BATS THEATRE

A hilarious new satire from award-winning playwright Abby Howells (Benedict Cumberbatch Must Die, Harlequeen) about men (played by women) and their problems. Five men (all ...

One’s polyamorous, the other is monogamous, and the other one wants an open relationship. Is one person ever enough? “A SEAMLESS BLEND OF COMEDY AND ...

Butcher Holler Here We Come is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning original performance that descends into the interior landscape of the male psyche-in-crisis. ‘Toxic Masculinity’ is ...

A series of works created by Rangatahi o Te Upoko-o-te-ika, curated by Neenah Dekkers-Reihana and supported by a whole bunch of epic mentors and also ...

"Hey Kiddo, come sit down. Can we talk for a sec? You're growing up now and you might notice that your body is going through ...

A man in his thirties puppets a 50cm marionette of famous film actor Christopher Walken doing a bad job of recounting movie plot lines, with ...

Why Me? Why not Frank? Three solos, one issue, a large box sits centre stage glowing from the inside out. We are brought into the ...

Here’s a play that talks about death and dying, as characters grapple with the pros and cons of euthanasia and the issues raised by the ...

Sex. Death. Love. Anxiety. Revolution. Tomatoes. Massive Crushes is a morbid mixtape of murderous monologues about sex, death and everything in between. A phenomenal and ...

From the creators of The White Guitar comes a new play, A Boy Called Piano, the true story of Fa’amoana ‘John’ Luafutu and the experience ...

Work. Uni. Social Life. What do they have in common? Rugby. For Sam, at least. Ever since being told in his first match “Stop playing, ...

The true story of a caretaker and his duck...

BATS presents a short series of play readings from leading New Zealand women playwrights....

A poetic study of the personal soapbox & a fantastical ride through the subconscious mind....

A new play for mothers, daughters, and radical feminist grandmas....

When Willy gets caught shoplifting his life is plunged into one of lies, deception and hiding from the pigs. During community service he meets Louis. ...

Why go away when you can spend the Long Weekend at BATS Theatre? The Polaroid Collective returns to BATS with the NZ Improv Festival (2011) ...

A musical by Michael Nicholas Williams Martha Beck is one of life’s losers, but in her dreams she is Scarlett O’Hara waiting for Rhett Butler ...

A show by by the Bare Hunt Collective In their next offering after back/words, Bare Hunt Collective brings you Munted, a documentary theatre project exploring ...