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Basement Theatre

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Member for: 11 years 6 months

Basement Theatre is Auckland’s culture-defining powerhouse - home to an artistic mixtape of theatre makers, dancers, visual artists, poets, musicians, comedians and everyone in between. We proudly showcase the best new voices and fresh perspectives, with world premieres making up over half of our programme. So come watch sweat drip and spit fly as some of the brightest new talent earn their chops at our place. You can’t download theatre - come get something live.

"The Beating Heart of Auckland Theatre " - Metro Magazine 2014

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ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES REUNITE AT BASEMENT

Basement Theatre returns in September after the longest closure in the theatre’s history with their Reunited Season

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Auckland Arts Sector Faces Crisis With Council Draft Plan

The Draft Auckland Plan erases almost all references to arts, culture and creativity raising alarm bells for the sector.

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From garage playhouse to fully-fledged arts incubator - Auckland’s smallest entertainment venue takes a big leap up

Basement Theatre announces its acceptance into Creative NZ's top tier of arts leadership investment - the Toi Tōtara Haemata Programme, beginning 2017.

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Free Theatre for hundreds of students across Auckland

Auckland's performing arts incubator Basement Theatre announces seven School Partnerships for 2016.

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The Basement Theatre's Schools Programme 2016

Cutting edge arts experiences free for Auckland teens.

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Register For Young And Hungry Auckland 2015!

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The Basement Theatre's new Schools Programme

The Basement Theatre is thrilled to announce that it is partnering with five Auckland secondary schools for its Schools Programme Pilot Project for 2015. These schools include

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All Aboard for a Ship-load of Fun

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The Basement Loves Auckland Pride

The Basement Loves Auckland Pride!The Basement is showing off its colours to celebrate Auckland Pride Festival.From 11th to 15th of February The Basement will be hosting its own mini-Pride Festival wi

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Read Raw at The Basement

(pronounced Red Roarrrrr)
The Basement is proud to present in association with Auckland Playwrights’ Collective READ RAW.

Read Raw is a series of rehearsed playreadings once a month of a new New

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Basement Fest. 2011

Auckland folk: prepare yourselves for an unprecedented party event in the making. Bringing together teams from all over to entertain audiences throughout Auckland from September 28th.

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I Heart Camping: An unromantic comedy

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