Three wardens, a safehouse and a circle of strangers. The lycanthropy outbreak has begun.
You have been summoned to the local shelter, along with other members of your community, to wait for the all-clear. The containment period is one week and the nights are pitch black, but your wardens are prepared for anything. Or are they?
Werewolf is a thrilling horror-comedy that explores our collective response to crises. On top of the jump scares and chilling sound design, the fast-paced and organic action stems from game elements and a semi-improvised script, which heroes the audience.
Conceived and devised by the company
Performers: Joel Baxendale, Stella Reid & Hannah Kelly
Dramaturgy: Ralph Upton
Sound design and operation by Oliver Devlin
Set and Lighting Design by Lucas Neal
Produced by Joel Baxendale & Eleanor Strathern
Development of Werewolf was supported by Lōemis Festival, BATS Theatre, and with funding from Creative New Zealand and Wellington City Council.
Previous cast: Karin McCracken (co-creator), Arlo Gibson, Freya Daly Sadgrove (co-creator)
ENDSTAGE VERSION
Aberdeen: The Lemon Tree (International Season 2026) 24-25 July 2026
Kerikeri: Turner Centre, 13 Mar 2026
Whangārei: ONEONESIX, 11-12 Mar 2026
Auckland: Auckland Arts Festival, 5-8 Mar 2026
Wellington: Aotearoa Festival of the Arts, 25-28 Feb 2026
IN-THE-ROUND VERSION
New Plymouth, Reimagine Festival, 18 Oct 2025
Edinburgh: Summerhall, 1-26 August 2024
Auckland: Basement Theatre, 24-28 May 2022
Rotorua: Shambles Theatre, 22 May 2022
Hastings: Spaceship, 21 May 2022
Palmerston North: Centrepoint -Dark Room, 19-20 May 2022
Christchurch: Little Andromeda, 13-14 May 2022
Barrytown: Barrytown Hall, 11 May 2022
Golden Bay: Mussel Inn, 8 May 2022
Nelson: Fairfield House, Nelson 6-7 May 2022
Carterton: Heart of Winter Festival, 16 July 2021
Wellington: Lōemis Festival, Breaker Bay Community Hall 17-20 June 2021
Paekakariki: Lōemis Festival, 11-12 June 2021
Lower Hutt: The Dowse Art Museum, 29 October 2020
Wellington: Lōemis Festival, Inverlochy Art House, 26 - 27 September 2020 (Development Season)
Show Duration: 70 minutes
Audience suitability: 12 years and up. Contains periods of complete darkness, flashing lights, loud noises, and content designed to unsettle.
Stage configuration: Endstage, with onstage seating for 8 audience volunteers.
Venue type: Endstage spaces capable of total blackout.
Capacity: Up to 300
Touring Party: 4
The in-the-round version of Werewolf has a capacity of 50-100 pax and is suitable for found spaces.
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“Impeccable performances from our three “wardens”, brilliant lighting and some incredible sound design create a perfect hour of interactive and immersive theatre that is not to be missed this year.”
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"Has people screaming in terror one minute then giggling like children the next"
"What We Do in the Shadows meets The Thing. Hilarious and utterly terrifying in equal measure."
Audience review, Edinburgh 2026
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