Welcome – I’m so glad you have popped by!

Here, you’ll find a colourful collection of the things I’m passionate about and most importantly that you can experience - whether it's a show, a retreat or a bespoke tour.

Feel free to linger and explore. If you would like to connect, collaborate or simply say hello – I’d love to hear from you.

A little bit about me

Ali Harper is a multi-award-winning performer, holistic coach, and founder of both Ali-Cat Productions and Cultivate Joy.

With over 30 years of experience on stage throughout New Zealand and beyond, highlights include starring Menopause the Musical, My Fair Lady, Sound of Music, South Pacific, Guys and Dolls, Blood Brothers, Evita and Mamma Mia.

With my love of celebrating incredible humans whether it's to showcase their resilience, interesting life, how they reached and achieved their star status, I have written and toured in one-woman shows; Legendary Divas, A Doris Day Special, The Look of Love, The Supper Club, A Natural Woman and Judy’s Encore.

Purchase Ali's CD here.

I have been invited to appear twice at the prestigious New York Cabaret Convention at the Lincoln Centre in 2024 and 2025 and regularly travel around the world as a guest entertainer on cruise ships.

To add to my passions I love to teach yoga and create and lead yoga retreats and explore the world with my bespoke tours.

Balancing life as a mum of three, Border Collie Dusty and cat Missy, I try to live up to my middle name and live my life from a place of joy!

Ali Harper: Life on board – Metropol

A life of passion and purpose – Metropol

Release our love – Song tribute to innocent lives lost, the survivors, and their families in Christchurch on Friday 15 March 2019.

Ali Harper Performing on stage with a microphone singing.

Professional Qualifications

2025

MBFI Certified Holistic Life Coach and Mind-Body Practitioner

2018

Lifetime Learning NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Practitioner Training, Christchurch

2018

100 hrs HANSA Yoga Teacher Training, Christchurch

2014

200 hrs Tantric Yoga Teacher Training, Shri Kali Ashram, Koh Phangan, Thailand

1994

Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School | New Zealand

Awards & Prizes

ALL ABOUT SOLO CRITICS' CHOICE AWARD – United Solo Festival, New York 2025 ‘Judy's Encore’

BEST ONE WOMAN SHOW – United Solo Festival, New York 2018 ‘Songs for Nobodies’

BEST ACTRESS – United Solo Festival, New York 2014 ‘Bombshells’

BEST ACTRESS – Chapman Tripp Award, Wellington 2008 ‘Bombshells’