Taskmaster meets Sex Education... Before We Begin returns for three nights only!

After delighting audiences at Pride, the Before We Begin team are thrilled to be coming back to Basement and Tāmaki Makaurau audiences before making our Australian premiere at Adelaide Fringe.
Before We Begin asks for permission.
It waits until you’re ready to play.
It hopes you’ll like it.
😏

An experimental solo about consent and queer intimacy. Explored through a series of escalating invitations for performer and audience.
Naughty, playful, awkward, joyful, and surprisingly tender. A vulnerable act of trust, patience, and curiosity - navigated in real-time. An important conversation that never feels like one.
Say yes, say maybe, say absolutely not. Nothing happens without your say-so. What does happen might surprise you.

Audiences praised it as “some of the safest interactive theatre” they’ve seen.

Ready to play?

Dramaturgy by Dan Goodwin, Lighting design Rae Longshaw-Park, Produced by Tom Webster, and Operated by Michael "Skippy" Goodwin.

WHEN: 5 - 7 March 2026, 8:30pm
WHERE: Basement Theatre
TICKETS: https://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2026/mar/before-we-begin-fundraiser-season

Content & Trigger Warnings: Strong language, sexual themes, explicit content (incl. simulated sex acts), partial nudity, drug references, and optional audience participation. Suitable for 16+. Contains discussions of non-consensual intimate filming and sexual harm.