The Hannah is proud to present a full, wild and striking calendar of events, shows, and development works across multiple disciplines and genres.
Browse upcoming seasons below. Click through to read more and book tickets.
Listening Post: Gemma vs the Normal Worms
15 Episodes of beautifully produced, highly infectious audio comedy, inchworming into a mind near you....
Raunchy, kalaeidoscopic adventure Gemma vs The Normal Worms will be playing episodes on demand for FREE. Check out their charming audio installation on the ground floor at The Hannah.
The Fijian Flying Circus
A breathtaking fusion of aerial acrobatics, daring stunts, vibrant island storytelling, and cheeky slapstick humor.
Performed by the world-toured VOU Dance Company, The Fijian Flying Circus is a magical, high-energy celebration of Fiji's mana, spirit, and joy.
My Mother Should Have Had an Abortion (development season)
Through humor and honesty, Joyann attempts to turn grief into punchlines and healing.
A painfully honest solo show about depression, mothers, and why love and like aren't the same.
Our Dreaming Bodies
Step into a world where dreams blur with reality, and beauty meets the bizarre.
Our Dreaming Bodies is a surreal contemporary dance work weaving Victorian aesthetics with dreamscapes of queerness, kinship, and femme power.
SKWERT: The Reunion
It's a Boy Band Murder Mystery Musical! After the tragic death of their leader, Scott, SKWERT is reuniting for one massive memorial tour. However, not is all as it seems…
SKWERT: The Reunion is an original musical featuring music and lyrics by Wellington creatives Elliott Lam and Finn McKinlay.
Therapy is expensive so I’m doing this instead
Lucy Gardner is a Wellington based comedian, with signature deadpan, dark and delightful humour. It's funny till it isn't, then it's funny again.
Raw Comedy Quest - 2023 Semi Finalist
The Cardinal Rules
Thoroughly relatable humour, staggering humanity...and pushy Aunties from the ancestral plane!
Engulfed by nostalgia, a woman stands at the funeral of a primary school friend that she hasn't seen in years. As she remembers her 90's childhood in a close-knit suburban Catholic community, she questions how their lives diverged.
WINNER Best Theatre - Sydney Fringe 2025
Magical Madness
Known for blending cutting-edge technology with jaw-dropping illusions, Saksham Sharma has captivated audiences with levitations, teleportations, and stunning transformations.
His innovative approach has earned him acclaim on Australia's Got Talent and a reputation as a trailblazer in modern magic.
Four Questions
Four-year-olds ask the biggest questions. As we grow, the answers get tangled - gender, identity, belonging, the slow loss of magic.
In this contemporary dance work, a community cast explores moments of wonder, confusion and discovery--reminding us how it feels to see the world again with fresh eyes.
2b or nt 2b
Six characters from classic plays meet as present day teenagers at midnight on The Bridge to Nowhere (the one in the Hutt..)
An award-winning play by Micky Delahunty returns to the Fringe eighteen years after its first performance in the very same spot (our Halfway Up bar!) with a fresh cast of young performers.
Third Chapter
D, Muss & JLaw is a jazz trio that embodies the spirit of creative rebellion, their music a potent fusion of genre-bending experimentation and emotional intensity.
Soundscapes oscillate between heavy jazz and thumping hip-hop beats, soaring to emotionally powerful improvisations and dissolving into moments of sublime euphoria.
TNT!
TNT! is a musical project incorporating the explosive power of big band jazz with the mana and beautiful lyricism of te ao Māori.
Bangers and Mash Ups
Get ready to bang out your favourite hits in glorious harmony like never before. Grab a friend for a night of mass karaoke mayhem that will have you on your feet and singing your heart out!
Bleed Out
Following a standout performance at Lōemis Festival 2025, Bleed Out returns with two of Aotearoa's best contemporary dancers, and the music of acclaimed composer David Long.
Bleed Out draws from the figures of the hunter and the huntress. The wild that exists in all of us when we have reached a precipice.
Pōneke Festival of Contemporary Dance 2026
Featuring performances at the Hannah and a residency series across the new Toi Pōneke and Footnote Dance Studios, the Pōneke Festival of Contemporary Dance is here to ensure a vibrant future for our city’s dance scene, fostering a passionate community around this captivating art form.
Sameena Zehra: In Progress
Sameena loves a catchy show title. She’s been collecting them forever. Some have potential; some are clearly 3am half-asleep-reaching-for-the-notebook-by-the-bedside-often-completely-unreadable-in-the-morning unhinged drivel. Which to make into shows, which ones to chuck in the bin?
We've got 55 minutes to sort out how to stop hoarding all the useless things in our lives.
Blake Pavey: Live
Blake Pavey is hitting New Zealand with his brand-new hour of stand-up. Fresh off two national tours and a YouTube comedy special, Blake is bringing plenty of cheeky stories, sharp punchlines, and his signature charm across the ditch!
Tap Fusion
A high energy, percussive Tap Dance show that fuses with Street Dance, Contemporary Dance and Live Original Music.
Taula
Identity, belonging, the passing down of cultural traditions and the importance of family, both present and past, weave together in this new devised work from Pasifika Festival’s Shooting Star programme.
He Māori?
Īhaka Martyn’s award-winning show combines comedy, waiata, and physical performance to explore the confusion, comedy and celebration of reclaiming Māoritanga from a Pākehā upbringing.
Free event as part of a special Waitangi Day roadshow.
Friendlyjordies presents: Alien Hunter
A comedy show that’s truly out of this world.
Australian comedian, political satirist, documentary maker and podcast creator Friendlyjordies is diving deep into the UFO phenomenon. Whether you're a sceptic, a believer, or just here for the ride, this show promises to beam you up to comedy gold.
A Welly Full of Laughs
Wellington’s best comics, doing their best stuff live!
Featuring Lesa MacLeod-Whiting, Jak Darling, Booth the Clown, Kipling DC, Jerome Chandrahasen, Trent Baumann, Ginge & Minge, Lily Catastrophe, and Alayne Dick. One hot summer night only.
The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate - The Musical
A brand-new musical theatre voyage, with songs and sea-shanties crafted by Te Whanganui-a-Tara’s own Nino Raphael.
Inspired by Margaret Mahy’s much-loved children’s tale and authorised by the author’s estate, this rollicking production breathes new wind and adventure into one of Aotearoa’s favourite stories.
Amélie the Musical
Following the success of its critically-acclaimed 2019–2022 UK production, which earned a GRAMMY® nomination and three Olivier Award nominations, Amélie the Musical now makes its Aotearoa New Zealand premiere right here in Pōneke Wellington.
Buck Scourge: Living Nightmare
Beware— BUCK SCOURGE is loose… or are we trapped in their LIVING NIGHTMARE?
thunder cracks, a clown horn honks in the distance...
Raybon Kan — RAYBONANZA!
A stand-up show 31 years in the making. Award-winning comic Raybon Kan celebrates his 31st anniversary in stand-up with his greatest hits show Raybonanza.
Mr. Halloween Bachelor
A new show from Wellington’s improv heartthrobs PopRox!
Join Frankenstein this Halloween as he searches for his next bride (or groom) at the Hannah Playhouse in a one-night-only red rose spectacular!
The Griegol
From Trick of the Light Theatre (The Bookbinder) comes a charming, moving, and wildly inventive production.
After their grandmother passes away, a child suspects they are being pursued by the smoke demon shapeshifter of the old woman’s stories. The Griegol is a dark fantasy in the vein of Spirited Away, for older children and adults.
Windbag: Live!
Join The Spinoff Wellington editor Joel MacManus in a conversation with politics reporter Lyric Waiwiri-Smith and special guests, as they lay out Wellington’s wins and woes, ahead of the upcoming local elections.
RadioActive Live at The Hannah
Celebrate RadioActive.FM’s 48th Birthday with us!
See some of today's Active personalities interviewing local icons and musicians for some special stripped down, intimate sets.
Mo Munn: Is it off?
One woman comedy buffet, packed with chaotic jokes, outlandish stories and a touch of spectacle.
Fresh from debuting at the NZ International Comedy Fest, and taking home two comedy awards, Is it off? will keep audiences on their toes, delivering a comedy experience more hectic than a high school rave.
Sameena Zehra: Homicidal Pacifist - Dust Off Your Guillotines
Sameena Zehra is back to explore whether it's time to dust off your guillotines with dark comedy and delicious storytelling that will make you gasp and guffaw as you channel your inner homicidal pacifist to pen a culling list of your own.
Part of the TAHI Festival Encore Series, following a sold-out season at NZ International Comedy Festival.
This Wasn’t The Plan
Please take your seats in this cabaret classroom as lecturer, acclaimed musical theatre performer Glenn Horsfall, takes you through the twists and turns of a life imagined versus a reality lived.
Beautiful songs and hilarious, heartfelt, humbling stories.
“Masterclass in storytelling” - The Post
Ravel’s L'enfant et les sortilèges
New Zealand School of Music Classical Performance students present four performances Ravel's engagingly magical opera 'L'enfant et les sortilèges.
Directed by Sara Brodie. Conducted by Martin Riseley with the New Zealand School of Music orchestra.
Raw Comedy Quest 2025: Final
The capital's premier comedy competition.
Witness the rising stars in stand-up comedy before they hit the big time.
Hosted by Justine Smith.
First Draft
From 15-17 August, The Magnificent Weirdos is teaming up with writers in the early stages of creating new work to present rehearsed readings of these works in progress for the public, followed by audience kōrero with each writer/creator.
All the work is created by writers and devisers with lived experience of disability, neurodiversity, d/Deafness or mental distress.
Wellington Opera: Mate Ururoa
A true story of the heroism and humiliation of Captain Roger Dansey, a Māori soldier on the frontline of a European war, Mate Ururoa is an urgent new chamber opera from legendary New Zealand composer Dame Gillian Whitehead (Ngāi Te Rangi, Tūhoe).
Lōemis: Bleed Out
Two of Aotearoa’s best contemporary dancers and music by the acclaimed composer David Long come together for one night only at the Hannah. A collaboration between Georgia Beechey, Luke Hanna, and Miranda Manasiadis.
Lōemis: Flashpoint :: Synapse
Flashpoint :: Synapse is an arresting new suite of music by Justin Firefly Clarke that delves into human perception and the formation of impressions and memories. Performed against a backdrop of total darkness, musicians are illuminated by a synchronised array of lights that focus on each individual performer.
Lōemis: Bret McKenzie and the State Highway Wonders
Snuggle up in the Hannah Playhouse for an unforgettable midwinter’s evening with award-winning musician and comedian Bret McKenzie and his incredible eight-piece band The State Highway Wonders.
Lōemis: Waypeople
Waypeople is a sonic and visual journey through ancient philosophical texts that are at once solidly pragmatic and profoundly mystical. Music originally commissioned by and debuted at Wellington Jazz Festival 2023,Waypeople was a stand-out music experience at the Hannah Playhouse as part of NZ Fringe 2025. This new development incorporates live visual art for a multi-sensory experience of the Tao.
Kia Mau: A Nightime Travesty
A Nightime Travesty... an epic First Nations vaudevillian musical nightmare that is equal parts sardonic, cheeky and heartbreaking. It’s a non-stop riot of music, parody and political punch – a fever dream that feels like Babes in the Wood on acid. With explosions, zany costumes, gruesome decapitations, existential horror, Blak humour, romance, genocide and a live band, there’s something for everyone at this perpetual party floating in our neglected psyches!
Kia Mau: Ka Tito Au
Explorer. Navigator. Legend. Multiple pūrākau thread together to celebrate Kupe’s discovery of Aotearoa. His love for his people, his dreams and his heroism, lead to a climactic battle with a giant Wheke. Ka Tito Au is a stream of rich poetic consciousness, presented by Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School.
A new play by acclaimed poet, playwright and composer Apirana Taylor (Ngāti Porou, Te Whanau-a-Apanui, Ngāti Ruanui, Pākehā). In 2024, Apirana was awarded the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry.
Revel
Wellington’s hottest night out is back with a sizzling new show for 2025! After the smash-hit debut of REVEL in 2024, Inverted Citizens is bringing Wellington’s premiere cabaret experience to a whole new level with a sparkling production at the Hannah Playhouse this May.
More than just a show, REVEL combines variety acts, bespoke cocktails and live music to bring Aotearoa’s very own world-class cabaret to life. Audiences can expect a sparkling feast for all the senses in this evening full of surprises; it’s the must-see event on the city’s calendar this year.
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