Ask me – if you dare.

Jenny and David meet on a tinder date. She wants a one-night stand, and he wants to go through the 36 questions that are meant to lead to love… What unfolds is a night of daring and divulging. Of holding back and holding on. It’s not about happily ever after, it’s about all the people we meet along the way.

Starring Fern Sutherland (Brokenwood Mysteries) Niwa Whatuira (M3gan 2.0) and Anya Tate-Manning (PSA).

Inspired by one of the most esteemed Modern Love articles from The New York Times “The 36 Questions That Lead to Love”.  Winner of Best New Play in Bay Area Will Glickman Award 2025.

“A rom-com with an irreverent streak, Thirty-Six is a fun, flirty, occasionally dirty romp. Maybe bring a date. You’ll definitely learn something about each other by the end of the evening” — KQED

Thirty-Six
Sat 7 March – Sat 4 April*
Tues – Sat 7.30pm, Sunday 4.30pm 
*Please note there are no performances Fri 20 & Sat 21 March, and Sunday 22 March starts at a later time of 6.30pm.

Preview Night: Friday 6 March
Sunday Special: Sunday 8 March
Choose Your Price & Q&A Night: Tuesday 10 March
CIRCA TWO
$30 – $49
Audience Care: R16, contains explicit language, drug use and sexual references.
Duration: 90 minutes, no interval.

Touch Tour and Audio Described Performance
Sunday 29 March – 3.30pm Touch Tour followed by 4.30pm Audio Described performance. 
Access tickets $25pp plus free for your companion/whānau. Service dogs are welcome, please let us know if you have any access seating requirements.
To book email [email protected] or phone 04 801 7992.

Special events:
Couples Date Night
Tickets: $69 per person
Wednesday 11 March 
5.45pm (7.30pm show)
Bring your dates to the play THIRTY-SIX and enjoy a hosted pre-show couples’ event in the new upstairs enclosed balcony at Circa Theatre’s bar and restaurant Chouchou. Ticket includes the show and a hosted pre-show drink and platter.

Singles Night
Tickets: $69 per person
Wednesday 18 March 
5.45pm (7.30pm show)
Come along to a Circa Theatre’s first ever ‘Singles Night!’
Ticket includes the show and a hosted pre-show drink and platter in the new upstairs enclosed balcony at Circa Theatre’s bar and restaurant Chouchou.
Meet and mingle, sit next to someone new, and see where a night at the theatre leads you… 

Written by Leah Nanako Winkler
Director Yael Gezentsvey
Set and Costume Design Shiloh Dobie
Lighting Design Marcus McShane
Sound Design Dan Elliot and Chris Ward