Nayland College presents one of Broadway's biggest hit musicals Bye Bye Birdie!

This loving send-up of the late 1950s in small town America centres around an Elvis Presley type rock and roll superstar (Conrad Birdie) who is drafted into the army. His agent and song writer (Albert Peterson) and Albert's secretary and love interest (Rosie Alvarez) plan a farewell performance for Birdie on the Ed Sullivan television show and they hope the performance will provide the publicity to sell Albert's new song 'One Last Kiss' and bring Albert's company out of debt. At the conclusion of the performance, Birdie will give a real kiss to a lucky girl from his fan club!

Bye Bye Birdie continues to thrill audiences around the world with its tuneful high-energy score, hilarious script and hit songs include 'Put on a Happy Face', 'One Last Kiss', 'One Boy', 'A Lot of Livin' to Do', 'Kids!, and 'Rose'. Not to be missed!

A play for two actors
Written by Michael Hedley Burton and performed by Michael Burton and Ryan Kouroukis

Rudolf Steiner's Threefold Social Organism was an attempt to make war impossible. 100 years later, could its time be now?

In 1917 the Austrian social reformer Rudolf Steiner described his vision of the Threefold Social Organism (Threefold Social Order) in an attempt to rescue Germany from a devastating World War. By limiting the power of the state, Steiner showed how war could become impossible. Two actors, playing a dozen parts between them, show how the rulers of the time received this idea. Steiner failed then, but the question we must ask today is do we want to continue with forms of government arising out of the nineteenth century? Could the Threefold Social Organism be the blueprint for something that will work in our time?

Nelson Repertory Theatre presents Love, Love, Love , a play that is so titled, in part, because of the lyrics in the Beatles song All You Need Is Love.

London, 1967. Beatlemania is in full effect, the "Me" generation is in its prime and Kenneth and Sandra have the world at their fingertips. It's the summer of love, and that's all they need. But what will happen when the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll fade away and these boomers have babies of their own?

Love, Love, Love is the "riveting and exhilarating" (The Guardian) comedy from Olivier Award winner Mike Bartlett. Hugh Neill directs Love Love Love and lays bare the consequences of growing older without growing up!

A 1940's story about the world at home.

Rosie Can Do It is a story about the world at home in New Zealand during World War II. The title and theme for this year's annual SOUNDSTAGE concert is inspired by the iconic image of Rosie the Riveter from the World War II propaganda poster "We Can Do It". As relevant today, as then, the show explores the roles that we play in work and at home and the dreams and expectations that drive us to follow our hearts and fulfil our obligations to ourselves and our community.

Our largely female cast will prove that girls can do anything, especially if you are ready with a pair of gumboots. All singing, all dancing and all inspired by a backdrop of swinging 1940's classics and timeless modern anthems, our cast of many will delight and entertain you and leave you feeling that together we can achieve anything.

Presented by the 2017 students of SOUNDSTAGE Nelson and written and complied by Jane Winter.

SOUNDSTAGE music and performing arts school has been offering professional music and performing arts tuition to the talent of Nelson for the last 10 years.

"Stars, hide your fires, Let not light see my black and deep desires."

Following their acclaimed collaboration of Romeo and Juliet, Nelson College creates Shakespeare's supernatural tragedy, set in a futuristic, dystopian tribal environment.

Shakespeare's darkest and most powerful tragedy - the story of Macbeth, the brave general who, returning victorious from battle, witnesses a prophecy from three witches that he will one day become King. He and Lady Macbeth then embark upon a murderous journey of treachery, paranoia, betrayal and suicide.

Shakespeare's Macbeth still reigns supreme after 400 years. See it onstage featuring the talented students from Nelson College. Not to be missed!

PG - Strobe lights and violence.

Get ready! The Biggest Musical Party of 2017 is coming to Nelson!

Nelson Musical Theatre proudly presents Mamma Mia! - the Global Smash Hit Musical based on the Songs of ABBA.

A mother. A daughter. Three possible Dads!
And a trip down the aisle you will never forget.
Over 54 million people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story and the music that make Mamma Mia! the ultimate feel-good show and in September 2017 it will be performed at the Theatre Royal for a strictly limited season!

Featuring all the hits of ABBA including Honey Honey, Money, Money Money, Thank You For The Music, Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen, Super Trouper, Voulez-Vous and many, many more! Get your party shoes on and get ready for a musical extravaganza like never before!

With a stellar cast, live band, amazing custom-made touring set and costumes, everyone will be "having the time of their lives" night after night!

Music written by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus and some songs with Stig Anderson. Based on the book by Catherine Johnson. By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd Exclusive agent for Music Theatre International (NY).

A comedy about love, death and preserves

Rip the lid off a jar of utterly delicious theatre, bursting with wit, wonder and the faint whiff of death.

Sasha, the blind receptionist of the crumbling Empire Hotel, knows she is cursed – everything she loves dies. But when true love finds her, she can’t help falling. One night, Death checks into the hotel.

Belly laughs combine with throat-catching pathos to create a sophisticated modern fable that is “an intelligent and hilarious celebration of human resilience” – The Scotsman

The Pickle King is Indian Ink’s most awarded play; winning an Edinburgh Fringe First, a record seven nominations at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards and the supreme accolade – Production of the Year.

For our twentieth anniversary we’ve made a significant change in this vintage Indian Ink script to centre the love story around a same sex couple. Whilst this contemporary update would have been a real statement 15 years ago – today it just reflects the diverse culture of New Zealand.

All wrapped up “in a package of good plain laughs, luminous performances and brilliant staging” (Dominion Post) this timeless tale highlights the injustices of immigration and globalisation, and having the courage to love, no matter your gender.

See what audience have to say here.

Fiddler on the Roof has captured the hearts and imaginations of audiences around the world for over 50 years with its humour, warmth and honesty. Fiddler on the Roof follows the heart-warming journey of a family that has its traditional life turned upside down as the modern world starts to impact on life in their idyllic village. Fiddler on the Roof's humour, passion and warmth has touched audiences all over the world with its celebration of life, love and family.

Nelson Repertory Theatre has the feel-good hit of summer on its hands with Richard Bean's inspired and deliriously funny One Man Two Guvnors. The side-splittingly funny West End and Broadway sensation is making its Nelson Debut in March 2017!

Receiving five star reviews from all over the world One Man Two Guvnors is set in the Swingin' Sixties and the easily-confused Francis Henshall attempts to keep his two employers (local gangster Roscoe Crabbe and upper class criminal Stanley Stubbers) from meeting and learning of his dual-employment. All he needs to do is keep his two guvnors apart. Simple.

***** A triumph of visual and verbal comedy. One of the funniest productions in the National's history. - The Guardian

***** An evening of riotous delight... I found myself physically incapable with laughter. - Daily Telegraph UK

***** The longest sustained laugh I've heard in years of theatre-going. - The New Yorker

Audiences are encouraged to arrive early to see the band 'The Craze' perform in front of the curtain 15-20 minutes before the show begins and during the interval!

Special performance! For the Wednesday March 15 performance Nelson Repertory Theatre will donate $5 for every ticket purchased to the Food for Families Fund and the Nelson Lionesses. 

Cameron Mackintosh's legendary production of Boublil and Schönberg's Les Misérables is a global stage sensation.

Seen by more than 70 million people in 44 countries and in 22 languages around the globe, it is still breaking box-office records everywhere!

Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption - a timeless testament to the survival of the human spirit.

Ex-convict Jean Valjean is hunted for decades by the ruthless policeman Javert after he breaks parole. When Valjean agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's young daughter, Cosette, their lives change forever.

Featuring the songs "I Dreamed A Dream", "Bring Him Home", "One Day More" and "On My Own" - Les Misérables is the 'show of shows' and not to be missed!

Please note: A strobe lighting effect is used during the performance.