Q Theatre

Q’s main performance space — the Rangatira is indeed, the bomb! A flexiform approach to staging and seating, makes for a really up-​close and personal theater experience. Everyone in the audience gets to enjoy an unobstructed view of the on stage action!
Bravo Q!

Documentary festival lured us in so the plan was to have a quick bite at our fav local next door before the flick. We couldn’t get a seat so aimlessly were heading toward CARLS JR. Oh dear
We then thought ‘Maybe we could just have a drink and food here at the theatre?‘
I am not going to lie. I was expecting some super average bar food
What we got was some of the most delicious pork sliders I’ve ever tried, perfectly cooked calamari. saucy meatballs and satay chicken skewers which were covered in a creamy peanut sauce.
Um whaaaat?
I highly recommend coming in early before your show to have a bite. It was cosy inside and we stayed after our movie for another drink. By that time, a full jazz band were performing and there was a total social hum
Theatre itself was cool also. Not a bad seat in the house! And intimate enough to know that everyone who is watching the same movie, actually wants to be there
Only thing that weirded me out was the bathrooms being a whole level of stairs down from the bar /​restaurant /​entrance. Bit of a hike if you’re in heels
Pleasantly surprised by this place.

Q Theatre is the bomb-​diggity! They play host to a tonne of awesome festivals including my personal favourite, the Documentary Edge Festival, as well as a lot of smaller independent productions.
The space itself is awesome. Super versatile. On the ground floor there’s a decent restaurant and bar as well as their bigger theatre, Rangatira then upstairs they’ve got The Loft, which is a smaller theatre but can also be transformed into an amazing event space too when they remove all the seating. Downstairs is Basement theatre, which operates independently but does a whole lotta collaboration with Q theatre.
It’s basically just a hub of super clever, creative people! BIG fan.

Haven’t been to a bad event at the Q! It’s a beautiful modern space, with pretty good attention to disability access. Great artsy and welcoming vibe, and a nice little café downstairs to grab a drink, some coffee, or food before or after your show. I like the intimate feel of the performance spaces — there doesn’t seem to be a bad seat in the house!
Great variety to the events here — I’ve been to a modern dance performance, doco film festival, and a comedy show. Worth checking out their schedule to see what’s on next!

Wow wow woe. Very modern theather with many floors. Simply stunning and seems to be so well organized. You have also a café restaurant serving pretty yummy food before an event. People are smiling, welcoming and definitely help you to have a wonderful time. Will go again, and again

This was our visit to the actual theatre here, although we have eaten before. Being a host venue for the Comedy Festival it had a great buzz of anticipation about the place. Ben Hurley attracted some interest too. We were there for Ed Byne”. Our barstool type seats up in the gods actually were better than I expected. The theatre has several shows going on as well, There bar area is nice and spacious with an in house DJ spinning his shellac.
Wonder who we can see here next time …

Love this place: the vibes, the shows, the people, the arts. Love.
I attended a play during the Auckland Arts Festival and just fell in love with Q. Nice people helped me when I picked my ticket up and welcomed me into the theatre. I went again to Q during White Night festivities and was pleasantly surprised by the nightlife. Pretty good bar and awesome live music. I really like that it’s a place you can go to during the day or night. There is always something special going on at Q, pay it a visit. You will not regret it!
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Love you Q, from an arts lover from Seattle!

Blood, sweat and lots of fundraising (over 10 years) have brought us ‘Q Theatre’!
Purpose-​built space with the ‘Rangitira’ theatre that holds 400+ people, which is the largest auditorium at Q. The ‘loft’ is more of an intimate performance space with capacity for 110 people. There is also the ‘vault’ that is a cute rehearsal space that you can hire for $ 20 per hour.
Having experienced both auditoriums, they both cater to maximise good visibility, adequate lighting, comfortable seating in a truly ‘thespian’ way.
Q also have a café/​bar which is heavily stocked with daily specials, artisan menu and great wines by the glass. You can sit in the foyer, in the bar, or outside for a catch-​up with a friend, or pre-​drink before a show.
Lastly Q is in Queen Street — houses productions by Silo Theatre and Auckland Theatre Company and is one ‘hip’ venue to acquaint.
Unilocaling Ab Fab.

Came to watch Chicago by the Auckland Theatre Company here. Lounge area was great but come early if you want to get a seat for drinks or pizza.
The set up inside the theatre wasn’t bad. We were placed on the top balcony in the corner, but being a four-​sided stage the view wasn’t bad at all.
Ice cream was offered inside the theatre during the intermission by servers walking around which I thought was nice, as opposed to having to go out to the foyer to purchase.

I love this place, it really stands out on Queens Street especially since its right next to Jewel of Bombay. I went to Q Theatre not to watch a show but to have a drink at the bar, the drinks were so amazing. I loved the bar area as it looked somewhat like a gallery meets bar meets something a little different. I was a bit reluctant to go in as the outside didn’t look too grand but I was surprised when I walked in. The second time I went I wanted to have a look around the area, I loved the loft area it was just so chic. I could imagine going there for an exhibition.

Q Theatre is the medium sized theatre that Auckland’s theatre community have been kind of crying out for for the last twenty years or something. At least that’s the mythology as I understand it. It’s pretty fancy.
Q Theatre is actually a complex that contains three theatre. The main theatre is this big big big one where they have all the Silo and Auckland Theatre Company shows as well as the big touring comedians etc. Upstairs is The Loft, which is a bit smaller and I suppose is more marketed at freelance companies looking to diversify their audience for the right price. The last space is in the complex basement and is maybe for ‘fringier’ type acts.
Q Theatre is good at being a big theatre where they sometimes have good shows and sometimes don’t.

Such a fan of this place. IT is a theatre that supports and promotes of unique works. It is somewhere you go to see something you’ve heard little about. It is really cool. The space is massive. You wouldn’t guess it from the outside — which looks rather maff. But it actually hosts some major spaces out back for performance and practise and hosting spaces. And the toilets are actually amazing. When you go here you will find random groupings of hip people going about their business talking shop and what not. There is a bar, there is epic food, and lovely staff to match.

Q Theatre looks deceptively boring from the outside, but as soon as I stepped inside I was impressed with the industrial/​glam interior and the warm atmosphere. You can pop in to pick up tickets from the Q box office, for a coffee or nightcap from the bar, and relax on the plush sofas and massive leather armchairs.
In terms of the performance venues, Q is bigger than it looks, and in addition to the main auditorium there’s a rehearsal space, and two other flexible spaces upstairs for conferences, parties, or performances. In particular, the space called Loft has incredible floor-​to-​ceiling windows along one wall and is wonderfully atmospheric, with great natural light.
The acts Q presents are generally highly professional, off-​beat, experiemental, and exciting, and it’s the kind of place where I’m happy to take a gamble and watch something I know nothing about.