October 1, 2013

Downstage Closing. The decision comes following the announcement by Creative New Zealand not to fund Downstage in 2014....

September 3, 2013

WTF is BLAG!?! I recently joined this thing called BLAG or the Big Live Arts Group, its kinda like a support group or maybe something bigger, something way bigger… I still don’t exactly what it is yet....

August 25, 2013

Costume Design Korero. I welcome any comments toward my work, praise or criticism but it is the lack of aknowledgement really gets to me. I am left wondering why the Costume Design is not discussed with as much rigour as the Set or Lighting Design?...

August 21, 2013

Theatre Month. Today, August 16, is our National Poetry Day…in March, we had New Zealand Book Month…in May there was New Zealand Music Month …?...

July 15, 2013

RICHARD CAMPION. It will be difficult, not to say impossible, to overestimate Richard Campion’s contribution to the existence of our profession in New Zealand. As someone who put the future of professional theatre to the foremost of his thoughts, he saw a world that very few imagined in the fifties.…...

May 31, 2013

INSPIRING A NEW INDUSTRY: ARTS IN THE WELLINGTON REGION A FORUM TO DISCUSS COLLABORATION IN THE ARTS IN THE WELLINGTON REGION Can we do for the region’s arts industry what has been achieved for New Zealand’s wine industry?...

May 14, 2013

Name of 1990s play??...

April 1, 2013

LOCAL CONTENT INCENTIVE LEVIES. Your suggestions for a name for the Local Content Incentive Levies strategy / scheme / initiative...

April 1, 2013

Is there a grain of truth in this? New evidence has emerged that William Shakespeare was not just a prolific playwright, but also a major landowner and ruthless businessman....

April 1, 2013

Centre Point Season. Should be an exciting season for theatre in the Palmerston North....

March 31, 2013

LOCAL CONTENT INCENTIVE LEVIES. An invitation to Theatreview visitors. The details of how to design, implement and monitor the scheme will evolve after a round of regional forums and public submissions. Meanwhile the spokesperson admitted they have yet to come up with a catchy name for the strategy / scheme…...

March 21, 2013

Wassup? I joined because I’m annoyed at one of your reviewers. I see that this is not a niu thing anyway… anyway...

February 15, 2013

Concerning the ongoing stability of Theatreview… the steps that Theatreview intends to take to ensure its ongoing presence and stability?...

January 24, 2013

January 24, the feast day of St Francis de Sales...

December 16, 2012

Theatreview funding for 2013. Here is the Link to the Arts on Sunday interviews re funding review websites: ...

December 13, 2012

The HACKMAN Theatre Awards 2012 – VOTING AND NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN!!...

December 12, 2012

SILO Theatre 2013. Congratulations to Silo Theatre on its 2013 season: 50% new New Zealand work! ...

December 2, 2012

2012 CHAPMAN KIPS AWARD NOMINEES!!...

November 20, 2012

Chapman Tripps ’12. In a category celebrating the peak of achievement in acting in Wellington from which 7 actors are picked to represent both genders – surely the mix should be more even? 5 men and only 2 women?...

November 19, 2012

THE KIPPIES 2012 VOTING IS OPEN!! 2012 KIPPIES AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED!...

November 19, 2012

THE KIPPIES 2012 VOTING IS OPEN! Keep all of your votes coming,...

November 1, 2012

CASTING. What is the best way to find out information about castings??…....

October 29, 2012

DAVID CARSON-PARKER. A prominent figure of the Wellington arts scene, David Carson-Parker, died on Saturday night – reportedly on the way home from the opera...