One of New Zealand's most loved actors, Mark Hadlow, stars in a one man theatre show as that most polarising of species - a middle aged man in lycra.

Bryan Cook is a property developer who has accumulated a small fortune building leaky homes. He's stressed out, self-medicating and self-loathing, killing himself to increase his bank balance while decreasing his golf score.

When things fall apart, he joins a men's cycling group to relieve stress - and makes a few startling discoveries in various cracks and crevices.

Achingly funny and poignant, MAMIL presents the male mid-life crisis in all its lurid glory.

"This production will be one of the highlights of the year. It is a must see show for men and women." Dominion Post

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As seen on TV3's Chopper's Republic of Anzakistan and 7 Days.

Heath Franklin's Chopper is back after taking the former countries of New Zealand and Australia, throwing out the sh!t bits, and creating the world's newest superpower - Anzakistan. Now Chopper is ready to law down the law. He may not have any experience, but at least you know where he stands, right behind a moustache.

Anzakistan, your time has come, and Chopper's just the bloke to run it.

'Australia's funniest comedy character...' 5 stars - The Sunday Mail

Join us for the R18 adult cabaret show at The Boathouse.
Sit at the front if you dare - we take no responsibility for what might happen to you!

The Nelson Buskers Festival brings world-class street performers to the heart of our beautiful little city for four days of action-packed shows. Incredible performers from as far afield as Japan and Canada will be performing mind-blowing stunts: ninja juggling, acrobatics, unicycles...... you will be entertained with stunning and extraordinary skills.

Nelson Repertory Theatre presents the comedy hit, Caravan by Donald McDonald

Five best friends, nudging forty and hating it, take their first holiday together in a caravan. One of them brings along his new and all-too-young girlfriend. In the caravan's confined space, tensions rise and the laughs begin! Then it rains for six days straight and the pressure of living in a confined space of a caravan soon tells on the friendship and the results are hilarious!

Caravan is pure fun. Its purpose is to make you laugh and it does this loud and often!  - Sydney Morning Herald

2016 is the inaugural year of Off the Cuff! Join us monthly for improv, sketch comedy and anything else we have "up our sleeves". Nelson's entertainment company, Down With Mondays, in partnership with The Historic Theatre Royal aim to bring you a new show each month that will give your laughing muscles a workout.

*All members of Off the Cuff previously performed in the highly successful improv show The Deep End.

The hysterical and uplifting Menopause the Musical is heading on another sell-out New Zealand tour in 2016. Packed full of one-liners about hot flushes and memory loss backed by an instantly recognisable soundtrack of comedy parody versions of pop classics, the all-singing, all-dancing comedy is set in at a department store, where four women with seemingly nothing in common meet by chance at a lingerie sale.

The all-female cast of make fun of their woeful lives experiencing "The Change", forgetfulness, mood swings, wrinkles, night sweats and chocolate binges.

The women bond as they realise that menopause is no longer "The Silent Passage", it is an unavoidable stage in every woman's life.

Previous New Zealand tours have sold out, so don't delay, call your friends and book your tickets today.

The Deep End is an improvised comedy show where the actors take your suggestions and use them to create scenes. It's theatre on the spot- dangerous, thrilling and often hilarious! Each monthly show will have a new theme and a cast comprised of different actors from our skilled Nelson crew, plus the occasional surprise visiting actor, so come back each month to see your favourites and be wowed by the endless ways in which the intrepid crew can invent one-off sketches, songs and stories!

"...top rate improvisational comedy... as clever as any I've watched... fresh, witty and unexpected." -Nelson Mail

This is what happens when you put a Samoan-Welshmen on stage, with an English-Australian, a Russian and two Kiwis (one who thinks he's American)? Need a good laugh? The Stand Up Comedy Show hits Nelson with Headline act James Nokise. Vinyl Burns promises to rock the stage on a wobbly unicycle with a flying V guitar in hand.

Bruce Anderson's 2nd Mid-Life Crisis Tour kicks off the show with the hilarious Sera Devcich and Anya Rzhevitkaya rapidly increasing his crisis levels.

Thanks to our sponsors we're keeping the ticket price nice and low - just $25 ($22 if you get in early).
This show is stand up comedy with some of the best comic acting currently on tour. Grab some tickets.

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One hound, one Holmes and the vague smell of damp fur......

The Hound of the Baskervilles is a wonderfully barking spoof!

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most celebrated Sherlock Holmes story gets a gloriously funny makeover in The Hound of the Baskervilles.

When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on his estate, with a look of terror still etched on his face, and the paw prints of a gigantic hound beside his body, the great detective Sherlock Holmes is summoned from Baker Street, with Dr Watson in tow, to unravel the mysteries surrounding his death, and investigate the ancient curse of the Hound of the Baskervilles.

"Unfailingly hilarious." - The Guardian

"Mr Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!”

The Deep End is an improvised comedy show where the actors take your suggestions and use them to create scenes. It's theatre on the spot- dangerous, thrilling and often hilarious! Each monthly show will have a new theme and a cast comprised of different actors from our skilled Nelson crew, plus the occasional surprise visiting actor, so come back each month to see your favourites and be wowed by the endless ways in which the intrepid crew can invent one-off sketches, songs and stories!

"...top rate improvisational comedy... as clever as any I've watched... fresh, witty and unexpected." -Nelson Mail