Every BATS show from the 2026 NZ International Comedy Festival, all in one place.
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.
Sashi's family name - Perera - means pear tree in Portuguese. It's a common name in Sri Lanka where Sashi was born but never lived.
Fresh off the back of her Melbourne run, Angella brings back her 2025 Fred award winning show.
Driving Me Crazy is a no-brakes comedy collision starring real-life married comedy couple Mo Munn and Q Potts.
We all have secrets… Things best kept quiet… Tama Alexander is no stranger to hiding from his embarrassing life.
In 2021, the pekapeka-tou-roa (long-tailed bat) won New Zealand’s Bird of the Year – despite being a mammal, and not at all a bird.
Gabby thought that moving overseas in her thirties would be the start of her main-character era.
The show involves ballet, violence, wrestling, nudity, an evil owl, magic, 45 bras and a very loose grasp of the French language.
"Like Freaky Friday, but fucked! Like Stars in their Eyes sans celebrities!"
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!
Office Hours
Mon - Fri 9am - 4pm
Show Dates
4pm - Late
