Big Queer Improv Party 3
14 Feb, 10pm. Theatre. Choose What You Pay.
Big Queer Improv Party is back for our annual celebration of queer joy, featuring a delightful cast of queer comedy superstars and surprise celebrity guests.
Not only will this show fill your cup with joy and nonsense, it will also fill you with good vibes because every ticket sold raises money for our friends at Rainbow Youth!
Featuring Tom Sainsbury, Tom Clarke, Maria Williams, Rebecca Mary Gwendolon, Steven Lyons, Georgia Pringle and Greg Ward. Big Queer Improv Party 3 combines real stories with made up scenes for a welcoming and goofy hangout-vibes comedy show.
Consider this your invite to our improv party! We’ll see you there!
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We’re Weird For Other Reasons
10 – 14 Feb, 8pm. Theatre. Choose What You Pay.
A world-first theatre project entirely devised by members of the Ace/Aro/Aspec community. This is a joyful and insightful exploration of our varied experiences and identities, brought to the stage for our community, friends, the curious and kind.
Brought to you by the creative teams behind Ungartered Territory and the Dr Drama Trilogy- We’re Weird for Other Reasons promises to be fun, theatrical, enlightening and a celebration of an emerging identity through performance.
Supported by Wellington City Council and Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington.
“it’s also so powerful to be able to watch a piece and feel represented in a way that I’ve just never felt”- Theatreview (Ungartered Territory)
Audio Description is available for all performances of We’re Weird for Other Reasons. Please email austinharrisontheatre@gmail.com directly if you would like Audio Description available for your performance.
Wednesday 11 Feb – Post-Show Q+A with the creatives and director behind ‘We’re Weird For Other Reasons’
Saturday 14 Feb – Free Workshop, Makers Space, 10am-1pm
A free workshop for aspec (asexual and/or aromantic) and questioning folks to explore and discuss aspec identities and experiences in an affirming and gentle space. Offered by Dr James Wenley (Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington) and the team behind Basement Theatre and Auckland Pride aspec theatre show ‘We’re Weird for Other Reasons’, this workshop will involve playful prompts and exercises for us to connect and share in community.
Saturday 14 Feb – “Platonic Valentines”, Basement Theatre, 6pm
Join the team behind “We’re Weird for Other Reasons” for a warm evening celebrating platonic connection. Whether you’re a fellow aromantic legend, or just not feeling the traditional valentine’s buzz this year- we’ve got you. There will cake, good company and a space to hang out and meet new people without any icky expectations.
Join us from 6pm in the Basement Theatre bar, and stick around for the show with your new pals.
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TAKAPAPA – An indigenous queer film night
14 Feb, 5pm. Theatre. FREE EVENT
Woven through the theme of TAKAPAPA — this indigi-queer film night weaves layers of identity, ancestry, memory, and connection that shape us across cultures, generations, and geographies. Each film speaks to the ways people locate themselves: in whakapapa, in queerness, in culture, in land, in community, and in the stories we inherit or choose to create.
Casting the net across Te Moana Nui a Kiwa and Asia, these works invoke decolonial thinking while exploring the tensions and tenderness of becoming, belonging, and authenticity.
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Potluck: A smorgasbord of drag talent!
17 – 21 Feb, 8pm. Theatre.
Summer, Pride, and a whole lot of queer chaos. Drag King Haute Dish Auckland’s tastiest export and a wholesome Midwestern boy with just the right amount of spice – hosts Potluck, a nightly feast of drag where the menu changes every evening. As an Auckland drag king and producer for Cabaret Coven, Haute Dish brings a cheeky, home-cooked vibe to the stage: warm, unapologetic, and wildly unpredictable.
Expect a smorgasbord of talent, mouth watering looks and sizzling performances. With a rotating lineup each night, no two shows are the same — come hungry for spectacle, leave with crumbs of queer magic (and maybe a new favourite performer). Bring friends, bring pride, and bring your appetite.
Starring: Haute Dish, Romeo Blanco, Alexis Stoned, Bacchus, Johnny Raven, Dick Slayson, Douchebag DuJour, Theo Throb, Mx Splicit, Finn Gerring, Slovena, Veronica Feelgood, Fizzy Pop, Molly Q-Lar, Carmen Composed, Miss Caara, Fey Fapae, Neigh Sayyer, Tea Gurl, Large Hard Ron Collider and Margarita Blades
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404: FAFA NOT FOUND
26 – 28 Feb, 6.30pm. Studio. Choose What You Pay
404: Fafa Not Found explores the impossibility of being authentically represented and the rituals we invent when explanation fails. Drawing from queer Pasifika and Indigenous knowledge systems, it refuses to define identity, instead staging its continual rewriting. A butch queen, a liberated body, the body the algorithm rejects. This work invites you to decode what appears … and what stays hidden in the system.
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Live Reel Presents: Undercover Beauty Queen
25 Feb, 8.30pm. Theatre. Choose What You Pay.
We’re back and we’re kicking off 2026 with a classic!
UNDERCOVER BEAUTY QUEEN!
Come see some of Auckland’s most crack up people as they perform Miss Congeniality all from memory!
Will Sandy B successfully become hot enough to stop some crimes against models? Will she remember to say ‘World Peace’? Will there be a talent portion of the pageant? You bet your ass there will be…if we remember.
Hosted by Nicky Vella.
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