The Lizard Men & Geoffrey Beaver

From the ridiculously funny mind of Arlo MacMillan comes two Theatre Shows showing in the Fringe Festival 2026:

1) The Lizard Lies Within: A Lizardmen Movie Play Musical

BATS Theatre, 8pm on February 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th

2) The Geoffrey Beaver Podcast Live!

The Gods Paramount, 6pm on March 1st, 3pm on March 7th

These are outrageously funny and absurd, and will be a highly entertaining time. We need your help to make these shows the best they can be

Arlo MacMillan, Director, Core Creator, and Lizardmen Writer

Alex Lascelles Davis, Producer

Connor Lynd, Marketing

Penelope Lockwood, Stage Manager

Nicholas Etchells, Lighting Director

Rain, Sound

Fritha Johnston, Costume Designer

Emma Parkinson & Daisy Din, Costume & Props

Geoffrey Beaver Writers: Arlo MacMillan, Keenan Turner, Alec Williams, Reece Hughes, Sarah Penny, Thomas Smith, Izzie Newton-Cross & Nathan King

Lizardmen Cast: Jonothan O’Drowsky, Isabella Falconer, Thomas Harms, William Thompson, Jesse Marshall, Alec Lascelles Davis, Sarah Penny, Adam Neilson, Lily Stablein & Skye Lynch

Geoffrey Beaver Cast: Keenan Turner, Thomas Harms, Hoani Earnest Cowan-Ruahihi, Reece Hughes, Thomas Smith, Arlo MacMillan, Sarah Penny, Izzie Newton-Cross & Stacie Nichols

• Entry fees for the BATS and Gods Paramount Theatres
• Costumes
• Props
• Set Design

1) The Lizard Lies Within: A Lizardmen Movie Play Musical

From the mind of JOHN FILMMAKER comes a non-fiction dream-mare (dream + nightmare) following the part-time spy and supermodel Pogolo Vaunslaught, who is tasked with the mission to locate the Lizardmen who secretly rule the world - through the power of their hypnotisational (yes, it is a real word) hips... 

2) The Geoffrey Beaver Podcast Live!

is a new contained podcast-style comedy show featuring the grand return of the disgraced (he would prefer ‘misunderstood’) television personality (he would prefer ‘journalist’) Geoffrey Beaver. Coming back from a disastrous documentary in which Beaver falsely accused an aerobics club of being a Satanic cult, Geoffrey is once again trying to rectify his reputation in the viral podcast format. A self-proclaimed seeker of truth, he sees himself as a figure like Louis Theroux or David Farrier, when in reality he is more akin to Alan Partridge and Tucker Carlson. Undoubtedly, Beaver’s grand return will be met with none of the enthusiasm he expects, and the podcast landscape contains far stranger people than he could possibly imagine.

These outrageously funny and absurd shows belong in Wellington's Fringe Festival. This is a totally Wellington show that students and adults alike will absolutely go nuts over in the best way possible. We need to laugh hysterically, maybe now more than ever. These ridiculous shows need to be seen to be believed, and we believe you can help us make these shows be the best they can be.