Satiric Re-staging of Colonial Battleground : “Company Kamupene” Written and Performed by Jamie McCaskill.
Company Kamupene Written and performed by Jamie McCaskill. Presented by Tikapa Productions and The...
Read MorePosted by David O'Donnell | 25th Feb 2021 | Dramaturgy, New Zealand, Review, Theatre and Politics
Company Kamupene Written and performed by Jamie McCaskill. Presented by Tikapa Productions and The...
Read MorePosted by Hilary Halba and Stuart Young | 25th Oct 2020 | Festivals, New Zealand, Transcultural Collaborations
In September 2019, the UNESCO Cities of Literature Short Play Festival took place in Dunedin, New...
Read MorePosted by David O'Donnell | 9th Oct 2020 | Acting, New Zealand, Russia, Theatre and Age
In June 2017 the eminent New Zealand actor Dame Kate Harcourt celebrated her 90th birthday at...
Read MorePosted by Hilary Halba and David O’Donnell with David Hutchinson, Rua McCallum and Martyn Roberts | 18th Sep 2020 | Devised Theatre, New Zealand, Theatre and Science, Transcultural Collaborations
In the era of Covid 19, when our theatres have been forced to close throughout Aotearoa/New...
Read MorePosted by David Geary | 6th Jul 2020 | Canada, Dramaturgs’ Network: Invisible Diaries, Dramaturgy, Essay, New Zealand
I’ve hit the wall. The big move is over but moving the “small stuff” all day reminded...
Read MorePosted by David Geary | 4th Jul 2020 | Canada, Covid-19, Dramaturgs’ Network: Invisible Diaries, Dramaturgy, Essay, New Zealand
It’s TRIV NIGHT! Some TV People we know have kept the community vibe going by organizing online...
Read MorePosted by John Smythe | 16th Jun 2020 | Covid-19, New Zealand, News
Zoom became the tool-de-jour for work meetings and social interaction with family and friends – and its potential for creating Lockdown Theatre was immediately explored, using either Facebook Live or YouTube as platforms for the recorded shows.
Read MorePosted by David O'Donnell | 29th Mar 2020 | LGBTQ Theatre, New Zealand, Review, Theatre and Gender
Princess Boy Wonder, performed by George Fowler (aka Hugo Grrrl), Directed by Lori Leigh, BATS...
Read MorePosted by David O'Donnell | 3rd Jan 2020 | Adaptation, LGBTQ Theatre, New Zealand, Review
Uma Lava by Victor Rodger, Circa Theatre, Wellington. 23 November – 7 December 2019. Directed by...
Read MorePosted by David O'Donnell | 22nd Nov 2019 | Festivals, New Zealand, Review
TAHI Fess’s: New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance, Artistic Director: Sally Richards....
Read MorePosted by David O'Donnell | 7th Oct 2019 | Adaptation, New Zealand, Review, Theatre for Young Audiences, Transcultural Collaborations
Dream The Black Friars Theatre Company, Mangere Arts Centre, Auckland, 18-21 September 2019 Where...
Read MorePosted by Síofra Ní Shluaghadháin | 15th Aug 2019 | Ireland, New Zealand, Review
Irish theatre company Restless Ecstasy’s production of New Zealand modern classic Skin Tight retains its tension in Dublin showing.
Read MorePosted by John Smythe | 22nd May 2019 | Ireland, New Zealand, Review
Vladimir and Estragon, who nickname each other Didi and Gogo, languish nowhere in particular and...
Read MorePosted by David O'Donnell | 9th May 2019 | New Zealand, News
As New Zealand has lost two of its longest-running professional theatres in the last seven years,...
Read MorePosted by David O'Donnell | 30th Apr 2019 | New Zealand, Review
I am not Margaret Mahy by Jane Waddell, based on Notes of a Bag Lady by Margaret Mahy, BATS...
Read MorePosted by David O'Donnell | 29th Apr 2019 | New Zealand, Review, Theatre and Gender
Despite being dead for 400 years and having lived and worked on the far side of Planet Earth,...
Read MorePosted by Andreea S. Calude, Laura Haughey, and Kellye Bensley | 15th Jul 2018 | Essay, New Zealand, Theatre and Disability
Would you go and see a bilingual or multilingual show if you only spoke one of the languages...
Read MorePosted by Hilary Halba | 21st Jun 2018 | Acting, Essay, New Zealand, United States of America
After a thirteen-hour flight from Auckland, New Zealand, I am in Jim Morrison country–or so I...
Read MorePosted by John Smythe | 8th Jun 2018 | New Zealand, Review, United States of America
In Welcome to the Murder House, Alfred’s story is told, in the popular vaudeville style of the day, by a group of prison inmates. For them, Southwick is a hero, given their shared belief that execution by electrocution will be more humane than hanging. And, as with the development of all high quality theatre, it takes a lot of trial and error to get it right.
Read MorePosted by David O'Donnell | 20th May 2018 | New Zealand, Puppetry, Review, Theatre and Age, Transcultural Collaborations
Samoan playwright David Fa’auliuli Mamea’s Still Life With Chickens won the 2017 Adam Award for...
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