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1-5 SEPT, 6:30PM

Bug Songs Not Love Songs

Bug Songs Not Love Songs
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  • Date 1-5 SEPT, 6:30PM
  • Venue STUDIO
  • Price CHOOSE WHAT YOU PAY
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Director Alayne Dick
  • Cast Lia Kelly and Phoebe Caldeiro
  • Set Design Kate Anderson
  • Producer Bugs On A Wall
Show info

hoi bug frends!! if u are a bug please come to living room wall promptly for our LAST EVER GIG before FUMIGATION. antennae provided. no humans plez. we will play praying mantis wedding. 

Ladybug celebrities, Bauble and Skump, normally play a weekly concert on Living Room Wall to all the bugs in House. However, this concert will tragically be their last before House gets fumigated. Join Bugs On A Wall for a night of their greatest hits such as: Praying Mantis Wedding, Questions for Humans and Bugs Find A Way. 

Bug Songs Not Love Songs is a whimsical musical comedy show about queerness and community from upcoming Pōneke comedians Lia Kelly and Phoebe Caldeiro, featuring 10 original comedy songs and a whole lot of bug jokes. 

Winner 'Momentous Music' Award NZ Fringe 2026
Nominated 'Memorable Marketing' Award NZ Fringe 2026

Bugs On A Wall are a new music comedy duo based in Wellington. Lia Kelly and Phoebe Caldeiro write and perform songs as the ladybugs Bauble and Skump. Their debut show Bug Songs Not Love Songs won the Momentous Music award at the 2026 NZ Fringe Festival.

Other info

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE STUDIO IS NOT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE.

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Content warnings

Loud noises, light swearing, mentions of bug death