Here. Together. now.

The sixteenth New Zealand Improv Festival will place from 26 September – 4 October 2025, in beautiful Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington), based at the BATS Theatre with a few events offsite.

Featuring a dizzying variety of shows, workshops, mixers, conference sessions and social events, NZIF showcases the best of improv from Aotearoa, Australasia and beyond.

There are a handful of workshop places remaining, or you can join the waiting list for anything that’s sold out. Check out the full programme here, or book tickets for shows on the BATS website.

Book show tickets
Workshop registration

Want to find out about shows in the 2025 Festival? Sign up to our audience mailer.

Bodyworks (directed by Gabrielle Raz-Liebman) at NZIF 2024. Photo by Crisstian Grueber.

Proudly Supported

New Zealand Improv Festival is grateful to have been supported by Wellington City Council, NZ Community Trust, Insight to Action Consulting, the Performing Arts Foundation of Wellington, the John Ilott Charitable Trust, and the Berwyn Gibbons Theatre Trust in delivering this incredible event in recent years.

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