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Dates
18 - 22 NOV, 2025 | 6.30pm

5 nights, 5 different shows, all women, all gender-nonconforming performers from across Aotearoa. 

Femmes & Thems Comedy returns to Basement Theatre after a sell-out show during the Best Foods Mayo NZ International Comedy Festival and they are bringing you a show bigger and better than ever before!

The full schedule:

TUESDAY | 18 NOV | The Original Format
A Classic line-up as Femmes & Themes fans know it! Stand-up Comedy from some of your most beloved Comedians, emerging and pro!

WEDNESDAY | 19 NOV | Muso Night!
Musical Comedians rise up! Join us for a night of musically fuelled laughter, BYO ukuleles unadvised.

THURSDAY | 20 NOV | Improv Takeover!
This isn’t your average lineup show, this is improv, baby! Think absurd characters, off-the-cuff monologues and everything completely made up on the spot by some of the cities hottest Femme & Gender-diverse Improvisers!

FRIDAY | 21 NOV | Storytellers
Come sit around the metaphorical campfire with us as a lineup of storytellers take you on a journey of their silliest tales.

SATURDAY | 22 NOV | The Variety Show
It’s a Pick’n’Mix lolly bag of your dreams! Can’t get enough of the show? We bring you Comedy, Cabaret & Chaos, all in one lineup.

$2.50 per hour to a max of $12.50 on weekends and a $12.50 flat rate for weekday evenings at The Civic car park. Find out more

Last updated: 24 October 2025