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21 - 25 Jul, 2026$33.00 - $60.00
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Either way, love will leave a mark.
Sharp Teeth is a striking new dance theatre work from the creators of Dynamotion. In this latest collaboration, Lara Fischel-Chisholm and Tom Sainsbury return with a bold, surreal, and heart-thumpingly visual experience that lingers long after the lights go down. This is a show that will make you laugh—just as it sneaks up and rips the breath from your chest.
Because love is both a tender and brutal beast, Sharp Teeth revels in contradiction. It is comedic and heartfelt, delightful and dangerous, raw and absurd. The work moves through a series of vivid, off-kilter vignettes - each moment captures the strange, heightened reality of being in love... and the equally strange aftermath of losing it.
Expect high-octane dance, a genre-bending musical landscape that shifts from pulsing club anthems to aching crooner ballads, and a visual world bursting with outlandish costumes and delightfully unexpected props. Lara and Tom weave their signature character-driven comedy into arresting dreamscapes, creating a piece that feels at once intimate and otherworldly.
Playful, provocative, and emotionally charged, Sharp Teeth exists in a trippy alternate universe fuelled by imagination, physicality, and a deep fascination with human connection. It’s a world where humour and heartbreak sit side by side—and where nothing is quite as it seems.
Sharp Teeth marks the next exciting chapter in a collaboration that continues to evolve and surprise. If you’ve seen Dynamotion, you’ll know these two are something special. If you haven’t, this is the perfect place to begin.
Starring: Tom Sainsbury, Lara Fischel-Chisholm, Batanai Mashingaidze, Nomuna Amarbat, Sean Rivera, and Harrison Keefe
Please note: Show contains strobe and haze.
Local tip
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Skip the queue at Citizen Q by booking a table for some pre-show nibbles and drinks.
Getting there
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Q Theatre is a 2-minute walk from Aotea Square and a 16-minute walk from Waitematā Train Station. Being on Queen Street, there are many buses that stop right outside the theatre. If driving, you’ll find the closest option at The Civic Car Park.
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