March 16, 2020

FOUR AUCKLAND ARTS FESTIVAL SHOWS CANCELLED Auckland Arts Festival is sorry to announce the cancellation of four Festival shows as a direct result of the Government’s new border control measures requiring all arrivals into New Zealand to self-isolate for 14 days....

March 15, 2020

Cancellation announcement from NZ Festival, 15 March 2020. Due to the changing situation around Covid-19 and public events...

February 11, 2020

Oscars Night in Auckland. Bloomsday Productions packed out the Thirsty Dog on K Rd last night with its latest production...

January 30, 2020

THEATREVIEW IN 2020Theatreview is grateful for Funding from …...

January 29, 2020

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

December 11, 2019

Rose Matafeo was the big winner at the annual NZ Comedy Guild Awards that took place on Tuesday (10 December). Comedians from all over the country gathered at The Classic in Auckland to celebrate a big year for the local industry, recogniSing huge successes overseas and burgeoning local scenes taking…...

December 9, 2019

NGA WHAKARĀKEI O WHĀITAITAI: WELLINGTON THEATRE AWARDS 2019 The Wellington Professional Theatre community gathered at Shed 6 on the Wellington waterfront on Sunday 8 December 2019 to celebrate another splendid year of live performing arts productions. The list of Judges and their credentials may be found here. Stella Reid Mastered…...

December 4, 2019

DUNEDIN THEATRE AWARDS 2019 WINNERS Dunedin Theatre celebrates 10 years of Awards presentations The 10th Annual Dunedin Theatre Awards were held on Monday, 2 December 2019, at the beautiful Hanover Hall. The evening was presided over by Barry Dorking, with awards presented by a special guest: Dunedin Theatre Awards founder…...

November 29, 2019

Registrations to attend PANNZ Arts Market 2020 are officially open!In its 21st year, Aotearoa’s sole marketplace for the presentation of performing arts, will be bigger and better than ever. With so many wonderful works to showcase, conversations to have, and connections to build, we’ve expanded our programme to stretch across…...

November 21, 2019

THE MANA OF NANCY BRUNNING Graeme Tuckett – Dominon Post online, Nov 20 2019 (in print 21 Nov) Nancy Brunning (1971 – 16 November 2019) was of Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāi Tūhoe descent. Her funeral will be held today. …NANCY BRUNNING’S LIFE CELEBRATED, FAREWELLED AT RAUKAWA MARAEJoel Maxwell, Dominion Post…...

November 20, 2019

THE 2019 WELLINGTON THEATRE AWARD NOMINEES ARE… (in alphabetical order)...

November 20, 2019

Dunedin Theatre Awards 2019 This year we celebrate 10 years of the Dunedin Theatre Awards! Come celebrate with us on Monday 2 December at Hanover Hall....

November 18, 2019

Nancy Brunning wins Bruce Mason playwriting award one day after death Felix Desmarais and Glenn McConnell Dominion Post, Nov 17 2019Nancy Brunning has won the top playwriting award in New Zealand – just a day after her death. Brunning, best known for her performance as nurse Jaki Manu on Shortland…...

September 26, 2019

A FEMINIST CALL TO ARMS COMPLETES POP-UP GLOBE’S FAREWELL SEASON “If they try to burn you, may your fire be stronger than theirs, so you can burn the whole f***ing house down” (from Emilia) Following sell-out seasons at London’s West End and Shakespeare’s Globe, the international sensation that is Emilia,…...

September 17, 2019

DEAN PARKER: TWO TICKETS TO BARBARISM The 2019 Rona Bailey Memorial Lecture Presented by Labour History Project (LHP) New Zealand “It’s salutary for a writer to stand in that queue at the men’s toilet at the old BATS theatre and hear your invasion-of-Iraq play with its crackling dialogue, complex characterisation…...

September 3, 2019

RAY HENWOOD 1937-2019…acting legend...

September 3, 2019

PLAYS FOR THE YOUNG WINNERS ANNOUNCED Playmarket is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2019 Plays for the Young Competition. WINNER OF THE 3-8 YEAR OLD CATEGORY...

September 3, 2019

ADAM NZ PLAY AWARD Submissions are now open for the 2020 Adam NZ Play Award. Awards may be given in the following categories:Best PlayBest Play by a Māori PlaywrightBest Play by a Pasifika PlaywrightBest Play by a Woman Playwright...

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?...

August 26, 2019

RAYMOND BOYCE 1928 – 2019. Theatre designer...

August 11, 2019

RAYMOND BOYCE, theatre designer; b May 20, 1928, London; d August 1, 2019, Wellington; m Geraldine Kean Dominion Post Onlineby Nikki Macdonald 05:00, Aug 10 2019 Sources: Dawn Sanders; Peter Coates; Serendipity by Design, by Raymond Boyce; Serendipity, by Peter CoatesWhen director Richard Campion telegrammed English designer Raymond Boyce to…...

August 8, 2019

TAHI – New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance will make its debut from 20 to 24 August 2019 at BATS Theatre in Wellington.This five-day festival is dedicated to showcasing New Zealand’s finest, most engaging solo performance.TAHI will gather soloists from around the nation – from established to emerging practitioners –…...

August 3, 2019

BOYCE, Raymond: MBE, Hon LitD Arts Icon, SGCNZ Patron. Peacefully, aged 91, in Te Hopai Hospital, Wellington, Thursday 1 August 2019, after a long and illustrious life devoted to the arts. Dearly loved husband of the late Geraldine Kean. Extremely dear to Gerry’s family, Dawn Sanders, Sunny Amey, Peter &…...