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Set your heart alight this winter with the Royal New Zealand Ballet

Shakespeare’s greatest love story returns to the Royal New Zealand Ballet in May and June 2023, in a passionate re-telling.
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The Show Goes On

Though The Mercury, built in 1910, is Auckland’s oldest surviving theatre, the city’s very first theatre was established in the back of a city hotel in 1841.
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Hitchcock Comes To Auckland

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The bold reimagining of the beloved Alfred Hitchcock classic North by Northwest for the stage has wowed audiences worldwide since its 2015 premiere in Melbourne.
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Rare Chance to Experience a Theatrical Masterpiece

Epic family drama Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill makes its long-awaited Auckland premiere this winter at Q Theatre
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