*As part of New Performance Festival By Josh Rutter (Auckland) A belligerent confused rite of passage, deep in the heart of homo-social neurosis. A group of men lost in the fever dreams of a restlessly mutating ...Auckland | Wednesday, 22 February 2012 - Thursday, 23 February 2012

World premiere of an original one woman doco-comedy. As part of the New Zealand Fringe Festival, a currently working whore takes you balls-deep with stories and statistics into the strange, crazy, funny, grotesque and ...Wellington | Wednesday, 22 February 2012 - Saturday, 25 February 2012

Next week, in honour of the founder of The Hootchy Kootchy Girls being in town we are having a reunion show where some of the Dunedin Hootchy Kootchy students will present a mix of old favourite routes and new routines ...Dunedin | Wednesday, 22 February 2012

O’week isn’t all fun and parties. Oh wait, yes it is! And for a night of fun we have locked in the best comedians in New Zealand supported by some of Otago University's finest. First up we have the rooster who ...Dunedin | Wednesday, 22 February 2012

International Stand-Up is excited to present New Zealand's most energetic comedian, Steve Wrigley, at the Monteiths Brewery Bar. With support from local acts. Contact venue to book tickets. Porirua - Mana | Wednesday, 22 February 2012

*As part of New Performance Festival By Theatre Studies, University of Otago The experience of belonging – or not belonging – to a place, a country, a culture. Be | Longing tells the many stories of those who ...Auckland | Wednesday, 22 February 2012 - Thursday, 23 February 2012

An unmissable night of Music, Theatre and Comedy. In a woolshed... 'The Bitches Box' and Mel Parsons South Island Tour 2012 is coming to a farm near you this Feb & March. Join us for a world-class show in a rural ...Hororata | Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Recently, while sitting in the airport lounge in Sydney waiting for a flight home, I glanced up from my hardcover book and surveyed the other travellers in my immediate vicinity. Every one of them - perhaps 40 in total, of all ages...

The sales pitch to the literary agent or publisher for this book must have been entertaining. "I want to write a book that is a sort of summary of a wilfully ambiguous science fiction movie made by a Russian director more than 30...

Stuart Park of the NZ Historic Places Trust in Northland will introduce people to a range of fascinating historical characters and 'odd bods' who have played their part in Kerikeri's more than colourful history. Kerikeri | Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Every show has a showstopper, the most popular song that stops the show and everyone wants to hear! We proudly present a show packed with those showstoppers. Tickets are $30 and include a lunch with the artists, with ...Whangarei | Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Extended by popular demand! Pataka is delighted to be able to show off a major part of its miniature figures collection. Collected by Mr J G Penman and bequeathed to the Porirua Museum by his wife Mrs Dinah Penman in ...Porirua - Mana | Wednesday, 22 February 2012 - Sunday, 26 February 2012

From appearing alongside Ricky Gervais as the gormless Gareth Keenan in The Office to his turn as one of Johnny Depp's henchmen in the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films, Mackenzie Crook is nothing if not versatile as...

From appearing alongside Ricky Gervais as the gormless Gareth Keenan in The Office to his turn as one of Johnny Depp's henchmen in the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films, Mackenzie Crook is nothing if not versatile as...

With his mowhawk and beard, Kimmo Pohjonen looks like a rock star - but the Finnish artist doesn't play guitar, bass or drums. He's a master of the accordian.Pohjonen, due in Wellington soon for two performances as part of the...