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7 Jul 2008
The most important annual event for budding New Zealand young playwrights is fast approaching. New Zealand's playwrights agency Playmarket is calling for submissions for the Tenth New Zealand Young Playwrights Competition, an event that has established itself as an important stepping stone in the development of new writers for our theatre. [more]

1 Jul 2008
DOWNSTAGE TRUST BOARD ANNOUNCES NEW DIRECTOR The Downstage Trust Board announces the appointment of Hilary Beaton as Director/CEO of Downstage Theatre for a fixed term to lead and to manage a successful transition of the theatre’s new operating model. [more]

30 Jun 2008
MEISNER CLASSES – WELLINGTON “Acting is the ability to live truthfully under the given imaginary circumstances” – Sanford Meisner [more]

30 Jun 2008
CASTING CALL Shining Armour by Philip Braithwaite Directed by Gene Alexander BATS Theatre [more]

20 Jun 2008
WHERE IS MAORI THEATRE NOW? Matariki Playwrights 12noon - 5.30pm, Saturday 28 June Limelight Room, Level 3, Aotea Centre. The Edge [more]

19 Jun 2008
AUCKLANDERS SHOW WIDE-SPREAD SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS Only one in five Aucklanders believe Auckland already has sufficient venues to stage all its events and performances. Almost three-quarters believe cultural events are good for the economy and vibrancy of the city. More than half said they went to the theatre in the past year. [more]

19 Jun 2008
CONFRONTING OUR HUMANESS – an Interview with Edward Bond, by Kassie McLuskie Banned from the English stage by the Lord Chamberlain after its production by the Royal Court Theatre in 1965, Edward Bond's play Saved has since become widely performed in Britain and Europe, where it is even performed and studied in secondary schools. The uproar over its prohibition contributed greatly to the end of theatre censorship in England in 1968. [more]

16 Jun 2008
CONVERSATIONS BATS is hosting a series of monthly conversations with leading theatre artists and practitioners. They will occur on the last Monday of each month. The first is with Jo Randerson on Monday 30 June at 7pm. [more]

15 Jun 2008
JAMES JOYCE CENTRE SALUTES RENOWNED AUCKLAND PUB THEATRE Dublin's James Joyce Centre has declared its favourite venue for the world's annual Bloomsday celebrations is in Auckland - the grubbily-named Dogs Bollix pub, Newton gully, just off Karangahape Rd. [more]

12 Jun 2008
AFRICA CONNECTION AOTEAROA PRESENTS: FOUR PLAY READINGS Toi Poneke/Wellington Arts Centre, 61 Abel Smith Street, at 2.00 p.m. Sundays The next project in our programme of developing appreciation of cultures of Africa and the African diaspora will be rehearsed readings of plays by three African and one Caribbean writer. All four plays have had successful productions internationally, but none has previously been staged in New Zealand. [more]

11 Jun 2008
CENTREPOINT THEATRE Artistic Director Resigns Simon Ferry has announced his resignation from the post of Artistic Director of Centrepoint Theatre in Palmerston North. [more]

10 Jun 2008
Downstage Theatre – OPEN INVITATION to the Wellington Creative Community Where: Downstage Auditorium When: Saturday 21 June Time: 11am-1pm [more]

10 Jun 2008
LONG CLOUD YOUTH THEATRE – audition There is an opportunity for 5 people to join Long Cloud Youth Theatre. Upcoming Sunday I will be holding an open audition at Wellington Performing Arts Centre (36 Vivian St), 7pm-9pm. [more]

9 Jun 2008
DOWNSTAGE GENERAL MANAGER’S DEPARTURE Andrew Thomson, General Manager of Downstage Theatre Trust, today announced his departure from the theatre to take effect on 20 June. [more]

7 Jun 2008
DOWNSTAGE DARES TO BE DIFFERENT Downstage, New Zealand s longest running professional theatre, will keep its doors open. The recent Creative New Zealand (CNZ) Arts Board meeting on 26 May confirmed the company would receive funding until the end of the year. CNZ also acknowledged the good work currently going on by the Downstage Board and staff. [more]

5 Jun 2008
BATS takes a STAB at Sustainability BATS Theatre is pretty darn excited to announce the STAB 2008 Commissions, both of which go to the extremes of exploration, push the boundaries of theatre, and are doing their bit to reduce, reuse, recycle and help kick the Carbon habit. [more]

3 Jun 2008
THE MEDIA - ON STAGE Journalist and playwright Simon Cunliffe’s sharp new comedy, THE TRUTH GAME, will be performed as a semi-staged reading by Auckland Theatre Company on Wednesday 12 June 2008 at the Art Lounge. [more]

27 May 2008
ATC Vacancy: LITERARY MANAGER Auckland Theatre Company is seeking a highly motivated Literary Manager to manage the Company’s literary unit. [more]

22 May 2008
PLAYMARKET NEWS – Auckland Theatre + Pasifika Playwrights Just published in the Playmarket News and now available online ... [more]

18 May 2008
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SHOW SO FAR...? THE AUCKLAND THEATRE FORUM If you love making theatre and want to improve the way in which we all work, come along to an open forum on Auckland’s theatre scene. [more]

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