Sinbad the Sailor has retired from his voyages and is now sitting around his palace feeling just a bit fed up. His knees ache and his back hurts; the result of all the wild adventures of his youth. That is, until one day, he gets a cry for help from an old friend, Betsy High Boots - the Pirate Queen. Will he be able to go adventuring again? Not without some help from his son, Sindabit.
This new family pantomime has all the traditional fun and audience interaction you’d expect; there will be singing, dancing, terrible puns, mermaids and a camel. What more could you want?
Unfortunately this year's Gangshow is cancelled due to Level 2 restrictions. Ticket holders will be refunded via eventfinda for online purchases, and through Theatre Royal for counter sales.
It’s more than just a show, it’s the Nelson Scouts Gangshow!
That’s right, our fun filled family variety show for young and old is back for another season in 2020.
Book your tickets now for an evening of well-known songs and sketches for the whole family.
"Join Maggie Taylor as she guides you through basic carpentry skills and chisels away at the stereotype that has kept women out of the toolbox for so long.”
So reads the flyer for The Pink Hammer Workshop, but when Annabel, Helen, Louise and Siobhan turn up, looking forward to learning carpentry skills from a pioneering, female furniture maker, they soon discover their tutor has disappeared – along with their pre-paid fees. They find Maggie’s husband instead; a disgruntled out-of-work builder, who knows nothing about the course, even less about GirlPower and is not impressed to find four sheilas amongst his claw hammers.
Not the sort of women to back down from a challenge, the group convince Woody to teach them the tricks of the trade in this hilarious and heart-warming Kiwi comedy.
Five unhappy people in a shed full of tools. What could possibly go wrong?
‘A damn good play. Very funny.’ – Roger Hall
“The Pink Hammer is Kiwi comedy at its best. It’s quirky as all hell; it’s very funny; it provides phenomenally strong roles for four women – and one guy! – but more than anything else, these are recognisable New Zealanders, which is why this is an outstanding play to produce.”
- Artistic Director, Ross Gumbley, The Court Theatre.
This show has been cancelled.
Run through the fields of time with Nelson's much-loved theatre troupe the People's Republic of Improv, and jolly well share a laugh or two along the way.
In this comedic exploration of Nelson history from multi-media annals of the long-forgotten past, our brave actors will take timeworn Nelson Mail headlines, old-fashioned advertising, disregarded objects of eras bygone-and your suggestions-to regale you with history that definitely, precisely, unquestionably (might have) happened, in Nelson.
The Boy is back!
One of NZ’s most successful comedians on the world stage, and a champion of both America and Britain’s Got Talent.
Watched by over 70 million people on line.
He’s taking a short break from a 3 year residency in Las Vegas to return to the 2020 NZ International Comedy Fest for the first time in seven years, bringing with him a brand new show - New Jokes, New Props, Same Tape
Putting your shoes on will never be the same after seeing this show.
Don’t miss The Tape Face Show
“Utterly spectacular! Endlessly inventive, hysterically funny. Sublime physical lunacy – fight for a ticket” Time OUT UK
“So funny …I absolutely love you, congratulations” – Simon Cowell, America’s Got Talent
One of New Zealand's theatre icons, 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
R15+
No flash photography or recording allowed
In order to make this acclaimed show accessible to everyone in the time when many are struggling, we have created a limited number of $10 tickets. However, it will not come as a surprise that the Theatre Royal is struggling as well, after months without income, and no large productions in the near future. We are therefore offering more expensive tickets, with proceeds going to the theatre and for you to show your support.
Following her smash hit Promise and Promiscuity, and after a sell-out Nelson Arts Festival, Olive Copperbottom is back! Penny Ashton brings Dickensian inspired orphaned hero Olive, and a squalid gaggle of hilarious Victorians, to crusty life. A rollicking romantic musical journey through fifteen gin soaked characters told with song, dance and questionable personal hygiene. It's Oliver! meets Blackadder with a saucy feminine twist.
Ashton's "...tour-de-force..."(Theatreview) won the Press Critic's 'Iron Chicken award for best indoor show at the Christchurch International Buskers' Festival 2018 and Best Overall Show at the Victoria Fringe in Canada 2017.
"...very very good...very very funny" Radio NZ National 2017
"...a one-woman show wonder." Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2017
"It sparkles with intelligence, wit and verve." The Christchurch Press 2018
R13
This show has been postponed
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and complex border & travel restrictions, we regret to inform you that Heath Franklin’s Chopper -'The Silencer' on March 3 is postponed.
Please hold on to tickets! Laughing Stock Productions is working towards rescheduling a new date for later in the year, and hope to have a clear outcome soon.
For updates, continue to check your inbox for Theatre Royal and/& Eventfinda emails (including in spam/junk folders). Information regarding new show dates will also be posted on this webpage and across relevant social media platforms too.
We apologise for the inconvenience.
Billy T Award-Winning Comedian Guy Williams is Back! Some of you might not have even noticed that he was gone, or even realised that he was here in the first place, that doesn't matter… he's back!
The star of the critically acclaimed "New Zealand Today" TV show (and only on-screen member of the show) is taking a short break from his busy schedule of arguing with people on the internet to make his self described "triumphant" return to touring. Striking while the iron is hot and most of his major competitors are taking a break from stand-up in the wake of sexual assault allegations.
"This year I want to do a political show (here's the catch) that doesn't suck. I know that sounds impossible, and I can't promise that I will achieve this amazing goal, but I'll give it a good shake because we've all got to do something to fill in the time before we die." - Guy
"A great hour of comedy" - TheSpinoff.co.nz
"Bloody funny" - Radio New Zealand
"Almost as bad as Reece Darbie and Flight of the Concords (sic)." - Kiwilad, Stuff.co.nz comments section.
Ticket prices are "Pay what you can" ranging from $10 - $40.
You don't have to print your tickets just show them on your phone.
R15 - Mature themes and a lot of bad language
Comedy Gold in association with Theatre Royal Nelson presents 'One night with the King' - The latest stand up comedy special from star of stage and screen; Andre King.
Once described as '...the squeaky hinge on the lid of Pandora's box...' King's comedy sparks and tickles, goading the audience into a false sense of security before bombarding the crowd with a flurry of hilarious punchlines leaving the audience gasping for breath and screaming for more. Often compared to 'The Great One - Jackie Gleason' and presenting a style of stand up comedy that harkens back to the crafts golden age, this is fun the whole family can enjoy.
'Endearing, hilariously caricatured impressions and accents. Comedy at it's most sincere and civilised!' Joanna Alpern - Broadway Baby Edinburgh
'One of New Zealands finest comedy exports…irresistibly funny!' Mark Ritchie - The Stage UK
The audience will be filmed as part of a live audience for a DVD recording.
