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The Kevin Hart Irresponsible Tour
2018-12-11 20:00 - 22:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Spark Arena, 42 Mahuhu Cres, CBD, Auckland, New Zealand
Kevin Hart is bringing his widely successful and massively hysterical ‘The Kevin Hart Irresponsible Tour,’ to New Zealand in 2018 and will perform 360º in-the-round – a first for a stand-up comedy tour of this scale.
Hart’s last tour What Now sold out large venues across the world, including Kevin being the first comedian to sell out an NFL stadium, selling over 50,000 tickets in one show at Lincoln Financial Field.
He sold out over a dozen arenas in the European market, selling over 150,000 tickets, and sold out arenas across Australia, selling 100,000 tickets. Hart’s hit comedy tour grossed over $100 million worldwide.
2017 was a banner year for Hart, his memoir I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons debuted at Number One on the New York Times Bestseller list and remained on the list for 10 consecutive weeks. The book also topped records on the Audible platform, selling over 100,000 copies in the first five weeks.
Last year Kevin also appeared in the Sony reboot of the classic film Jumanji alongside Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jack Black. Jumanji has been Kevin’s highest grossing box office release to date.
The movie has made over $800 million worldwide.
Hart launched digital comedy streaming service, LOL Network (Laugh Out Loud), to promote new comedians, develop scripted and unscripted comedies and stand-up specials last year, in partnership global content leader Lionsgate.
Kevin Hart is one of the most followed people on social media with 100+ million followers. His Irresponsible New Zealand will sell out. Book now!
Recommended for audiences 16+. Times subject to change.
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Madiba the musical - a celebration of Nelson Mandela's life
2019-01-24 19:30 - 2019-02-03 20:30 | Bruce Mason Centre, The Promenade, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand
Revolutionary leader Nelson Mandela – known by his tribe as Madiba – would have been 100 this year. In celebration of his birthday and his legacy, a compelling new stage show Madiba the Musical – a Celebration of Nelson Mandela is coming to New Zealand.
Beginning its world tour in France and soon to arrive in Australia, this international production is interwoven with stories of the fight against apartheid and forbidden love in a troubled land. The musical pays tribute to New Zealand and the dramatic part it played in bringing an end to apartheid.
Also timed to mark 25 years since the abolition of apartheid in South Africa, Madiba the Musical features African dance and vocal traditions set alongside eternal love songs and stirring anthems in a show that tells of Mandela’s lifework as a lawyer and activist for peace through the story of young artist Will, who is the victim of apartheid in South Africa.
French writers Alicia Sebrien and Jean-Pierre Hadida said in creating Madiba The Musical, they wanted to tell the story of Mandela’s pursuit of peace and reconciliation in his homeland.

Mission Estate Concert featuring Phil Collins
2019-02-06 11:00 - 21:30 | Mission Estate Winery, Napier, 198 Church Road Napier, New Zealand
Phil Collin’s highly-anticipated comeback tour Not Dead Yet: Live! began in the UK and Europe last June, with his 5-night show at Royal Albert Hall in London selling out within 15 seconds. He also sold out all 5 arena shows in Germany and 5 arena shows in France, along with successfully headlining a 65,000-capacity show at Hyde Park. With his South & Central America tour just completed and a North American tour scheduled for October 2018, Not Dead Yet: Live! has received both fan and critical acclaim, with The Guardian raving, “Collins’ voice slips into gear, and a run of great songs sets the hall alight with excitement”, while Irish Independent said “…pop legend Phil Collins proved he could still deliver…”, and The Sheffield Star reported, “…he started with a standing ovation and finished with one that almost brought the house down.
The hit-maker’s backing band will feature longtime touring members – guitarist Daryl Stuermer (his former touring mate in Genesis), keyboardist Brad Cole, bassist Leland Sklar and percussionist Luis Conte, along with a horn section and backup vocalists. Phil Collins’ 16-year old son, Nicolas, rounds up the band on drums, walking in his father’s footsteps with a “show-stopping performance” set to “send the crowd into ecstasy” as enthused by The Daily Mirror.

Madiba the musical - a celebration of Nelson Mandela's life
2019-02-07 19:30 - 2019-02-10 20:30 | Wellington Opera House, 13/111 Manners St, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Madiba the musical - a celebration of Nelson Mandela's life
2019-02-14 19:30 - 2019-02-17 20:30 | Isaac Theatre Royal, 145 Gloucester St, Christchurch Central,, Christchurch, New Zealand

The Mousetrap - Auckland
2019-04-02 19:30 - 2019-04-14 19:30 | ASB Waterfront Theatre, 138 Halsey St, Auckland, New Zealand
The longest-running show in the world comes to New Zealand in 2019
Written by the Grande Dame of murder mysteries, AGATHA CHRISTIE
‘A truly entertaining classic’ – The Sunday Times, UK
The West End’s legendary murder mystery drama THE MOUSETRAP is the longest-running show, of any kind, in the world. Written by the best-selling novelist of all time (Death on the Nile, Miss Marple, Poirot) and the ‘Queen of Crime’, Dame Agatha Christie, THE MOUSETRAP has kept audiences guessing for six decades.
In her own inimitable style, Dame Agatha Christie has created an atmosphere of shuddering suspense and a brilliantly intricate plot where murder lurks around every corner.
Newly opened guesthouse, Monkswell Manor, is snowed in and amongst the seemingly ordinary gathering of guests, a killer lurks.… Having already killed once, the murderer strikes again. The tension is razor sharp: everyone is a suspect; everyone a potential victim. One by one the characters reveal their pasts, and a complex web of deceit and suspicion emerges. But who will be next, and who is the killer?
Christie’s classic ‘whodunit’ opened in London’s West End in November 1952 and has since played over 27,500 performances. THE MOUSETRAP is the longest running stage production in the world and after almost 66 years, continues to delight audiences to this day at London’s St. Martin’s Theatre. Originally written by Agatha Christie as a radio play titled Three Blind Mice and broadcast in 1947, Christie then adapted the radio play for a short story of the same name before again rewriting for the stage as THE MOUSETRAP.
THE MOUSETRAP has never been adapted for film. Christie did not expect the play to run for more than a few months and stipulated that no film of THE MOUSETRAP be made until six months after the West End production closed. As the show is about to enter its 67th year and continues its historic London run a film adaptation looks unlikely.
During the play’s phenomenal run there have been no fewer than 474 actors and actresses appearing in the play – including Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim in the original cast – as well as 279 understudies, 116 miles of shirts have been ironed, over 415 tons of ice cream sold, and an estimated 10 million people have been riveted by this gripping tale.
Award-winning director Alan Swerdlow says “THE MOUSETRAP has remained popular for so long because it is so well constructed, with a terrific twist quite unlike Dame Agatha Christie’s other works. It was one of the first murder mysteries really to explore the psychology and motivations of the killer. And it is both thrilling and fun – the audience has a great time working out who the next victim is going to be and who the killer is. Dame Agatha keeps on surprising us!”
The play is set in 1952, when it was originally staged. “That is part of its charm,” says Mr Swerdlow. “The spirit of Britain in the early 1950s informs so much of the play – the attitudes, the speech patterns, the mores.”

Nashville Live - Auckland
2019-04-04 19:00 - 21:00 | ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre, CBD, Auckland, New Zealand
For the very first time in New Zealand, Nashville Live is set to transport country music fans right into the heart of downtown Nashville, celebrating the atmosphere and energy of an evening in the home of country music.
Featuring live some of the hottest country musicians, prepare be taken back to the Grand Old Opry and through the country music history featuring songs from Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton to Carrie Underwood and Garth Brooks.
In the style of a ‘live radio broadcast’ and with a setlist of 44 hit songs including Folsom Prison Blues, Crazy, Jolene and The Gambler, this trip through country music’s greatest moments is an evening not to be missed.
Nashville Live will feature four of the top country music acts stepping up alongside the live house band to perform. Complete with a Grand Old Opry announcer to reveal the hidden histories of country music, audiences can sing and dance to a mixture of classic solos, stellar duets and fantasy group harmonies.
With Musical Direction by Luke Thomas, British Country Music Association ‘Musician of the Year’ (2017), Nashville Live follows in the traditions of Tennessee to recreate a truthful evening straight out of Nashville.

Nashville Live - Tauranga
2019-04-05 19:00 - 21:00

Nashville Live - Palmerston North
2019-04-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Regent on Broadway, 53 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Nashville Live - Napier
2019-04-07 19:00 - 21:00

Nashville Live - Wellington
2019-04-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Wellington Opera House, 13/111 Manners St, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Cats the musical
2019-04-12 19:30 - 2019-05-05 22:00
CATS is based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot. The musical tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make what is known as “the Jellicle choice” and decide which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life.

Cats tour of NZ – 2019

April
12
Blenheim
ASB Theatre
7:30pm
Ticketek

14
Christchurch
Town Hall
4pm & 8pm
Ticketek

15
Ashburton
Event Centre
7:30pm
Ticketdirect

16
Oamaru
Opera House
7:30pm
Ticketdirect

17
Dunedin
Regent Theatre
7:30pm
Ticketdirect

18
Invercargill
Civic Theatre
7:30pm
Ticketdirect

23
Whangarei
Forum North
7:30pm
Ticketek

24
Kerikeri
Turner Centre
7:30pm
The Centre

26
Auckland
BMC
7:30pm
Ticketmaster

27
Hamilton
Claudelands
7:30pm
Ticketek

29
Gisborne
Memorial Theatre
7:30pm
Ticketdirect

30
Tauranga
Baycourt Theatre
7:30pm
Ticketek

May
1
Tauranga
Baycourt Theatre
7:30pm
Ticketek

2
Napier
Municipal Theatre
7:30pm
Ticketek

3
Wellington
MFC
7:30pm
Ticketmaster

4
P North
Regent Theatre
7:30pm
Ticketdirect

5
New Plymouth
TSB Showplace
4pm & 8pm
Ticketek

Potted Potter
2019-04-17 19:30 - 2019-04-21 19:30 | ASB Waterfront Theatre, 138 Halsey St, Auckland, New Zealand
Playing to sold-out houses all over the world, Potted Potter takes on the ultimate challenge of condensing all seven Harry Potter books (and a real life game of Quidditch) into 70 hilarious minutes.
This fantastically funny show features all your favourite characters, a special appearance from the fire-breathing dragon, endless costumes, brilliant songs, ridiculous props and a generous helping of Hogwart’s magic!
Created by double Olivier Award Best Entertainment nominees Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner, the show is a must-see for Potter addicts and a great introduction to the series for anyone who’s ever wondered what all the fuss is about.
Even if you don’t know the difference between a Horcrux and a Hufflepuff, Potted Potter will make you roar with laughter. This brilliant family entertainment is perfect for ages six to Dumbledore (who is very old indeed).

Legendary Mavis Staples Live
2019-04-23 19:00 - 21:00 | The Civic, Cnr Queen & Wellesley Streets, Aucland, New Zealand
Legendary singer Mavis Staples — the embodiment of everything that’s good in the world right now — will return to New Zealand in April 2019 in a special one-off concert featuring our own treasure, Tami Neilson, in support.
Having continuously crossed genre lines like no musician since Ray Charles, from gospel, soul, folk, pop, R&B, blues, rock, and hip hop over the past 60 years, Mavis has seen and sung through so many changes, always rising up to meet every road.
She continues to thrill and inspire audiences around the world, with fans describing her performances as “stunning and moving”.
“She had many thousands of people in the palm of her hand. It was a beautiful sight to see. Kind of a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” says a critic after her appearance in front of a record crowd at an American festival last month.
Since her first recording at age 13 in 1954, Mavis has been in the company of countless legends. From the Delta-inflected gospel sound she helped create in the 1950s with her family as The Staple Singers, to the freedom songs of the Civil Rights era, to pop stardom during the Stax era with hits “I’ll Take You There” and “Respect Yourself,” to The Last Waltz, to serving as muse to both Bob Dylan and Prince, to collaborations with Van Morrison, Billy Preston, Zac Brown, Ry Cooder, Chuck D. and Willie Nelson, her GRAMMY®-winning partnership with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy and most recently with Hozier on his latest song Nina Cried Power.
Mavis is here, having weaved in and through all that fabric for all these many years, to show us that true joy lies simply in living for others. It’s the sermon Dr. King gave all those years ago, and we must be grateful that she is able to echo it for us now. Mavis takes us—not only there, but back, up, and through.
“I’ve been singing for a lifetime and I love it so much … You all better look out, because God is not through with me yet. I’m not stopping. I’m gonna keep on pushing.”
“It’s still the same message,” she says. “I’m still trying to bring us together and make the world a better place through songs. We need one another more than ever now—things ain’t no better now that when I started 70 years ago.”
Like Mavis, Tami was brought up in a musical family and, like Mavis, she paid tribute to her late father by performing his songs. Neilson, a country and soul singer, winner of the prestigious Silver Scroll award and slew of country music awards, has just completed tours of New Zealand, Australia and Europe with her latest album Sassafrass! and championed to convince her idol Mavis to return to New Zealand to perform.

The Mousetrap - Christchurch
2019-04-24 19:30 - 2019-04-28 22:00 | Isaac Theatre Royal, 145 Gloucester St, Christchurch Central,, Christchurch, New Zealand

Urzila Carlson: Token African Q Theatre Auckland
2019-05-03 20:00 - 2019-05-04 22:30 | Q Theatre, 305 Queen Street, Auckland CBD, New Zealand
Multi award-winning South African-Kiwi Urzila Carlson is set to wreak havoc on New Zealand with her brand-new show, Token African, as part of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival.
Featuring all new material and poking fun at her birth country, Urzila laughs that Africans have become the new must have accessory!
“Okay, not really, but everyone knows one, works with one or has a sister that’s dating one of us,” according to Urzila who’s become a household name in New Zealand and over summer, made her bid for world domination, debuting on Netflix as part of the streaming service’s breakthrough stand-up comedy event series “Comedians of the World”
“What makes you African? Is it enough that you’re born there? Do you need to be able to dance? Why does being South African not register as African in most places? You’re thinking about it right now aren’t you? Questioning it.
“Africa changes people. People who visit to game reserves wear ranger outfits… why is that? We don’t wear scrubs when going to the doctor… Africa puts things in perspective, this show will help you find that focus, delivered to you by a Token African.”
Urzila’s natural cheeky, straight up style will have you eating out of her hand the moment she takes the stage and you’ll want to be her friend. Since taking the comedy stage in 2008 she has had sold out seasons at the Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and New Zealand Comedy Festivals.
Her television appearances include Spicks and Specks, Dirty Laundry, Have You Been Paying Attention?, The Great Debate with Barry Humphries, ABC Comedy Up Late, 7 Days, Super City, Road Madness and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Galas.
“Carlson is a gifted and accomplished comedian – an absolute must-see.” – Appetite for the Arts
“Belly laughs and guffaws aplenty.” – The Music
“Effortlessly likeable.. stream of belly-laughs.” – The Age
Awards:
Winner Best Female Comedian – NZ Comedy Guild Awards – 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
Winner New Zealand Comedy Festival 2014 & 2015
Winner TV3 People’s Choice Award 2013

A Bowie Celebration: The David Bowie Alumni Tour - AUCKLAND
2019-05-04 20:00 - 22:30 | ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre, CBD, Auckland, New Zealand
To mark 50 years since David Bowie’s Space Oddity was unleashed on the world, The Thin White Duke’s band is bringing its “A Bowie Celebration: The David Bowie Alumni Tour” to New Zealand.
The tour, headed by Bowie’s musical director and longest serving band member Mike Garson, will feature world-class musicians who have performed with David over a period of more than 40 years including Gerry Leonard, Carmine Rojas, Mark Plati and drummer John Lee.
These Bowie alumni band members were friends of David’s, worked and performed with him on more than two dozen albums spanning from Aladdin Sane to The Next Day and world tours beginning with the Ziggy Stardust tour in 1972 through David’s final Reality tour in 2003.
A Bowie Celebration also features unforgettable and critically-acclaimed vocalists, such as legendary rock group Living Colour’s Corey Glover and crowd favourite, Joe Sumner (he is Sting’s son in all ways) along with some special guests to be announced. With a mix of top hits and deep cuts, it’s Bowie friends, playing Bowie music, in true Bowie style.

A Bowie Celebration: The David Bowie Alumni Tour - CHCH
2019-05-05 19:00 - 21:30 | Christchurch Town Hall, New Zealand

The Mousetrap - Wellington
2019-05-08 19:30 - 2019-05-19 22:00 | Wellington Opera House, 13/111 Manners St, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Urzila Carlson: Token African BMC AUCKLAND
2019-05-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Bruce Mason Centre, The Promenade, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand

West Side Story - Wellington
2019-06-06 19:30 - 2019-06-16 20:00 | Wellington Opera House, 13/111 Manners St, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
One of the most celebrated musicals of all time, West Side Story will play a limited season at Wellington’s Opera House in 2019.
The Opera Australia, GWB Entertainment and BB Group production of West Side Story will play a New Zealand exclusive limited season in Wellington from 6 to 16 June ahead of its international tour of Germany and season at Sydney Opera House.
A modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet; this tragic love story tells the tale of two young people whose happiness is destroyed by the hate of two enemy camps in New York City’s urban jungle. The ‘Jets’, sons of previous immigrants to America, battle the new arrivals from Puerto Rico, the ‘Sharks’, for domination of the streets.
When the original West Side Story opened on Broadway in 1957, musical theatre changed forever as the most complex and challenging unity of music, dance, book and lyrics was realised in a way which has been rarely matched since. The genius of its four creators, a remarkable collaboration between Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim and Jerome Robbins, produced a masterpiece whose artistic quality remains unquestioned to this day. Now former pupil of Jerome Robbins, Joey McKneely’s vibrant new stage production returns to New Zealand after wild acclaim worldwide.
Since the first world tour in 2003, there have been more than 1500 performances of McKneely’s award-winning production of West Side Story. McKneely is a two-time Tony Award nominated choreographer whose Broadway credits include Smokey Joe’s Café, The Life, Twelfth Night, The Wild Party and The Boy From Oz.
GWB Entertainment’s Torben Brookman said “musicals like West Side Story only come along once in a lifetime. This piece transformed musical theatre around the world and is as relevant today as it was when first staged. It is a privilege to bring this internationally acclaimed production to Wellington audiences in 2019.”
The cast of 33 features a dynamic mix of established performers alongside some of Australia and New Zealand’s most exciting emerging talent in this celebrated production. The production will feature Todd Jacobsson as Tony, Sophie Salvesani as Maria, Chloe Zuel as Anita, Noah Mullins as Riff, and Lyndon Watts as Bernardo. Joining them is Ritchie Singer as Doc, Paul Dawber as Lt. Schrank, Dean Vince as Officer Krupke and Paul Hanlon as Glad Hand.
As “The Jets” the ensemble will include Joshua Taylor, Nicholas Collins, Christian Ambesi, Nathan Pavey, Blake Tuke, Sebastien Golenko, Molly Bugeja, Joseph Donovan with Natasha O’Hehir, Angelica Di Clemente, Taylah Small and Sarah Dimas.
Completing the cast as “The Sharks” will be Anthony Garcia, Keanu Gonzalez, Daniel Assetta, Matt Antonucci, Jason Yang-Westland, Brady Kitchingham, Daniel Wijngaarden with Zoe Ioannou, Olivia Carniato, Nikki Croker, Amba Fewster and Ariana Mazzeo.
“A thrilling, hurtling triumph.” – The Observer, UK
“No.1 Greatest musical of all time.” – The Times, UK

War Horse the stage spectacular
2019-06-21 19:30 - 2019-07-14 20:30 | The Civic, Cnr Queen & Wellesley Streets, Aucland, New Zealand
War Horse, the unforgettable theatrical event from the National Theatre of Great Britain, based on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel will visit New Zealand for the first time in June 2019.
The winner of more than 25 international awards, including the Tony Award® for Best Play on Broadway, War Horse is directed by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris. Nick Stafford’s adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s remarkable story of courage, loyalty and friendship tells the story of a young boy called Albert and his horse Joey, set against the backdrop of the First World War. This powerfully moving and imaginative drama is a show of phenomenal inventiveness, filled with stirring music and songs, featuring ground-breaking puppetry work by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, which brings breathing, galloping horses to life on stage.
War Horse, which has now been seen by over seven million people worldwide, received its world premiere on 9 October 2007 at the National Theatre where it played for two seasons before opening at the New London Theatre in March 2009. Since then, War Horse has been seen in 97 cities in 11 countries, including productions on Broadway, in Toronto and Berlin, with touring productions in the UK and Ireland, North America, the Netherlands, Belgium and China.
At the outbreak of World War One, Joey, young Albert’s beloved horse, is sold to the Cavalry and shipped to France. He’s soon caught up in enemy fire, and fate takes him on an extraordinary journey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man’s land. Albert, who remained on his parents’ Devon farm, cannot forget Joey. Though still not old enough to enlist he embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and bring him home.

Nick Offerman – All Rise - AUCKLAND
2019-06-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Auckland Town Hall, Queen St, Auckland CBD, New Zealand
Award-winning US actor, writer and comedian Nick Offerman returns to New Zealand for the first time since 2016, with his brand-new live show, All Rise.
All Rise is an evening of deliberative talking and light dance that will compel you to chuckle whilst enjoining you to brandish a better side of humanity than the one to which we have grown accustomed. Genuflection optional: in my church, you kneel as you please!
“My aim in this undertaking is to encourage my fellow Homo Sapiens to aim higher in life than the channels of consumerism would have us imagine,” said Offerman.
“It’s a proper revival suggesting the existence of a higher power in the land than commerce, one that will cause you to pop, lock and rejoice! Come on down and hear the good news that will make you go jingle-jangle in your juice box.”
Offerman is an accomplished entertainer known for Parks and Recreation (2009), The Founder (2016) and Fargo (2014). His role as Ron Swanson in Parks and Recreation, earned him a Television Critics Association Award in the US for Individual Achievement in Comedy.
He is also a two-time nominee for the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. His first major television role since the end of Parks and Recreation was Karl Weathers in the acclaimed series Fargo, for which he also received a Critics’ Choice Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries.
As a writer, Offerman has published four books (All New York Times Bestsellers): The Greatest Love Story Ever Told (with his legendary bride Megan Mullally) (2018), Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man’s Fundamentals for Delicious Living (2013), Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America’s Gutsiest Troublemakers (2015), and Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop (2016).
While having earned massive recognition for his work on-screen, Offerman also thrives on stage in front of a live audience. His solo show Full Bush was critically acclaimed when he brought it to New Zealand three years ago.
Don’t miss Nick Offerman’s New Zealand return in All Rise in 2019.

Pop-up Globe tour -- Dunedin
2019-06-25 19:30 - 2019-06-29 21:00 | Regent Theatre, Dunedin, New Zealand
Dunedin | Regent Theatre | 25-29 June
It’s sold over half-a-million tickets, performed over 1000 shows, and wowed audiences across Australasia with its performances. Now, for the first time ever, the magic of Shakespeare performed in a style for which the Pop-up Globe Theatre Company has become famous is coming to a theatre near you!
The multi-award-winning Auckland-based company tis taking its extraordinary critically-acclaimed productions of the most famous play ever written Hamlet, and wild comedy Measure for Measure, to seven New Zealand cities this year.
Through the genius of its trademark set design, audiences in Dunedin, Nelson, Christchurch, Wellington, Napier, Hamilton and New Plymouth will be transported to the 17th century, treated to a playful and fun style of theatre they’re unlikely to have experienced before.
Don’t just take our word for it. Come see for yourself what over 500,000 people are raving about.
Dunedin | Starts 25 June | Regent Theatre | TicketDirect
Nelson | Starts 3 July | Theatre Royal | TicketDirect
Christchurch | Starts 12 July | Isaac Theatre Royal | Ticketek
Wellington | Starts 31 July | The Opera House | Ticketmaster
Napier | Starts 20 August | Municipal Theatre | Ticketek
Hamilton | Starts 27 August | Clarence St Theatre | Ticketek
New Plymouth | Starts 4 September | TSB Showplace | Ticketek

Nick Offerman – All Rise - CHCH
2019-06-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Isaac Theatre Royal, 145 Gloucester St, Christchurch Central,, Christchurch, New Zealand

Pop-up Globe - Nelson
2019-07-03 19:30 - 2019-07-07 21:00 | Theatre Royal, Nelson, New Zealand
Nelson | Starts 3 July | Theatre Royal | TicketDirect
It’s sold over half-a-million tickets, performed over 1000 shows, and wowed audiences across Australasia with its performances. Now, for the first time ever, the magic of Shakespeare performed in a style for which the Pop-up Globe Theatre Company has become famous is coming to a theatre near you!
The multi-award-winning Auckland-based company tis taking its extraordinary critically-acclaimed productions of the most famous play ever written Hamlet, and wild comedy Measure for Measure, to seven New Zealand cities this year.
Through the genius of its trademark set design, audiences in Dunedin, Nelson, Christchurch, Wellington, Napier, Hamilton and New Plymouth will be transported to the 17th century, treated to a playful and fun style of theatre they’re unlikely to have experienced before.
Don’t just take our word for it. Come see for yourself what over 500,000 people are raving about.
Dunedin | Starts 25 June | Regent Theatre | TicketDirect
Nelson | Starts 3 July | Theatre Royal | TicketDirect
Christchurch | Starts 12 July | Isaac Theatre Royal | Ticketek
Wellington | Starts 31 July | The Opera House | Ticketmaster
Napier | Starts 20 August | Municipal Theatre | Ticketek
Hamilton | Starts 27 August | Clarence St Theatre | Ticketek
New Plymouth | Starts 4 September | TSB Showplace | Ticketek

URZILA CARLSON: TOKEN AFRICAN - HAMILTON
2019-07-06 20:00 - 22:00 | Heaphy Room, Claudelands, Cnr Brooklyn Road and Heaphy Terrace, Hamilton, New Zealand

URZILA CARLSON: TOKEN AFRICAN - WHANGAREI
2019-07-13 20:00 - 22:00 | Forum North, Rust Ave, Whangarei, New Zealand

A Conversation on DEA Narcos - Wellington
2019-07-17 19:30 - 22:00 | Wellington Opera House, 13/111 Manners St, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
US DEA agents Steve Murphy and Javier Pena are coming to Wellington with an evening of conversation on their instrumental role in the take down of the undisputed “king of cocaine” Pablo Escobar, and the Cali cartel.
“Are you a NARCOS fan? Do you know what’s fact and what’s fiction? Join Javier and I as we return to Australia and New Zealand to tell the true story about Pablo Escobar. We’ll answer questions about Pablo, the Cali Cartel (from season 3), Kiki Camarena (from season 4), the making of NARCOS, and even our personal lives. Our last trip “down under” was one of the best tours of our lives, and we can’t wait to return in July 2019!!! Come and join us for a night you’ll never forget, we’re gonna have some fun, don’t miss out!!!” – Steve Murphy
The actions of Pena and Murphy were the inspiration for the hugely popular Netflix crime series Narcos, which tells the story of Colombia’s infamous drug cartels and Pablo Escobar’s fight to maintain his position as the most powerful player.
Agents Pena and Murphy will speak about the rise and fall of the Medellin Cartel and the role they played in bringing down its notorious leader, Columbian drug lord, Pablo Escobar. Including exclusive stories and images not seen in the series, this unique event gives Narcos fans, and those interested in Pablo Escobar, the opportunity to hear first-hand from the two men who were key in his capture in 1993. The evening’s discussion will also shed light on their input into the hit Netflix series, where they reveal information which doesn’t feature in the show, and will be followed by a Q&A session with the audience.
Pablo Escobar was the wealthiest, most powerful, and most violent criminal of the 20th Century. In collaborating with drug traffickers to form the Medellin Cartel, he eventually controlled more than 80% of all the cocaine distributed in the US. Escobar’s ruthless tactics allowed him to operate with impunity throughout South America, and he was responsible for the deaths of three Colombian Presidential candidates, an Attorney General, several Justice Ministers, more than 200 judges, more than 1,000 Police Officers, an unknown number of competing drug traffickers and perceived enemies, and countless innocent people caught in the crossfire.

URZILA CARLSON: TOKEN AFRICAN - NAPIER
2019-07-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Municipal Theatre, 119 Tennyson St, Napier, New Zealand
