Every BATS show from the 2026 NZ International Comedy Festival, all in one place.
Neil Thornton has a problem: despite being a successful educator and award-winning comedian (Best Comedian, Wellington Comedy Awards), the voices in his head still say, “You’re wasting your potential!”
Austin Harrison doesn't give f***...literally! Can comedy be funny without a sex drive?
Comedian and ex-professional dancer Joana Joy hosts the dance competition show nobody asked for but everyone needs.
It’s 2026 and tragically, comedy has become important.
What happens when you’ve almost reached the top of a mountain you’ve been climbing for years and you realise that maybe you should have been concentrating your efforts on another mountain entirely?
Annie spent many nights during 2025 in a sci-fi universe slaying monsters with her artificial video-game boyfriends: a merman, a space gangster and a pilot.
Welcome aboard the production line at the T.E.M.U Joke Factory!
Felicity Ward is coming out of her shell, and she’s been doing just fine. Divorce. Bisexuality. The Paso Doble. It’s been QUITE the year.
Renaissance man (noun): a person with many “talents” or areas of “knowledge.”
This is for anyone who’s ever come out, burned out, or had a hard day in policy.
It’s time to enter Aphrodite’s discotheque, where the Goddess of Love takes you through a Studio 54/Mount Olympus fever dream and she can hopefully teach all of us a thing or two about the ultimate trophy "love" (if it even exists).
Dangerously funny and deliriously sexy: sketch comedy that’s as smart as it is filthy.
Do you remember the last time you pissed yourself laughing at someone shouting “Peekaboo!”?
Kipling DC is not just a Skuxx, he’s a Skuxx Cowboy.
The hot daddies of chuckles, Hamish Parkinson and Ryan Richards, are back!
In Orin Performs Performative Stand-Up Comedy, Orin – the performer – launches hairlessly into the world of alternative stand-up.
From a gorgeous three level repurposed historic building we nurture creative talent and showcase exciting new NZ performance. Our buzzing year-round programme is an alternative mash-up of theatre, dance, improv, stand-up, and experimental work.
We partner in the development of exciting and bold performance. Through the meeting of digital and live art, bolstering BATS as a hub of creativity and showcasing diverse festival activity we support career sustainability and wellbeing for all.
We aim to make visiting BATS as easy as possible for everyone. If you need support with access, audio, visual needs, or with reserving an easy access seat in the theatre we encourage you to contact us prior to your visit and discuss your individual needs with our friendly Box Office team.
Putting on a show at BATS is a pretty sweet deal. We spend more supporting our shows than we make back with our low venue fees. That’s alright by us though, we exist to support emerging artists and showcase new NZ performance!
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Show Dates
4pm - Late
