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UNESCO Cities of Literature Short Play Festival 2019

Posted 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...

Dame Kate Harcourt And the Art of the Senior Actor

Posted 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...

“Fission”: Entangling Science, Theatre and Mātauranga Māori.

Posted 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...

Invisible Diaries: Lay Your Burdens Down Day

Posted 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...

Invisible Diaries: Who Is That Masked Man?

Posted 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...

New Zealand’s Virtual Covid-19 Lockdown Festival

Posted 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.

Flawless Live Stream of Award-winning New Zealand Solo Show Celebrates Transgender Tdentity

Posted 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...

Re-visiting Sartre with a Pacific Twist: “Uma Lava” by Victor Rodger

Posted 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...

Together As One: New Zealand’s First Festival of Solo Performance

Posted by David O'Donnell | 22nd Nov 2019 | Festivals, New Zealand, Review

TAHI Fess’s: New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance, Artistic Director: Sally Richards....

“Re-Storying the Southside”: A Polynesian “Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Posted 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...

“Skin Tight” Stays Tense

Posted 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.

Riddled With Vivid Snapshots of The Human Condition: “Waiting for Godot” in New Zealand

Posted 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...

A Triumph Of Performative Experimentation: BATS Theatre, Wellington Celebrates 30 Years

Posted 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,...

Tribute to Author Celebrates the Life of The Imagination: “I Am Not Margaret Mahy”

Posted 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...

New Play Examines Shakespeare’s Gender Politics: Sarah Delahunty’s “This Long Winter”

Posted 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,...

One Story, Two Languages: Sign And Spoken Language Share The Theatre Stage

Posted 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...

Through A New Zealander’s Eyes: The Subjunctive World, Notes From Venice Beach

Posted 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...

Welcome To The Murder House

Posted 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.