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23 Jan - 16 Feb
Cabaret & Comedy & Variety & Circus & Family & Adults Only & Kiwi & Music
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Gift Vouchers A most spectacular pressie! Available in denominations of $20, $50, $75, $100, $150 & $200.
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Arj Barker (USA) You had better sit down for this....
9 - 12 Feb
Comedy
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Blanc de Blanc (INT) The original champagne cabaret!
23 Jan – 16 Feb
Circus & Cabaret
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Breaking Bread Meet the people behind the festival
28 Jan
Special Event
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Buskers Bingo (INT) No game night is the same. So get your pencils sharpened, your drinks primed and get ready to bounce!
31 Jan & 7 Feb
Special Event & Comedy & Variety & Adults Only
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Buskers Brewery Tour (NZ) Explore Christchurch’s top breweries with buskers, a bus, and Rolleston’s best-known beer aficionado, Keith Preene!
6 Feb
Special Event & Food & Variety & Adults Only & Kiwi
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Cal Wilson (NZ) The breakout Netflix star returns with a brand new show
11 -16 Feb
Comedy & Kiwi
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Chris Parker (NZ) The Crown Prince of Comedy returns to Christchurch
7 - 9 Feb
Comedy & Kiwi
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Deacon the Vampire LIVE (NZ) Join Deacon for 188 years of memory and mystery
14 -16 Feb
Comedy & Kiwi
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Feast of Fools (INT) Last year’s hit sell-out hit, the masked moving feast of unexpected food and theatrical costumes is back!
1 Feb
Special Event & Variety & Food
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Flo & Joan (UK) Don't miss the iconic musical comedy sisters
24 - 26 Jan
Comedy & Music
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Freaks on Friday (INT) An unforgettable evening of fantasy, freaks, and flair!
24 Jan
Variety
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Frickin Dangerous Bro (NZ) Jamaine Ross, James Roque, and Pax Assadi are basically a comedy Voltron
24 -26 Jan
Comedy & Kiwi
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Gamarjobat (JPN) “Do yourself a big favour. Go and see Gamarjobat! Take your friends and family and don’t forget the kids”. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - British Theatre Guide
2 - 8 Feb
Comedy & Family
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Kids Comedy Gala (INT) A hearty assortment of belly-laughing, cheek-aching entertainment for the young and young-at-heart at the beautiful Isaac Theatre Royal!
9 Feb
Special Event & Family & Variety
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Laser Kiwi (NZ) New Zealand’s favourite 'surreal sketch circus'
4 - 9 Feb
Circus & Comedy & Kiwi
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Mavericks - Daredevil Chicken and Miss Behave at Backstage Social Club (INT) Get loose with festival favourites Daredevil Chicken and Miss Behave!
24 Jan - 9 Feb
Comedy & Variety & Adults Only
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Mavericks - Daredevil Chicken and Miss Behave at The Spiegeltent (INT) Get loose with festival favourites Daredevil Chicken and Miss Behave!
25 Jan - 8 Feb
Comedy & Variety
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Melanie Bracewell (NZ) Our 2019 festival favourite is back with a brand new show!
8 - 13 Feb
Comedy & Kiwi
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Modern Māori Quartet (NZ) We call these guys the 'Māori Ratpack'
24 - 26 Jan
Music & Family & Kiwi
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Palaver Grand with Shay Horay (NZ) Christchurch’s own version of The Graham Norton Show
14 Feb
Comedy & Special Event & Adults Only & Kiwi
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Pax Assadi (NZ) The fastest growing name in NZ comedy
1 -6 Feb
Comedy & Kiwi
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Reuben Kaye (AUS) The sell-out sensation of Edinburgh Fringe
28 Jan - 1 Feb
Cabaret & Comedy & Adults Only
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Shades of Bublé (USA) A stunning three-man tribute to Michael Bublé.
13 - 16 Feb
Music
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The Big Festival Gala - First Half (INT) The cream of the crop of busking and ticketed shows in the first half of the festival!
26 Jan
Special Event & Variety & Comedy
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The Big Festival Gala - Second Half (INT) The cream of the crop of busking and ticketed shows in the second half of the festival!
9 Feb
Special Event & Variety
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The Lord of the Bubbles (ESP) Good clean fun for the whole family
9 - 16 Feb
Family
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The Male Gayz LIVE (NZ) Calling all queens! Join Chris and Eli for a live recording of the podcast
8 Feb
Special Event & Kiwi
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The Nasty Show (INT) Don’t bring your mum
31 Jan
Variety & Adults Only
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The OTT Show An evening of over the top cabaret, singing and circus that will send you over the edge!
Variety & Adults Only
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White Silence (NZ) A panel discussion with the makers of the six-part podcast series from Stuff and RNZ, about the 1979 Erebus air disaster.
26 Jan
Special Event & Kiwi
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The Biggest Little Circus Show (NZ) An action packed, high energy explosion of street theatre.
Fri 24 Jan - Sun 2 Feb
Busking
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The Birdmann and Egg (AUS/JPN) A live-action cartoon comedy adventure featuring original music and a daring sword box escape!
Fri 24 Jan - Sun 9 Feb
Busking
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Circotica EnFire (NZ) A mad mash-up: Christchurch's own Circotica Circus School and the infamous psychedelic doom band Enfire!
Fri 24 Jan - Sun 2 Feb
Busking
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Dream Garden (NZ) A beautiful, skilful and surreal performance combining aerial circus, projection art and quirky comedy.
Fri 24 Jan - Sat 1 Feb
Busking
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Hannah Cryle (AUS) A show that literally runs rings around the competition, your head will spin while your hands turn rounds of applause.
Fri 24 Jan - Sun 9 Feb
Busking
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Jon Hicks (UK) A collision between Andy Warhol, Buster Keaton and Jackson Pollock, and performs with lashings of bad boy attitude against a killer soundtrack.
Fri 24 Jan - Sun 9 Feb
Busking
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Mario Queen of the Circus (USA) “An eccentric sense of humor and a playful bawdiness” – The New York Times
Fri 24 Jan - Sun 9 Feb
Busking
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The Mr Spin Show (AUS) A true comic genius and one of Australia’s finest jugglers.
Fri 24 Jan - Sun 2 Feb
Busking
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Mulletman (NZ) The legend: an expert in leave-in hair conditioner and a 15-year stalwart of our festival.
Fri 24 jan - Sun 9 Feb
Busking
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Pancho Libre (MEX) A non-stop, high energy performance involving acrobatics, Chinese pole, cry wheel, feicha and comedy.
Fri 24 Jan - Sun 9 Feb
Busking
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Rogan Josh (AUS) Rogan Josh will have you revelling in the special connections between performer and audience that street theatre offers.
Fri 24 Jan - Sun 9 Feb
Busking
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Satya Bella (AUS) A singular talent beyond belief and not to be missed.
Fri 24 Jan - Sun 9 Feb
Busking
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$hantalle & Jerry (AUS/CAN) This is a ludicrously fun circus show, suitable for all ages…but not for the faint-hearted.
Fri 24 Jan - Sun 9 Sun
Busking
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Sport Suzie (NZ) Flying dumbbells, wacky weightlifting, contortion through a tennis racket and the smallest bicycle ever!
Fri 24 Jan - Sat 9 Feb
Busking
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Sublimit (JPN) An award-winning acrobatic duo from Japan
Fri 24 Jan - Sun 9 Feb
Busking
Multibuy Shows
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Arj Barker (USA) You had better sit down for this....
9 - 12 Feb
Comedy
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Blanc de Blanc (INT) The original champagne cabaret!
23 Jan – 16 Feb
Circus & Cabaret
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Buskers Bingo (INT) No game night is the same. So get your pencils sharpened, your drinks primed and get ready to bounce!
31 Jan & 7 Feb
Special Event & Comedy & Variety & Adults Only
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Cal Wilson (NZ) The breakout Netflix star returns with a brand new show
11 -16 Feb
Comedy & Kiwi
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Chris Parker (NZ) The Crown Prince of Comedy returns to Christchurch
7 - 9 Feb
Comedy & Kiwi
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Deacon the Vampire LIVE (NZ) Join Deacon for 188 years of memory and mystery
14 -16 Feb
Comedy & Kiwi
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Flo & Joan (UK) Don't miss the iconic musical comedy sisters
24 - 26 Jan
Comedy & Music
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Freaks on Friday (INT) An unforgettable evening of fantasy, freaks, and flair!
24 Jan
Variety
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Frickin Dangerous Bro (NZ) Jamaine Ross, James Roque, and Pax Assadi are basically a comedy Voltron
24 -26 Jan
Comedy & Kiwi
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Gamarjobat (JPN) “Do yourself a big favour. Go and see Gamarjobat! Take your friends and family and don’t forget the kids”. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - British Theatre Guide
2 - 8 Feb
Comedy & Family
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Laser Kiwi (NZ) New Zealand’s favourite 'surreal sketch circus'
4 - 9 Feb
Circus & Comedy & Kiwi
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Mavericks - Daredevil Chicken and Miss Behave at Backstage Social Club (INT) Get loose with festival favourites Daredevil Chicken and Miss Behave!
24 Jan - 9 Feb
Comedy & Variety & Adults Only
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Mavericks - Daredevil Chicken and Miss Behave at The Spiegeltent (INT) Get loose with festival favourites Daredevil Chicken and Miss Behave!
25 Jan - 8 Feb
Comedy & Variety
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Melanie Bracewell (NZ) Our 2019 festival favourite is back with a brand new show!
8 - 13 Feb
Comedy & Kiwi
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Modern Māori Quartet (NZ) We call these guys the 'Māori Ratpack'
24 - 26 Jan
Music & Family & Kiwi
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Palaver Grand with Shay Horay (NZ) Christchurch’s own version of The Graham Norton Show
14 Feb
Comedy & Special Event & Adults Only & Kiwi
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Pax Assadi (NZ) The fastest growing name in NZ comedy
1 -6 Feb
Comedy & Kiwi
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Reuben Kaye (AUS) The sell-out sensation of Edinburgh Fringe
28 Jan - 1 Feb
Cabaret & Comedy & Adults Only
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Shades of Bublé (USA) A stunning three-man tribute to Michael Bublé.
13 - 16 Feb
Music
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The Lord of the Bubbles (ESP) Good clean fun for the whole family
9 - 16 Feb
Family
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The Male Gayz LIVE (NZ) Calling all queens! Join Chris and Eli for a live recording of the podcast
8 Feb
Special Event & Kiwi
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The Nasty Show (INT) Don’t bring your mum
31 Jan
Variety & Adults Only
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The OTT Show An evening of over the top cabaret, singing and circus that will send you over the edge!
Variety & Adults Only