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.
The Old Cold Hearts Club
An original production by Sliver Noodle Soup.
Everyone has a secret to reveal… and Detective Raven McAllister is determined to uncover the truth.
Laser Kiwi: Everybody Knows
Buckle up for a wild ride in this visual, audial and conceptual extravaganza.
Jake Lambert: The Sunshine Kid
Described as a “joke machine” by The Telegraph, Jake Lambert's star is rising. Catch his first ever tour across the UK, Europe, and now Australia & New Zealand!
Paddy Gower: The F#$%ing News
Paddy G, live on stage. Now this really is The F#$%ing News.
Tom Sainsbury: Speaking My Truth
Humiliation, self-sabotage, and the modern obsession with self-expression.
Stephen K Amos: Now We’re Talking
Join Stephen K Amos for freestyling musings and merrymaking to get your belly aching!
James Nokise: Now Hear This
A line-up show featuring some of the Festival’s best comedians doing political material in an election year. Hosted by 2024 Topp Award Winner, James Nokise.
Abby Howells: The Cave
Welcome to The Cave.
What is The Cave? Well, you’ll have to come to find out.
Does Abby know what The Cave is? Oh yeah, don’t worry about that.
The Cave is funny (hopefully hahahah)
The Cave is nice, I reckon come on in.
Joe Daymond’s Comedy Mixtape
A high-energy stand-up showcase built like a perfect set list.
Come once for a massive night out. Leave with a shortlist of shows you need to book next.
STAMPTOWN
A raunchy, chaotic, full-throttle variety fever dream – equal parts stand-up, cabaret, circus, drag, performance art, and “how is this even happening right now?".
Joe Daymond: Hope I Made You Proud
In this uproarious tour, Joe takes you through his incredible journey from scraping by, living in his car, and cleaning caravans to becoming a household name.
James Mustapic Yourself Up And Get Back On That Saddle Girlfriend
Join James as he pics up the pieces and gets back on that saddle, girlfriend!
Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour
Is it stand-up? Kind of. Is it going well? Absolutely not. Is that the point? Maybe.
★★★★★ “A rip-roaring hour of top-notch clowning”
Revel
Escape the mundane and immerse yourself in the world of REVEL: the hottest ticket in Wellington this year.
World class cabaret acts, live music and bespoke cocktails come together for this delicious evening touted as Wellington’s premiere cabaret experience.
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.
MATA MATA
A summoning of the ancestral spirits that reside deep within the awa.
As the taniwha stirs just beneath the surface, memory begins to flow from skin into whenua. Awakening the blood memory that is present here. Becoming a sacred ancestral ritual, allow yourself to slip into this journey of returning.
A Person Shaped Thing
There is no singular, stable self.
At the crux, we are something harder to name —
An unidentifiable, faceless creature.
Blurring the boundaries between performer and performed
Does the performance ever really end?
FEVER | DREAM
Ballet Collective Aotearoa presents FEVER | DREAM, a fresh programme of dance and music featuring four newly created works.
A journey from intense, feverish moments to dreamlike states, reflecting on today's fast-paced life and the subconscious ways we process ourselves and our experiences within it.
Dance on Screen Film Competition
Come explore the art of dance through the lens and on the big screen.
Filmmakers receive the creative prompts on the first day of the Pōneke Festival of Contemporary Dance and will have the week of the festival to create their cinematic work of art.
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.
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!
TNT!
TNT! is a musical project incorporating the explosive power of big band jazz with the mana and beautiful lyricism of te ao Māori.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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