Basement Mates
Your whānau away from home are so excited to be re-introducing our paid membership programme, Basement Mates! Now with even more benefits and more ways to be involved with your favourite little theatre.
Being a Basement Mate means that Basement Theatre is your official third place. You’ll be a true Basement local and have a closer connection with us and Tāmaki Makaurau’s underground and oh-so-cool live arts community.
Become a Basement Mate now, just click the sign-up button below - you'll be taken to our NZ-owned membership platform provider, Vega Works, to enter your details.
Merch!
All Basement Mates get the iconic Basement stoop on a keyring. When you visit Basement, flashing your Stoop Keyring will get you special prices on tickets and drinks at the bar.
Goss!
We’ll share the goss with you about what’s going on when the roller door is down. You’ll receive a monthly newsletter, and we’ll add you to our Close Friends on Instagram. You’ll hear what we’re dreaming, scheming, seeing, vibing and sensing - we’ll be your inside eye into the independent arts scene.
Community!
A drop-in at Basement will become a regular thing for you. You’ll get exclusive invites to special events and parties, curated for Mates and our artist community. No two nights are the same at the Basement bar, so pull up, grab a discount bevvy and connect with the folks who get it.
To Support Basement!
You know that there is no thing as an “overnight success” - you’ve supported the underground from the start. Your membership helps Basement keep supporting Tāmaki’s independent artists for a long time to come.
You can sign up for a monthly subscription or go all in with a yearly subscription.
There are three tiers; each tier has slightly more benefits than the last:
$17 tickets
15% off drinks at the bar
A Basement Mates exclusive Basement Stoop Keyring
A monthly Basement Mates newsletter
Access to our Instagram Close Friends
Invites to events
Opportunities to connect with other Mates and the wider Basey community
Support Basement Theatre supporting independent artists
Everything a Good Mate gets
Recognition at Basement Theatre, your name scrolling on the LED sign at the bar
More merch! On your Basement Mate anniversary, we’ll send you a limited edition annual gift. This year’s gift is… a Basement Stoop Cap! Great Mates who sign up for an annual membership will receive the Stoop Cap in their sign-up pack. Monthly Great Mates will receive their annual gift on the anniversary of their sign-up date.
Everything a Good Mate and Great Mate gets
Recognition on the Basement Theatre website
Our 2025 annual gift on sign-up, regardless of whether you elect either a monthly or annual membership.
A double pass each season to a Basement Theatre show we think you’ll love. No need to organise a thing - we’ll pick the date and send you the tickets! Think of us as your personal shopper… but for theatre.
The “yearbook” card - signed by the artists, staff, producers and techs who you have supported at Basement Theatre that year
Unfortunately not. IRD has redefined the parameters of a donation, and all subscriptions or memberships that offer benefits are no longer tax-deductible.
If you don’t need all the bells and whistles of the Basement Mates membership but would like to donate regularly, ka pai and thank you! Follow the link below to our fundraising platform to set up a recurring donation.
Your Basement Mate membership, you agree to be charged automatically on a recurring basis. Monthly members will be charged on their sign-up monthiversary and Annual members will be charged on their sign-up anniversary.
Basement Mates can cancel their membership at any time by emailing mates@basementtheatre.co.nz. Basement Mates will have access to benefits until the end of their current billing cycle.
Tickets
Basement Mates are given a unique membership code to redeem their $17 tickets. They can use this code when purchasing their tickets via iTICKET to receive the Mates discount - there will be a blue box at the checkout stage. They can also quote their number or show their membership card at the Basement box office when purchasing tickets at the door.
We will manually set up the membership number in iTICKET, so it may take a few days to activate. Mates who want to purchase a discounted ticket before their membership number is active can head to the Basement Theatre box office and purchase their ticket in person.
Sometimes shows are excluded from the Basement Mates discount, such as selected shows during The NZ International Comedy Festival, very occasionally shows which are put on by external hirers of our space, or Choose What You Pay ticketed shows. The event page on the Basement website will clearly state if the show is excluded from the Basement Mates discount.
Each Basement Mate can only access one discounted ticket to each Basement Mates eligible show - once you've purchased your ticket using your membership number, it will no longer be valid for that particular show going forward. There are only 10 discounted Basement Mates tickets available to each performance of a Basement Mates eligible show.
Bar
Basement Mates 15% bar discount only applies to one house wine, beer or spirit per transaction - i.e. you can't shout a round of drinks at the discounted rate. Simply show your stoop keyring or membership card at the bar to receive the discount.
Depending on the shipping option you chose, your sign-up pack will either arrive on your doorstep or will be at the Basement Theatre bar ready for you to pick up. Your sign-up pack with have the merch inside!
As an Annual Great Mate, Monthly Best Mate or Annual Best Mate, you will receive the current annual gift upon sign-up in your sign-up pack. On your Basement Mates anniversary, you will receive the next annual gift - an original piece of merch each year!
As a Monthly Great Mate, you'll receive your first annual gift on the anniversary of your sign-up. On your next Basement Mates anniversary, you will receive the next annual gift.
Ready to make Basement your official third place? Become a Basement Mate now through our online signup form.