February 23, 2023

“Impact On Creative Livelihoods Is Profound” – Inside Cyclone Gabrielle’s Devastation...

December 23, 2022

CNZ decision to defund Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand. A top Auckland University English Professor has written a highly-critical letter to the chief executive of a government agency that cut funding to a school Shakespeare festival on the basis it represents a “canon of imperialism”....

December 1, 2022

LIVING WITH THE ARTS ‘NO-STRATEGY STRATEGY’ Lucy Marinkovich on being rejected as an artist despite your excellence A fact of life: no one likes being rejected. As a professional artist, it’s inevitable you will cultivate an intimate relationship with rejection. I recently received an email that translated as the ultimate…...

September 1, 2022

Phillip Mann MNZM died on Thursday 1 September 2022...

September 1, 2022

WRITER AND THEATRE DIRECTOR PHILLIP MANN DIES Writer and director Phillip Mann MNZM died on Thursday 1 September in Wellington. A major contributor to the development of New Zealand theatre, Mann was the founding teacher at the country’s first University drama department, at Victoria University Te Herenga Waka in 1970.…...

May 21, 2022

Biographical Plays? Can anyone recommend a ‘biographical play text’ – a play written about someone’s life in New Zealand?...

December 12, 2021

Open Letter to Raewyn Whyte (National Treasure) From Lyne Kia ora Raewyn I hope you are enjoying your new life on the shores of the Hokianga. I know it was nearly a year ago but we (dance people who love you) are finally getting our thoughts together to thank you.…...

November 23, 2021

Moving beyond Square One. After all this, what would it mean for the arts and culture sector if it found itself back at square one? Square one means low wages, a medium income...

September 17, 2021

THE DELTA DIFFERENCE: Why Aotearoa’s Performing Arts and Events need support now – and what you can do. James Wenley, Theatre Scenes, explains why targeted support for Aotearoa’s performing arts and events sector is urgently needed to help see us through the Delta outbreak.We know that Delta is different. And…...

March 30, 2021

Vale PETER WILSON...

March 27, 2021

Neil Edward Gray: lawyer, arts patron, died February 25, 2021. Rising from humble beginnings to become one of Wellington’s sharpest legal minds and a respected patron of the arts, Neil Gray leaves a legacy that will long be remembered.  ...

February 15, 2021

Peter Vere-Jones, ONZM: 21 October 1939 – 26 January 2021. Highly respected Wellington actor – radio, stage, film, television – has died, aged 81....

January 25, 2021

BILL SHEATWilliam Newton Sheat CNZM OBE 1 May 1930 – 20 January 2021Bill Sheat was Patron of The Theatreview Trust (since its inception in 2011) and Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ .“He was a man, take him for all in all. I shall not look upon his like again.” – Hamlet,…...

September 1, 2020

HOHI NGAPERA TE MOANA KERI KAA CNZM QSO Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongowhakaata, 1942 – 2020Kauria atu koe ki te Moana nui a Kiwaki te kainga tuturu o Ngāi Tātouki Hawaiki nui, Hawaiki roa, Hawaaiki pāmamao.Kei reira ngā tīpuna e tatari ana mōu.Moe mai rā e te Huiakaimanawa o Ngāti…...

May 22, 2020

Court Theatre New Artistic Director. It seems to have slipped under the radar but yesterday the largest professional theatre company in NZ, a company that receives over a million dollars a year from Creative NZ, appointed a new Artistic Director until the end of 2023....

May 13, 2020

HELP Q GET THROUGH...

April 30, 2020

DEAN PARKER 1947-2020. The death yesterday (14 April 2020) of Dean Parker, one of New Zealand’s most successful screenwriters and playwrights, was announced by Murray Lynch, Director of Playmarket, the playwright’s agent.  ...

April 27, 2020

New Zealand actor Bruce Allpress died aged 89 on April 23, 2020, at home in Auckland. ...

March 22, 2020

How will the arts cope with Covid-19 cancellations?...

March 18, 2020

DUNEDIN FRINGE 2020 CANCELLED. Arrival of Covid 19 within Dunedin...

January 29, 2020

CAMPBELL THOMAS Obituary. Artistic Director, and actor, designer, lighting designer and director...

September 3, 2019

RAY HENWOOD 1937-2019…acting legend...

September 2, 2019

DANZ – critical funding cuts. Why has DANZ received this damming response from Creative New Zealand? It has gone from Totara funding to what? Nothing?...