May 8, 2007

Tedancari Dance Company – Workshop. “9th Workuba 2007” – Buenos Aires, Argentina International Intensive Afro-Cuban and Latin Dance Workshop   September 8 – September 22, 2007  ...

May 4, 2007

NBR NEW ZEALAND OPERA Lucia di Lammermoor The NZI Winter Season This passionate story of star-crossed lovers is played out amid the wild landscapes of a Scotland split by blood-feuds. The stunning star of 2005’s La Traviata, Elvira Fatykhova, returns to New Zealand’s stages as Lucia. Creating this new production…...

May 3, 2007

The Duty of a Playwright? Torture in Lebanon via a Toronto Stage: The duty of an artist is to place art on a higher level than history....

May 1, 2007

Richard McBeef. The one-act ‘play’ Richard McBeef by Virginia Tech killer Cho Seung-Hui has been posted on the internet. Click on the title to read it (on a site called The Smoking Gun)....

May 1, 2007

ALMOST A BIRD THEATRE COLLECTIVE HEADS TO THE NETHERLANDS TO PERFORM AT THE INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL OEROL A cast of six Kiwi actors is off to The Netherlands with a stunning production of Life as Antigone to perform at part of the International Arts Festival Oerol....

April 29, 2007

‘Kissing Bone’: the wrightings of Rothwell. In an earlier forum – The Duty of a Playwright – I floated some ideas about playwrights, what they do, and why, and quoted Robert Fisk in The Independent Online...

April 26, 2007

CLASSIC NZ PLAY TOURS NORTH ISLAND Classic New Zealand play The End of The Golden Weather takes to the road in May and June this year, performing in 13 centres throughout the North Island … directed by Mark Clare and produced by Graeme Bennett, featuring former Neighbours star, and New…...

April 20, 2007

Black Grace: AMATA. Further to the Black Grace review and comments, here are links to other reviews...

April 20, 2007

Provocative New Plays Ready for Tasting The Court Theatre is pleased to offer Christchurch theatre enthusiasts a dynamic series of Sunday afternoon rehearsed play readings as part of The Forge’s inaugural 2007 season. With a commitment to things new and innovative The Forge is ideally placed to present “works in…...

April 3, 2007

Tax Exemptions For Artists And Their Creative Outputs When Exhibited, Published Or Otherwise Produced In Public Arenas...

April 1, 2007

Exclusive to theatreview! Applications and feedback invited for exciting new initiative! [NOTE: This was an April Fool’s gag and is left here a) for posterity and b) because, apart from the absurd criteria bit, it’s not a bad fantasy.] TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR ARTISTS AND THEIR CREATIVE OUTPUTS WHEN EXHIBITED, PUBLISHED…...

March 16, 2007

A BUSINESS CASE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. The recent Staging The Future II symposium was shocked to discover that the performing arts are not included in the government definition of Creative Industries!...

March 13, 2007

Season Thoughts. So what do people think of the various theatres around New Zealand’s up and coming shows...

March 13, 2007

Silo Theatre is committed to the continued discovery and development of emergent actors. Our core strategy toward assisting this next generation’s professional development is called The Ensemble Project....

March 11, 2007

CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION – What the …? In a brilliant stroke of provocation, discussion facilitator Danny Mulheron stirred up the Sunday morning session of recent Staging The Future II symposium...

March 11, 2007

STAGING THE FUTURE II Mounted by the Theatre Artists Charitable Trust (TACT) at Circa Theatre, 1 – 4 March 2007 SHOCK REVELATION The performing arts are not included in the government definition of Creative Industries!...

March 9, 2007

To bow or not to bow…Curtain calls can be a tricky area.  As (in no particular order…) an actor/ writer/ director/ designer it’s nice to have your work acknowledged, and as an audience member to have the chance to show your appreciation for what you have seen.  But then...

March 6, 2007

Fringe Wrap. Rather than attempt a wrap myself – hell, you’ve heard enough from me – I thought I’d start this Forum topic by way of inviting audience members, particpants, locals, visitors...

March 6, 2007

Theatreview 2.0? This site is ace.  But I feel like I need something else. Any plans to include interviews, investigative pieces or other feature-type content?...

March 5, 2007

BEST OF THE FRINGE FESTIVAL 2007 ANNOUNCED The 14th annual New Zealand Fringe Festival has drawn to a close, with the announcements of this year’s Fringe 07 award winners. Thirteen awards were granted at the award ceremony and closing night party, held Sunday night, March 4, at Wellington’s San Francisco…...

March 4, 2007

Comments, Forums and Watering Holes…I noticed that these comments by David Lawrence and Moya Bannerman (below) had dropped off the radar due to being attached to a review rather than posted on the discussion forums, so I thought I’d re-post them here...

March 2, 2007

Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festivals in Schools funding crisis. The Feature article  on the Sheilah Winn Festivals of Shakespeare in Schools includes the following: Who should pay for what?...

February 28, 2007

STAB 2007 The deadline for expressions of interest is Friday 16 March. All STAB 2007 seasons will be performed on-site at BATS Theatre …...