November 6, 2007

maidment to close! Ak theatre Crisis! A deeply concerning situation is looming with Ak Uni planning to reclaim the Maidment Theatre in 2008...

October 31, 2007

TEMPO FESTIVAL 07 AWARDS in Production, Choreography, Performance …...

October 29, 2007

SOLD OUT SEASON TO RETURN TO WELLINGTON Dean Parker’s The Hollow Men will return to Wellington audiences for a two week season at Circa Two, November 3rd to 17th. The season at Bats sold out rapidly, so booking early for the Circa season is advised....

October 27, 2007

STUDY TOUR TO THE TENTH PACIFIC ARTS FESTIVAL, to be held in Pago Pago, American Samoa, in July/August 2008 – being planned by the Continuing Education Department of Victoria University of Wellington...

October 26, 2007

2008 NZ FRINGE FESTIVAL CRACKS TONNE Fringe 08, the national paragon of artistic virtue and creative goodness, announced today that for the first time ever it has hit the 100 mark for next year’s line-up....

October 21, 2007

methamphetamine. We are in development, approaching preproduction of a unique entertainment event, www.thebigstomp.com. TBS will combine, theater, sports, dance music and arts to take a positive stand against P. However...

October 20, 2007

YOUNG AND HUNGRY PLAYWRIGHTS COMMISSION The Young and Hungry Arts Trust is calling for submissions for 60-minute play ideas based around the festival theme of ‘FLIGHT.’...

October 19, 2007

FORTUNE THEATRE PRODUCTION & STAGE MANAGEMENT INTERNSHIP The Fortune Theatre’s production and stage management internship will offer the broad based hands-on experience necessary to produce a theatrical production....

October 17, 2007

Toi Whakaari’s Graduation Season of Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia”. Come and support the graduating third year actors, technicians and designers from the Drama School...

October 17, 2007

2007 SPRING SEASON of NEW DRAMA on Radio New Zealand National Sunday 21st October 3.04pm Potiki’s Memory of Stone by Briar Grace-Smith A passionate and gripping, Gothic tale of love and loss, from the award winning writer of When Sun and Moon Collide....

October 16, 2007

Theatre Prices. Thanks for the feed back everyone about why younger audiences are maybe giving Circa a miss. It mainly seems to be about price...

October 16, 2007

The purpose of a review? I was one of the unfortunate few who didn’t see The Sixth Sense quick enough, only to be told before I watched it that Bruce Willis’ character is actually dead...

October 16, 2007

Is Theatre Dead? I have recently heard several people despairingly remark that Theatre is dead in this country....

October 15, 2007

WILL THE STARS OF TOMORROW PLEASE STEP INTO THE LIGHT Auckland Theatre Company and New Zealand Post announce OPENCALL 07 The largest open call theatre audition ever held in NZ goes live on October 15. It’s when Auckland Theatre Company and New Zealand Post offers emerging young actors the chance…...

October 13, 2007

Turandot. Man I do not know about guys but I thought Turandot was AMAZING! ...

October 5, 2007

A brazilian speaks of the Auckland Production. Yesterday, I found a video on ‘youtube.com’ with interviews and some excerpts from The Pillowman as it was presented on Broadway...

October 4, 2007

IT PAYS TO BE UNDER 25! The NBR New Zealand Opera’s Genesis Energy Spring Season of Turandot opens in Wellington on Saturday 13 October, and anyone aged under 25 can attend for just $25! From 9:00am on the day of the show, under 25 year olds who present their ID…...

October 4, 2007

CENTREPOINT THEATRE DESIGN INTERNSHIP In 2008 Centrepoint Theatre is offering a design internship to a new design graduate or emerging designer. The Design Internship will run from February 2008 to May 2008 – a four month period …...

October 1, 2007

A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT THE SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY PRODUCTION OF HEDDA GABBER STARRING CATE BLANCHETT, HUGO WEAVING, ADEN YOUNG AND JUSTINE CLARKE Don’t miss the only screenings in New Zealand of: IN THE COMPANY OF ACTORS In Auckland, Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington...

September 30, 2007

EDITH CAMPION. A crucial player in the establishment of professional theatre in New Zealand, Edith Campion died on Sunday 16 September...

September 24, 2007

Marcel Marceau. Who does not owe something to him....

September 24, 2007

Who is fooling who. Items dealing with the pseudonym debate have been moved to the Forum ‘Some thoughts on Pseudonyms’...

September 24, 2007

REGINALD KENNETH ‘REG’ GRAHAM 3 October 1930 – 29 August 2007 The Dunedin theatre community has been shocked and saddened by the loss of one of our greatest treasures, Reg Graham, the outstanding photographer for ten years of Fortune and Globe productions....