:30 - 2022-07-17 15:30 | Bruce Mason Centre, The Promenade, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand

Edith Piaf a L'Olympia a Paris - Wellington
2022-07-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Wellington Opera House, 13/111 Manners St, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
This performance has been rescheduled. Tickets showing the old date are still valid for the new dates Edith Piaf was an icon of resistance and triumph in the last years of her life. Between 1955 and 1962, the Parisian theatre L’Olympia witnessed definitive performances of some of her greatest songs: Non, je ne regrette rien, Mon Dieu, La Vie en rose, L’Accordeoniste, Milord, La Foule and Padam Padam. Now, commemorating 60 years since her classic concert album Recital 1961, New Zealand’s multi-award-winning pop-classical contralto YULIA performs with orchestra and band to revisit those historic performances. Don’t miss this meeting across the ages, as one of our most inspired talents channels one of the most celebrated performers of the 20th Century. For more info click here

Shrek the Musical - Auckland
2022-07-12 10:30 - 2022-07-16 17:00 | Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Mayoral Drive, Auckland City, Auckland central
Performance times vary. Tickets available from Ticketmaster.
Based on the The Academy Award-winning animated film Shrek, the hilarious story of everyone’s favourite ogre will be brought to life on stage at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre in Auckland in the April school holidays followed by seasons in Hamilton at Clarence Street Theatre, Christchurch’s iconic Isaac Theatre Royal then Wellington’s St James Theatre.
This lavish multi-million-dollar musical is part romance, part twisted fairytale and all irreverent fun that brings all the beloved characters you know from the film to life on stage and proves there’s more to the story than meets the ears.
In a faraway kingdom turned upside down, things get ugly when an unseemly ogre — not a handsome prince — shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won’t shut up, a bad guy with a short temper, a cookie with attitude, and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you’ve got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there’s one on hand … and his name is Shrek.
Shrek The Musical has been enjoyed by audiences around the world since 2008, having toured Australia, the US, UK, Asia, Canada, South America and Scandinavia among others. Now it’s your turn New Zealand.

Shrek the Musical - Hamilton
2022-07-19 08:00 - 2022-07-23 17:00 | Clarence Street Theatre, 59 Clarence Street,, Hamilton, New Zealand
Performance times vary. Tickets available from Ticketek.
Based on the The Academy Award-winning animated film Shrek, the hilarious story of everyone’s favourite ogre will be brought to life on stage at the Clarence Street Theatre, Hamilton.
This lavish multi-million-dollar musical is part romance, part twisted fairytale and all irreverent fun that brings all the beloved characters you know from the film to life on stage and proves there’s more to the story than meets the ears.
In a faraway kingdom turned upside down, things get ugly when an unseemly ogre — not a handsome prince — shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won’t shut up, a bad guy with a short temper, a cookie with attitude, and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you’ve got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there’s one on hand … and his name is Shrek.
Shrek The Musical has been enjoyed by audiences around the world since 2008, having toured Australia, the US, UK, Asia, Canada, South America and Scandinavia among others. Now it’s your turn New Zealand.

LES MISERABLES WELLINGTON
2022-08-18 19:30 - 2022-09-04 21:00 | St James Theatre Wellington
Seen by more than 130 million people worldwide, LES MISERABLES returns to Wellington after 20 years.
With glorious new staging and dazzlingly reimagined scenery, this breathtaking production of Les Misérables will be staged at the newly restored St James Theatre.
Produced by the same team that brought Wellington the critically acclaimed season of Jersey Boys, in association with the recently formed Capital Theatre Trust tickets are available via Ticketmaster.
Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption – a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit.
Featuring one of the greatest scores of all time, with thrilling and beloved songs including I Dreamed A Dream, On My Own, Stars, Bring Him Home, One Day More, Do You Hear the People Sing and many more, this epic and uplifting story has become one of the most celebrated musicals in theatrical history.

Pacifica the Musical
2022-08-19 19:30 - 2022-08-28 22:00 | The Civic, Cnr Queen & Wellesley Streets, Aucland, New Zealand
Extraordinary original musical featuring some of the biggest pop
songs of our time from artists including Hinewehi Mohi, Annie Crummer,
Sola Rosa, Che Fu, Anika Moa, Hollie Smith, King Kapisi, Nesian Mystik,
Brooke Fraser, P-Money, Stan Walker and Six60
The Civic, Auckland, will host the world premiere of PACIFICA THE MUSICAL — an original, large-scale production featuring a catalogue of the biggest Kiwi pop songs ever, a story of love and legend set in the South Seas and a riot of colour and energy synonymous with the Pacific.
With hits from artists including Hinewehi Mohi, Annie Crummer, Sola Rosa, Che Fu, Anika Moa, Hollie Smith, King Kapisi, Nesian Mystik, Brooke Fraser, P-Money, Stan Walker and Six60, this musical has been 20 years in the making and designed for a worldwide international audience.
The story begins a long time ago when a curse falls upon an island community and its descendants after a young boy loses a taonga. Fast forward to modern Auckland where a young man is told the dark secret about his island’s past. Leaving behind the girl he is falling in love with, he goes on a journey to discover the truth about his heritage, and to confront the challenge of his identity and his past. His life is changed forever.
In the tradition of smash-hit jukebox musicals like Mamma Mia!, We Will Rock You, Jersey Boys, and Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, PACIFICA THE MUSICAL’s score will take audiences on a magical journey, blending sounds and styles from around the Pacific, until what emerges is a cohesive sound of Aotearoa /New Zealand today.
PACIFICA THE MUSICAL will feature an all-star cast of New Zealand’s finest entertainers and the best exponents of stage craft, with vocal direction and cameo performance from the Lion King’s Nick Afoa, musical direction from Stan Walker and Teeks’ MD, Jacob Nansen; and dazzling Pacific inspired costumes. Choreography will be by Hadleigh Pouesi, whose Sweet & Sour crew brought back New Zealand’s first gold medal from the World Hip Hop Championships.

Shrek the Musical - Wellington
2022-10-11 08:00 - 2022-10-15 17:00 | St James Theatre Wellington
Performance times vary. Tickets available from Ticketmaster.
Based on the The Academy Award-winning animated film Shrek, the hilarious story of everyone’s favourite ogre will be brought to life on stage at the St James Theatre, Wellington.
This lavish multi-million-dollar musical is part romance, part twisted fairytale and all irreverent fun that brings all the beloved characters you know from the film to life on stage and proves there’s more to the story than meets the ears.
In a faraway kingdom turned upside down, things get ugly when an unseemly ogre — not a handsome prince — shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won’t shut up, a bad guy with a short temper, a cookie with attitude, and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you’ve got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there’s one on hand … and his name is Shrek.
Shrek The Musical has been enjoyed by audiences around the world since 2008, having toured Australia, the US, UK, Asia, Canada, South America and Scandinavia among others. Now it’s your turn New Zealand.

THE SOUNDTRACK FROM BAZ LUHRMANN’S MOULIN ROUGE
2022-10-15 20:30
FEATURING: MILAN BORICH (PLUTO), THEIA, LOU’ANA, ZOE MOON MAHAL
From the producer of The Music from Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet and The Soundtrack from Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Liberty Stage presents The Soundtrack from Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! as the headlining spectacular of the Auckland Live Cabaret Season.
This will be a sumptuous and stylish curation of timeless hits from Elton John, David Bowie, T-Rex, Madonna, The Police and U2 from Nature Boy to Lady Marmalade and beyond, performed by New Zealand’s hottest artists.
Starring are rock, soul and alt-pop performers Milan Borich (Pluto), Theia, Lou’ana, Zoe Moon Mahal; one of this country’s best-selling artists and acclaimed contralto, Yulia; opera sensations Samson Setu, Taka Vuli, Ipu Laga’aia and introducing stunning newcomer Sebastian Holland Dudding. All backed by a lavish rock ensemble complete with strings and brass under the musical direction of Mark Dennison.
Moulin Rouge! was a game-changing marriage of nostalgia and invention escalated to the dizzy dramatic heights for which Baz Luhrmann is renowned. The movie, and the #1 soundtrack album, mashed generations of cherished songs to rule the NZ album charts for 16 weeks and sell four million copies worldwide.
Between its dazzling aesthetics, addictive pop soundtrack, and sweeping romance (carried off by career-defining performances from Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor), Moulin Rouge! developed an enduring following and spawned a smash-hit stage spectacular that’s dominating box offices around the world.
Now, 21 years on, prepare yourself for a breathtaking homage to that classic album of rock, opera, disco and bespoke musical songs elegantly entwined and reimagined by some of New Zealand’s most celebrated vocalists.
Don’t miss this exclusive one-off celebration of one of the most magical musical creations of our times.

Beauty & The Beast - The Pantomime | Chch
2022-12-01 08:00 - 2022-12-11 17:00 | Isaac Theatre Royal, 145 Gloucester St, Christchurch Central,, Christchurch, New Zealand
From the producers of MADAGASCAR THE MUSICAL and the smash hit pantomime CINDERELLA, comes BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – THE PANTOMIME, starring RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under 2021 winner Kita Mean, What Now host Erin Wells and award-winning entertainer Ali Harper.
For strictly limited seasons in Christchurch and Wellington this December, this production is sure to make you laugh, cry and fall in love with a host of hilarious characters. Oh yes it will!
It’s the perfect build up to the summer holidays for all the family as well as an ideal event for your office do this Christmas. Tickets on sale now via Ticketek and Ticketmaster from $55.65.
Adapted by ingenious writer and director Gregory Cooper (That Bloody Woman, MAMIL, Rumpelstiltskin, Cinderella) this version of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST will have more twists and turns than a snake with an itch!
The story follows Belle (Erin Wells) after she is imprisoned in a castle with a hideous Beast and a number of magical characters all entrapped under the spell of the wicked witch. Can the Beast break free from the terrible curse? Will Belle outwit the wicked witch? Can she fall in love with the Beast before the last petal falls from the enchanted rose? Oh, yes they can!

THE SOUNDTRACKS FROM QUENTIN TARANTINO’S RESERVOIR DOGS & PULP FICTION PERFORMED LIVE IN CONCERT!
2022-12-02 20:00 - 22:30 | The Civic, Cnr Queen & Wellesley Streets, Aucland, New Zealand
Quentin Tarantino’s blockbuster arrival in the early 1990s marked a stunning rebirth of cinematic cool steeped in the classiest kind of Top 40 nostalgia.
With its soundtrack programmed by fictional DJ K-Billy for his “Super Sounds of the Seventies” radio show, Reservoir Dogs offset its on-screen uber-violence with the smooth grooves of Little Green Bag by The George Baker Selection, Hooked on a Feeling by Blue Swede, Stuck in the Middle with You by Stealers Wheel, Coconut by Harry Nilsson and more.
Two years later, the frantic surf guitar of Dick Dale’s Misirlou kick-started the unchallenged cinematic event of the decade. For Pulp Fiction, Tarantino curated a playlist of sweet rockin’ soul with sinister undertones. Dusty Springfield’s Son of a Preacher Man, Urge Overkill’s cover of Neil Diamond’s Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soonand Chuck Berry’s You Never Can Tell helped make Pulp Fiction a surprise hit album in 1994, and the coolest retro ’60s soundtrack of all time.

Now, for one night only, join a dream quartet of New Zealand’s finest singers to relive some of the wickedest music on celluloid.
