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How To Art: A Fine Fruity Fable

17 November 2024

Introducing Silly Season!

05 November 2024

Prayas Presents: Tiffin Box - Spotlight on Serena Mani

06 October 2024

Big Car Park News

30 September 2024

Ngā Reta: A Spark for Self-Exploration and Te Reo Māori

25 September 2024
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2024 Basement Team update!

01 August 2024

OUR 2024 SPRING SEASON IS HERE!

31 July 2024

Introducing Basement Makers Space

23 July 2024

Basement Xmas Show - 2024 update

19 July 2024

AUCKLAND FRINGE IS BACK AT BASEMENT THEATRE THIS SEPTEMBER

14 July 2024

Very Theatre, Very Camp: An Interview with Jen Silverman

09 June 2024
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Merging wrestling and dance: an inside look at the Arts House x Basement Theatre Culture Lab residency

06 May 2024

Winter & Matariki 2024

02 May 2024

Haere Rā Cat

20 February 2024

Culture Lab International Exchange Announcement

14 February 2024

2024 at Basement

07 February 2024

Basement Board Chair Announcement

14 January 2024

Summer/Pride Season 2024

10 January 2024

Writing brain tumour humour: the intriguing holes in An Almighty Yes.

01 November 2023

Artists Make Auckland

20 September 2023

Basey is turning fifteen.

10 September 2023

SUMMER AND PRIDE SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN

06 September 2023

ANNOUNCING THE CREATORS OF THE 2023 BASEMENT THEATRE CHRISTMAS SHOW

23 August 2023

Spring season 2023

09 August 2023

It’s official, we’re doing Programming a little bit different

02 August 2023

Matariki wānanga artists 2023

03 July 2023

Tohu mo Matariki 2023

02 July 2023

Rat Chats Episode Two - Performance as Power: Language, Identity, and Representation

26 June 2023

Rat Chats Episode One - Don’t Be Afraid To Sit In The Front Row: Improv, Interactive Theatre, and Comedy

29 May 2023

Everytime I Try to Leave Something Keeps Pulling Me Back (me back)

11 May 2023

Winter/Matariki season 2023

03 May 2023

Pitch your idea for the 2023 Basement Christmas Show!

12 March 2023
Photographer: Ralph Brown

Announcing Choose What You Pay @ Basement

27 February 2023

Summer/Pride 2023

10 January 2023

Explore Another Universe with Miss Leading

16 October 2022

Our 2022 Ideas in Residence artists

20 September 2022

What it means to be Black, lesbian, and living in Tāmaki Makaurau

05 September 2022

THREE’S COMPANY

23 August 2022

We just added a theatre show you might like

10 August 2022
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This is Our Youth: Hine Te Rēhia and Celebrating Emerging Makers

04 August 2022

SPRING/FRINGE 2022 SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT

01 August 2022

HAU Festival [te Hī me te Hā]

21 July 2022

The road to The Best Cafe in the World

11 July 2022

Two Bodies

06 July 2022

Our Matariki Commemorative Artwork for 2022

18 June 2022

Matariki wānanga artist announcement

02 June 2022
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RISK-FREE FOR ARTISTS, COMING RIGHT UP!

31 May 2022

Calling all Tangata Whenua artists

05 May 2022

Winter/Matariki 2022 Season Announcement

29 April 2022

Flipping to the B-SIDE

22 March 2022
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Introducing the Tautai 2021 Fale-Ship Podcast presented by Basement Theatre

09 February 2022

Tautai 2021 Fale-ship Podcast – EP2, Teremoana Rapley

08 February 2022

Tautai 2021 Fale-ship Podcast – EP1, Marina Alefosio

07 February 2022

New website, who this?

16 December 2021

Closing Down For 2021

17 October 2021

Artist Support Statement

14 September 2021

REVIEW: Fala Muncher

09 August 2021

Ideas in Residence Artists 2021

28 July 2021

FLESHIES 2.0 DIRECTORS Q&A

22 July 2021

Jahra Wasasala on THE NEST

13 July 2021

2021 Matariki Residents

05 July 2021

Cat Ruka talks THE NEST

29 June 2021

THE POLITICS OF ESCAPISM

18 April 2021

REVIEW: First World Problems 3.0

18 April 2021

Wrestling with Form: 14 Reasons I’m Excited For Standard Acts

05 March 2021

Grappling with Digital Inundation

10 February 2021

REVIEW: Jack Gray on HEtheyShe

09 February 2021

Nau mai, haere mai Cat Ruka

20 December 2020

FAREWELL ELISE

05 November 2020

Live Laugh Love w/ Chris Parker

10 September 2020

Season Announcement

07 September 2020

2020 Company in Residence

12 August 2020

UPDATE!

29 June 2020

Disruptors: Theatre Life in Lockdown

25 May 2020

Disruptors: Alice Kirker & Elyssia Wilson-Heti

25 May 2020

Disruptors: Alice Canton & Sarita Das

25 May 2020

VENUE CLOSURE – UPDATE!

30 April 2020

COVID UPDATE!

19 March 2020

Disruptors: Frickin Dangerous Bro

10 March 2020