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Introducing Basement Makers Space
23 July 2024![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/YBttqRsf7VdokhMl3Y1JZ/d5a7ce440c92539ef1444deb735dc5f9/DSC06673.jpg?q=10&)
Basement Xmas Show - 2024 update
19 July 2024![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/2ckNLuz7RxQoKZI4B3nnMV/9650f687c2687b6e9070f73216a1f4f5/Basement_x_iTicket_BACKGROUND_Fringe_3.png?q=10&)
AUCKLAND FRINGE IS BACK AT BASEMENT THEATRE THIS SEPTEMBER
14 July 2024![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/6kwjQZ0p16j0z6I44Hdd3f/1bc6138a59e94bea3af5634ab6b7b657/JEN_SILVERMAN_credit_Zackary_Canepari-26.jpg?q=10&)
Very Theatre, Very Camp: An Interview with Jen Silverman
09 June 2024Merging wrestling and dance: an inside look at the Arts House x Basement Theatre Culture Lab residency
06 May 2024![](http://downloads.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/1nnOTUH5DeZk5rUoFWaS2i/207145beb65b7df095746b49fd3dad72/16x9_Matariki_Video_GIF__1_.gif?q=10&)
Winter & Matariki 2024
02 May 2024![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/SDCA4FzCSrOlySO5GgZ1q/e8bd1ec4eaef77dde94f08bff865b3ad/Cat2022web_Large.jpeg?q=10&)
Haere Rā Cat
20 February 2024![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/4JVLq4pYLrUCjGEtujpaIq/d6d9a2d8c4634a420afd57104affc05c/CultureLAB-2.png?q=10&)
Culture Lab International Exchange Announcement
14 February 2024![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/7eAqI0HT8Ci8wwaXI79GIA/d915826112196fafa739d2ccd5b3daf8/IMG_6069.jpg?q=10&)
2024 at Basement
07 February 2024![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/2d6pJ7AS5VVoLl9qbZNvqD/de07cb64f9837f2e4ec0594dd41159bd/Untitled-2__1_.png?q=10&)
Basement Board Chair Announcement
14 January 2024![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/TR7z8Rz3iEU8JOB8PH0pU/ad0e45ceac3263bc4c41bce5e95f6855/Untitled-1.png?q=10&)
Summer/Pride Season 2024
10 January 2024![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/fygqAIqbq1PKqL49q9nOg/e2f99a4ef075abc8ce83fb9687a5e5f6/emma_poster_image_med_res__1_.jpg?q=10&)
Writing brain tumour humour: the intriguing holes in An Almighty Yes.
01 November 2023![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/3cccdDQvIsWZqsHSaAaWNe/9eada57f694150ae4d7feb7c8b50a3fd/P1035871.jpg?q=10&)
Artists Make Auckland
20 September 2023![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/4ocwSSG00jQl718UTuqkb7/9883cc00ee97e07ac8b406766f5338d8/Birthday-post-notext.png?q=10&)
Basey is turning fifteen.
10 September 2023![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/4xbURoVUaEF9heuespoa6e/3286546ff32d5c7bfde4eae087b0938c/Cxnt_Vol._I_-_3.jpg?q=10&)
SUMMER AND PRIDE SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN
06 September 2023![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/5TGK2LQzQ7FVGG3GxgJ1uQ/9b33dbf86624afe9b4b5937a8bd1be28/Xmas_writers_announcement-9.png?q=10&)
ANNOUNCING THE CREATORS OF THE 2023 BASEMENT THEATRE CHRISTMAS SHOW
23 August 2023![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/22weWAglsEn8nxXi0W1I9x/9c57dbd6728a83f350cc0b6e10f083c5/Springplaceholder.png?q=10&)
Spring season 2023
09 August 2023![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/22xGIxp1zjQf4ZjE7lLviY/0a5f950afd42b0356b88a1577e0479bb/Group_large_2.jpeg?q=10&)
It’s official, we’re doing Programming a little bit different
02 August 2023![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/1WuqjMJRUIj3UyGYJBFVGU/b0d8c5824ab4299573cc04c123ba46f4/Article_Header_-_Artist_Wa__nanga.png?q=10&)
Matariki wānanga artists 2023
03 July 2023![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/7x19S4Y9bR0oWOa07LrKis/9e891a3d3555f0dbba7018621acb041e/HeIkaweb.jpeg?q=10&)
Tohu mo Matariki 2023
02 July 2023Rat Chats Episode Two - Performance as Power: Language, Identity, and Representation
26 June 2023![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/4LxOohBD8o8JTc9ReB2JaT/bfe9be9e4a725f9aa67b66d84343a64b/RatChats_Ep_1.jpg?q=10&)
Rat Chats Episode One - Don’t Be Afraid To Sit In The Front Row: Improv, Interactive Theatre, and Comedy
29 May 2023![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/NIjTO13Yf8UpeuPX2mH69/30d893c5935426e6e55ca1cc4f7436ab/_Landscape__Illustration_without_text__logo.png?q=10&)
Everytime I Try to Leave Something Keeps Pulling Me Back (me back)
11 May 2023![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/4x7tC2gOOPrmuaXsz8mX9/153ef63b01a05ab56115d74e75b4d38b/Landscape_Matariki_star_Dark_Blue.png?q=10&)
Winter/Matariki season 2023
03 May 2023![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/7nes0IgeYfYzuW63dd2qfU/fb57c28e87dc1d79fd2449ce50029952/0Q8A3843.jpg?q=10&)
Pitch your idea for the 2023 Basement Christmas Show!
12 March 2023![Photographer: Ralph Brown](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/1tV3N36LMZorN6p4vgBzt7/f0cc5e6ef84eeff563272a1d0f9085e1/_MG_1788__1_.jpeg?q=10&)
Announcing Choose What You Pay @ Basement
27 February 2023![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/57FjfsxsRlBt27pbMUatcs/f786c7f2bbdb5c1c5c06be111934342d/Basement_Website_article_Banner_Summer_233.png?q=10&)
Summer/Pride 2023
10 January 2023Explore Another Universe with Miss Leading
16 October 2022![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/2Vj1l01c4JJ5xJN4xJnvJ/d3bb15b7490a1dbc366cfb7ec275c583/Ideas_in_Residence_2022_website_header-1.png?q=10&)
Our 2022 Ideas in Residence artists
20 September 2022![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/1kC4oBp0TSfLR68SOocyG2/0c9482aa5291d5efa150cc56ae674ea2/Basement_launch_poster.png?q=10&)
What it means to be Black, lesbian, and living in Tāmaki Makaurau
05 September 2022![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/6bWtpXBrGFTqRhLdUNkq9f/2f4f91f1ab6176c66b19cd712a2484ba/IMG_3909.jpg?q=10&)
THREE’S COMPANY
23 August 2022![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/22weWAglsEn8nxXi0W1I9x/9c57dbd6728a83f350cc0b6e10f083c5/Springplaceholder.png?q=10&)
We just added a theatre show you might like
10 August 2022![Photo by Ralph Brown](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/4l1WDz4UVeI3ThugJDPllF/e49b3f61a2fbb36c8f4183f304eb500d/HTR_14_Wahine_Toa.jpeg?q=10&)
This is Our Youth: Hine Te Rēhia and Celebrating Emerging Makers
04 August 2022![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/22weWAglsEn8nxXi0W1I9x/9c57dbd6728a83f350cc0b6e10f083c5/Springplaceholder.png?q=10&)
SPRING/FRINGE 2022 SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT
01 August 2022![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/Y3Nk7CnUqSmM5rrRZ1045/0612cb4ee1190f9b13c72e7eaa0a938e/landscape_edit.png?q=10&)
HAU Festival [te Hī me te Hā]
21 July 2022![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/43IACuWP30N5rhDrPpu2O4/7d586b33bafb6b03af8749ff58305841/DSC08638.jpg?q=10&)
The road to The Best Cafe in the World
11 July 2022![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/5RA61D0EVbj6HgGoh43FEZ/2b83bf3864837a4aca8af6c5b3426608/058A7569.jpg?q=10&)
Two Bodies
06 July 2022![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/1kk9w1XXcsJiKJeSkJaUXJ/411c4165571ca1e9a4fc52320874eb45/MsMeemo_2022MatarikiArtwork_Digital.png?q=10&)
Our Matariki Commemorative Artwork for 2022
18 June 2022![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/5hRkf4Z6olCZ0ubW4Olprw/a80ed9c2f52ee17ebecfebd978ba63c5/Article_Header_-_Artist_Wa__nanga.png?q=10&)
Matariki wānanga artist announcement
02 June 2022![Go Home Curry Muncha, 2019. Photo credit: Ankita Singh](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/1egBTKI9iz4BNUeqTpbDnC/53c30e9414921c15c44b27305eced350/Go_Home_Curry_Muncha_LOW_RES.jpg?q=10&)
RISK-FREE FOR ARTISTS, COMING RIGHT UP!
31 May 2022![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/1WuqjMJRUIj3UyGYJBFVGU/b0d8c5824ab4299573cc04c123ba46f4/Article_Header_-_Artist_Wa__nanga.png?q=10&)
Calling all Tangata Whenua artists
05 May 2022![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/5ZlphGyICW1UFld7tzZIpZ/80c528c4e691f4f21f1b27b25d45b8bb/Landscape_Matariki_star.png?q=10&)
Winter/Matariki 2022 Season Announcement
29 April 2022![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/1UaQGRDSnRmtcphmlp1aQ4/ca2515af18a316b0c30f181bce624027/1d6ae2ba-faa4-9c65-a327-72608cb2a3c8.jpg?q=10&)
Flipping to the B-SIDE
22 March 2022![Graphic of Marina Alefosio, Teremoana Rapley and Amanda Wilson](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/GM2X07dtuLlhY5Fo5pTg3/cdb144dc637b65ded6fc9d37ec94352e/article_landscape.png?q=10&)
Introducing the Tautai 2021 Fale-Ship Podcast presented by Basement Theatre
09 February 2022![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/1c6yWFGx2xDVIIs13ps9H7/356ced0e579b77bc8438179d3b75dfa1/TeremoanaPic2.jpg?q=10&)
Tautai 2021 Fale-ship Podcast – EP2, Teremoana Rapley
08 February 2022![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/7xVr6WZtmDAzpDM1YjjkCJ/50da92db0bb2d905c300aff5545cfb11/Marina.jpg?q=10&)
Tautai 2021 Fale-ship Podcast – EP1, Marina Alefosio
07 February 2022![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/5YPU48xI0mdQmVuiUNOjk5/68f42ac14b2840d4ff816cb9dbb9a31e/_MG_0484.jpg?q=10&)
New website, who this?
16 December 2021![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/1XyQgP3tPW7rUGQECwgDiB/1a813837801ba41141791a708b918250/Outside_Basement_-_Summer_2021.jpg?q=10&)
Closing Down For 2021
17 October 2021![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/50DcqUgmflMFPgEyFzzoLa/9a16684c0656fa28b4745b6aa8f813df/Stock_Image_5.jpg?q=10&)
Artist Support Statement
14 September 2021![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/6vFaReIn6hRtnsoconyvJM/cfaaedf293be0b6b26d3776b2adbf99b/falamuncher1600.png?q=10&)
REVIEW: Fala Muncher
09 August 2021![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/354RyYjr0zpez7W2ox7wni/57797629ea06ad01e504a6124b76e8a0/Untitled-1.png?q=10&)
Ideas in Residence Artists 2021
28 July 2021![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/7nPruGIdG2ZmF2gC9g4EVc/c161da6942224c555bf33035420d178e/fleshies2-1600x800.jpg?q=10&)
FLESHIES 2.0 DIRECTORS Q&A
22 July 2021![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/55NQTOMSsdwyEGbM4kmrO1/1fa5cbafb35c1c21ca6cd0f9f9debedf/j.jpg?q=10&)
Jahra Wasasala on THE NEST
13 July 2021![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/r7BrU7DG1twSDmgZB4WtE/8e3d15019b05a2bc8e42931fcc12d286/Matariki_Web_Image.png?q=10&)
2021 Matariki Residents
05 July 2021![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/2jqof3iGGTFrRnA1ppbABO/aeaab6ee28af458a106d956e409aa610/THE_NEST_blog.png?q=10&)
Cat Ruka talks THE NEST
29 June 2021![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/Z1w3AU7jRYozlLUflTliq/366b5ab450c2b97a2f7cd6adef84335c/1200x560_-_Peep___Squeek.png?q=10&)
THE POLITICS OF ESCAPISM
18 April 2021![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/3wXG6RPs6lGlSVr5J6k0Oq/ecd188d12a705599ba71fa261b944b88/FWP_3_Dress-34.jpg?q=10&)
REVIEW: First World Problems 3.0
18 April 2021![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/5F20xLpt2EZRRuwvHHs2Tt/b4b3896cfb01e31a7d0253a15c87d9ff/Untitled_collage_2.png?q=10&)
Wrestling with Form: 14 Reasons I’m Excited For Standard Acts
05 March 2021![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/2rVQNkUOGFMPS8K0xT1hve/8444f13d3d9cc3942f1bbcdf527ddc8e/Amy_and_Anna.jpg?q=10&)
Grappling with Digital Inundation
10 February 2021![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/2KxnJIhgbAzKElYM5ztMdg/8ff8d199d19a9ccef5446aab1af305f5/Fang__2__copy.png?q=10&)
REVIEW: Jack Gray on HEtheyShe
09 February 2021![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/1gtzDJe8mz6bGjVblhXhxI/d270ecc6622e65819a17546c3b57f50f/Cat_Ruka_HS_2020_copy.png?q=10&)
Nau mai, haere mai Cat Ruka
20 December 2020![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/1bmL8kbWGvGwwCBx0ZjuG0/9413229d1be2700331f1efe208e420df/Elise_leaving_image.jpg?q=10&)
FAREWELL ELISE
05 November 2020![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/8I3vRW7UbIVcTJiRruJvS/50f954f249606ad2b31063faf99faa1a/Chris_LLL_Header_Image.png?q=10&)
Live Laugh Love w/ Chris Parker
10 September 2020![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/3kcSZGpcr1FZU2z004HeMT/26f9ce4d0691170fd5d890a124b5f7e6/Reunited_Banner_Image.png?q=10&)
Season Announcement
07 September 2020![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/4Qyhqpj0L7b5kwo5tGWnxV/56471bda8751f1bcc6920302409acb59/TC_Logo_w_Tuatara_Green.jpg?q=10&)
2020 Company in Residence
12 August 2020![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/14EclWYZey6V5rMERNyYo3/6da8983830e7daeea28e095199eb7cb4/Basement_Reunited_for_website_blog.png?q=10&)
UPDATE!
29 June 2020![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/4MDHuT29kGrJpZFjpq87Xc/6c190536c570acff99e19dfd81fff2db/Ep-4__FillWzE5MjAsMTA4MF0.png?q=10&)
Disruptors: Theatre Life in Lockdown
25 May 2020![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/2ONOujDJAKIqsqRDIFmEiE/658dabf5a3b357a9bb65608fef07b339/Ep-3__FillWzE5MjAsMTA4MF0.png?q=10&)
Disruptors: Alice Kirker & Elyssia Wilson-Heti
25 May 2020![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/60UAiFmmY4iUIHs7Xcrozi/039bb1b59aa301367220c99655a5b72f/Ep-2__FillWzE5MjAsMTA4MF0.png?q=10&)
Disruptors: Alice Canton & Sarita Das
25 May 2020![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/6tDq3XTYY2CI2PR1xVvBIv/74558a39bc9cbe8ac44029cbc7130b63/Basement_Underground_for_blog.png?q=10&)
VENUE CLOSURE – UPDATE!
30 April 2020![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/29BtHwTm1pOD20swlKOurn/eb5b4d7cf008981e5ed1c5ab6cb0f5f6/Landscape_announcement_image.png?q=10&)
COVID UPDATE!
19 March 2020![](http://images.ctfassets.net/18gu5a095vyz/6MX38ERyJC7ccBTzOGw99J/d0b8ecf6b930032818ee0ed5e8d6b282/FDB-4.jpg?q=10&)