Vodafone New Zealand and Nanogirl Labs are proud to present Nanogirl Live! in "Bring on the Noise!" - a Live Science Spectacular.

Nanogirl, Boris (her trusty lab assistant), and CLAIR (Constantly Learning Artificial Intelligence Repository) are back for a brand new action-packed adventure, bringing you science and engineering as you have never seen them before. In this interactive show filled with experiments, explosions and music - Nanogirl Live! brings science and engineering to life in the coolest ways possible, right before your eyes. There are lots of opportunities to volunteer and do science on stage with Nanogirl too!

After three sellout tours, this brand new show by the internationally touring Nanogirl Live! team, and starring Dr. Michelle Dickinson features all-new experiments, and explosions - with plenty of extraordinary musical sounds to be enjoyed by the whole family.

"Educational, Entertaining, and Explosions!" - 5 stars

"They promised big bangs, and they delivered ... Great to see scientific principles being explained." - 5 stars

The Nanogirl Live! VIP Pass
The Nanogirl Live! VIP Pass really is the ultimate Nanogirl Live! experience. Wearing your limited edition VIP lanyard (yours to take home), you’ll be taken behind the scenes of Nanogirl Live! with Boris (Nanogirl’s Lab Assistant) for a very special Q&A session, as you peek behind the lab bench and get a closer look at the experiments from the show.

You’ll then be treated to an extended meeting with Nanogirl after the performance - ask questions, take amazing selfies and photographs to help you remember the show, and receive a personalised note from Nanogirl just for you. In addition, each VIP will receive a Nanogirl VIP Gift Bag, full of handy Nanogirl equipment to help you in your very own science experiments and engineering feats.

Peter Pan is one of the most beloved and frequently performed family favourites of all time. This high-flying Tony Award-winning musical has been performed around the world and delighted audiences for 60 years.

Peter and his mischievous fairy sidekick, Tinkerbell, visit the nursery of the Darling children late one night and, with a sprinkle of pixie dust, begin a magical journey across the stars that none of them will ever forget. In the adventure of a lifetime, the travellers come face to face with a ticking crocodile, a fierce Indian tribe, a band of bungling pirates and, of course, the villainous Captain Hook.

Running Time: 1 hour, no interval

Disney Channel's smash hit movie musical comes to life on your stage! Troy, Gabriella and the students of East High must deal with issues of first love, friends and family while balancing their classes and extracurricular activities.

It's the first day after winter break at East High. The Jocks, Brainiacs, Thespians and Skater Dudes find their cliques, recount their vacations and look forward to the new year. Basketball team captain and resident jock, Troy, discovers that the brainy Gabriella, a girl he met singing karaoke on his ski trip, has just enrolled at East High. They cause an upheaval when they decide to audition for the high school musical that is being led by Ms. Darbus. Although many students resent the threat posed to the "status quo," Troy and Gabriella's alliance might just open the door for others to shine as well.

Disney's High School Musical is fun for the whole family, is based on the first High School Musical movie, and features the songs that made that movie a global hit sensation: "Start of Something New", "Get'cha Head in the Game", "What I've been Looking For", "Stick to the Status Quo", "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You", and "We're All In This Together".

Running Time: 2 hours including interval

Nelson! Are you ready to Drag up your Life once again?! Kelly Fornia is bringing back her drag lip-sync extravaganza down to Nelson again with a brand new cast and an even better show!

Drag up your Life features a fabulous selection of Wellington's finest Drag Queens & Kings as we bring you lip-syncs and Drag stage challenge realness honey that'll leave you GAGGED and your wigs SNATCHED. Thanks to such amazing shows as RuPaul's Drag Race, Drag has now been brought into the mainstream limelight and we're here to show that New Zealand Drag talent is not to be overlooked because we can sashay, shantay, twirl and kick as hard as the rest of the world!

Our fabulous cast consists of:
Kelly Fornia - Mx Capital Drag 2018
Robin Yablind - Mister Burlesque Aotearoa 2018
Harlie Lux - Mx Capital Drag 2017 & Miss Pinup New Zealand People's Choice 2018
Yonic K - Wellington's favourite Aunty
Selina Simone - Talk show hostess & Member of Haus of Sin
&
Nelson's own: EVA GOODCOQ - Mx Capital Drag 2019 1st Runner up and hometown hero!

This incredible cast will be bringing you a mix of your favourite classic songs and your recent top 40 hits coming at you from every direction henny! You do not want to miss this incredible production!

Performed by critically acclaimed dancer and performer, Rodney Bell (Ngāti Maniapoto), Meremere merges spoken word, music, dance and multimedia design to tell its story.

'This autobiographical, multi-disciplinary and life-affirming survival story drew the cheering opening night audience to its feet.' - Dominion Post, June 23, 2018

'Meremere is a complex work of art where design, AV and lighting play as significant a role as story-telling, music and dance.' - NZ Herald, October 2016

This is Rodney's story - from a childhood spent in Te Kuititanga to an international career and living rough on the streets of San Francisco. Meremere explores the human response to the ebbs and flows of fortune, the transformative journey to inner strength and peace, and the immutable call of home.

Uplifting, surprising, intimate and incredibly engaging - this powerful performance features live music from the exceptional Eden Mulholland as well a mesmerising multimedia collaboration from Malia Johnston and Movement of the Human.

A setting for this much loved musical you will not have seen before! Nelson Youth Theatre are taking a group of 25 performers and crew to perform Grease at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and this is your chance to see these talented performers up close and personal! The entire show and audience will be seated ON the Theatre Royal stage with audience seated in 2 rows on 3 sides of the playing area, exactly as they will be staging it in Edinburgh.

Give them your support as they take Grease off to perform among the world's best performers at the world's biggest theatre festival in Edinburgh. For 2 nights only, maximum seating capacity 100 per night.

Featuring all the hit songs you've come to love, including "You're the One That I Want", "Greased Lightning", "Summer Nights" "We Go Together", "Sandra Dee", "There are Worse Things I Could Do", and many more. This is a show you will always remember!

This year audiences have the chance to witness World Champion Irish dancers direct from the West End's Lord of the Dance, as A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music & Dance Sensation tours New Zealand wide telling the tale of the world's most loved nation in one incredible performance.

Told through Irish music and dance, A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music & Dance Sensationexplores magical tales spanning generations of Irish storytelling and culture. This world class show features World, All Ireland & National Champion Irish dancers, and musicians from around the globe performing unique music and dance that reflects the story that is, Ireland.

Melodic Celtic flute, alongside raw and rhythmic guitar are complimented with heart felt sounds of Ireland. Featuring a dynamic musical duo and impressive dancing rarely seen outside of the World Championship stage, A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music & Dance Sensation was composed and choreographed in Dublin and is quickly on its way to becoming the new frontier in Irish entertainment.

Created and produced by Pace Entertainment Group, the show will transport the audience to a time and place where tunes, taps and tradition showcase the very essence of celebrating the Irish spirit.

STARRING - CEILI MOORE and BRENT PACE
CEILI MOORE performed the lead role opposite Michael Flatley in Lord Of The Dance on tour throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe, South Africa and London's West End Palladium Theatre. Her other dancing highlights include the Graham Norton Show, BBC Proms In The Park, Dancing Down Under and The Wiggles videos. Ceili has returned to Australia and teamed up with her partner, Choreographer and Producer BRENT PACE to perform in A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music & Dance Sensation. Brent was the Lead Principal in Gaelforce Dance and Rhythms of Ireland

The Red Plague - based on the true story of New Zealander, Ettie Rout, a pioneer during WW1 dubbed "the wickedest woman in Britain"!

Ettie was a journalist, campaigner and safe sex pioneer during the first world war. Against government backing she recruited a group of women to work alongside the troops in Egypt and it was through that work that she discovered the extremely high rate of VD cases amongst the New Zealand troops.

She then set about designing and producing an early treatment kit for soldiers to carry in their kit bag, but the authorities, the army and the people at home could not accept this move towards making "vice safe".

Ettie was not a particularly likeable person. She was intelligent and arrogant. Extremely energetic and committed but intolerant of any opposition and had no sympathy for the "moral tangles" back home. She saw the whole issue of VD as a medical one not a spiritual one. We will be portraying the dilemma and distress caused by the issues from both sides, the dehumanizing effect of war and the political and social issues in context.

The play does not try to make a heroine of Ettie, though there is no doubt now that she had the right idea ... when writing to H G Wells in 1922, Ettie said of herself, 'it is a mixed blessing to be born too soon'.

The African savannah comes to life on stage in Disney’s The Lion King Jr.  Nelson Youth Theatre Company presents the one-of-a-kind musical  that has captivated the imagination of audiences around the world.

We will follow the rise of Simba, a young lion who will succeed his father, Mufasa, as King of the Pride Lands. But after Simba’s malevolent uncle, Scar, kills Mufasa and tricks Simba into believing he caused it, Simba flees and encounters meerkat Timon and warthog Pumba who help mature him into a grown lion who eventually returns to confront Scar.

A wonderful musical for young and old to enjoy, featuring the combined creativity of Elton John and Tim Rice in this delightful retelling of a much loved story.

Nelson College for Girls are proud to present their first musical in 8 years The Witches of Eastwick, a story of the power of collective female friendship.

When 3 disillusioned women living in a small-town wish for the man of their dreams, they get more than they bargain for in this hilarious, magical musical. with some show-stopping tunes that will have you dancing in the aisles and singing all the way home!!