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9 May 2012
PACIFIC DANCE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2012 Pacific Dance New Zealand is pleased to announce the Pacific Dance Artist In Residence for 2012 – Sesilia Pusiaki Tatuila. This Pacific Dance Artists’ Residency is in its third year and is a community dance project presented by Pacific Dance NZ, Dance Aotearoa NZ, Auckland Council and Creative NZ. [more]

9 May 2012
Top award for thesis on dark tourism and theatre Emma Willis who completed her PhD in the Department of English has won one of five best doctoral thesis awards from the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Auckland. [more]

8 May 2012
THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW ZEALAND DANCE COMPANY More New Zealanders dance than play rugby - the emergence of a new Auckland based major arts company recognises the Nation’s passion for movement. This week marks the media launch of The New Zealand Dance Company - Aotearoa’s freshest dance company ... [more]

6 May 2012
MIME & MOVEMENT workshops with FERGUS AITKEN - MIME tutor, comedian & entertainer These classes are pitched at 'beginners' to' intermediate' level - just do it, you'll be fine! [more]

3 May 2012
SUMMER SHAKESPEARE (WELLINGTON) CALL FOR DIRECTORS The Summer Shakespeare Trust is seeking a director for the 2013 Summer Shakespeare Wellington Production (30th Anniversary Year). ... The production will take place in the Dell, Wellington Botanic Gardens, from 15th February – 2nd March 2013. [more]

1 May 2012
Saturday, 19 May 2012 10:00 until 18:00 Top studio, Bats Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Mt. Victoria, Wellington Wellington-based performer and tutor FERGUS AITKEN is bringing a one day MIME & MOVEMENT intensive to Bats Theatre. [more]

30 Apr 2012
Marketing and Communications Manager Fortune Theatre is seeking an energetic and highly motivated marketing professional who will share our vision of the theatre and communicate this to our key stakeholders and audiences. [more]

24 Apr 2012
CAMPAIGN AGAINST CUTS TO THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY You Are UC, the student campaign against cuts to the College of Arts at the University of Canterbury, will be holding a bbq complete with theatric entertainment to protest against the cuts this Thursday 26 April at noon. Featuring a forum between students and the Big Heads of University management, You Are UC will also be collecting signatures for our petition against the cuts. [more]

22 Apr 2012
AUDITION: THEATRE BEATING is looking for a puppeteer to play the eponymous character in The Magic Chicken, a family show touring New Zealand during July 2012. [more]

18 Apr 2012
SHORT+SWEET AUCKLAND IS BACK IN 2012 in association with STAMP at The EDGE. Short+Sweet is the biggest 10-minute theatre festival in the world! Writers are welcome to enter no matter where in the world they are based. The Auckland festival will be playing at The Herald theatre from September 18 until October 6th. This year we will have space for up to 60 plays ... [more]

17 Apr 2012
ATAMIRA This six-part series is an original concept for Māori theatre and television in Aotearoa that brings feature-length Māori plays to the small screen for the first time.  Strange Resting Places by Paolo Rotondo, Rob Mokaraka  Awhi Tapu by Albert Belz  Purapurawhetu by Briar Grace-Smith  When Sun And Moon Collide by Briar Grace-Smith  Irirangi Bay by Riwia Brown  The Prophet by Hone Kouka [more]

16 Apr 2012
Rediscover our theatrical past with LANDMARK - New Zealand Play Reading Series #2: Overtime by Claude Evans “We can’t have you overworking. It’s a bad habit.” Christchurch playwright Claude Evans’ play Overtime ran for only one week in 1954, performed by the Canterbury Repertory Society. That year, it was voted by its audiences as the society’s most popular production. [more]

12 Apr 2012
KIWI ACTING ICON GRANT TILLY DIES Kiwi actor and artist Grant Tilly, well known for his stage and TV roles, has died, aged 74. Tilly starred in many stage and television productions including Foreskin's Lament, The Daylight Atheist, Gliding On and Middle Aged Spread. [more]

12 Apr 2012
Let's get Boosted! With the support of the Lion Foundation, the Arts Foundation is creating Boosted, a crowdfunding website that will create millions in new funding for the arts. [more]

6 Apr 2012
Dear DANCE Wellington Festival community Please find below a letter from the Wellington Dance Festival Trust about cancelling this year’s festival. I remain positive about the festival future and what to thank you all for your applications, dedication and supportive emails and phone calls for the festival’s future and the current direction it is going in. Thank you to those who have been offering fundraising solutions. [more]

1 Apr 2012
URGENT CALL-OUT FOR PARLIAMENTARY CLOWNS Recent events have inspired an anonymous benefactor to establish a fund provisionally called the Parliamentary Clown Fund, launching it with annual base funding of $100k. [more]

28 Mar 2012
New Zealand's Got Talent AUDITIONS New Zealand's Got Talent is coming to TV1 and it wishes to encourage as many of the uber talented people who frequent Theatreview to enter as possible. [more]

27 Mar 2012
DUNEDIN FRINGE 2012 AWARDS 12 Festival Awards recognise outstanding achievement as the 2012 Dunedin Fringe Festival ends 11 days of artistic innovation and experimentation. The 2012 Dunedin Fringe Festival ended on Sunday 25 March with an awards ceremony that saw 12 awards given to participating artists. [more]

25 Mar 2012
COMEDY FESTIVAL REVIEWERS The NZ International Comedy Festival is coming up - 27 April – 20 May. http://www.comedyfestival.co.nz/. Are you interested in joining our team(s) of Theatreview reviewers? [more]

24 Mar 2012
MAORI PLAYWRIGHT WINS NEW PLAY AWARD WITH STORY OF COMING HOME. PLAYMARKET is pleased to announce the ADAM NZ PLAY AWARD winner for 2012: Mitch Tawhi Thomas for his play HUI Pita: I could throw you back to where you came from. Tina: I came from here. Four brothers are drawn home to mourn the death of their father Bob - presiding over this forced reunion, dead in his armchair. Tempers have not cooled nor have old wounds healed in the 20-years since last these brothers were together. [more]

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