November 26, 2018

AUDITIONS CHRISTCHURCH PRIDE FESTIVAL CABARET 2019 Blackboard Theatre Collective is seeking dynamic performers for our upcoming revue-style show to be presented during Christchurch’s Pride Festival in March.Auditions will be held…

AUDITIONS CHRISTCHURCH PRIDE FESTIVAL CABARET 2019 Blackboard Theatre Collective is seeking dynamic performers for our upcoming revue-style show to be presented during Christchurch’s Pride Festival in March. Auditions will be held Saturday 1st December. Applicants should be strong vocalists with a great sense of story telling and comedic timing. The revue style will require performers to be comfortable performing in an intimate space with a cabaret feel.

November 23, 2018

WELLINGTON THEATRE AWARDS 2018 AND THE NOMINEES ARE… The Wellington Theatre Awards are proud to celebrate another exciting, engaging and highly entertaining year of professional theatre in the cultural capital…

WELLINGTON THEATRE AWARDS 2018 AND THE NOMINEES ARE… The Wellington Theatre Awards are proud to celebrate another exciting, engaging and highly entertaining year of professional theatre in the cultural capital on the evening of: Sunday 9 December at 6.30pm in the Amokura Gallery at the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongawera. This year’s awards ceremony will celebrate with the theme of Our Voice - a reflection on and celebration of 125 years of women’s suffrage in New Zealand and the power of the collective voice. Together we will honour and acknowledge the brightest stars among the actors, directors, producers, writers, designers, technicians and theatre affiliates who have graced Wellington’s stages in 2018.

November 15, 2018

ADAM NZ PLAY AWARDSubmissions are open for the 2019 Adam NZ Play Award.Awards may be given in the following categories:Best Play Best Play by a Māori Playwright Best Play by…

ADAM NZ PLAY AWARD Submissions are open for the 2019 Adam NZ Play Award. Awards may be given in the following categories: Best Play Best Play by a Māori Playwright Best Play by a Pasifika Playwright Best Play by a Woman Playwright

November 13, 2018

FAREWELL TO THE FORTUNE Mayfair Theatre Saturday, November 10 By BARBARA FRAME Otago Daily Times, Monday 12 November 2018 Fortune Theatre farwelled with appropriate frivolity The Fortune Theatre closed, suddenly…

FAREWELL TO THE FORTUNE Mayfair Theatre Saturday, November 10 By BARBARA FRAME Otago Daily Times, Monday 12 November 2018 Fortune Theatre farwelled with appropriate frivolity The Fortune Theatre closed, suddenly and shockingly, six months ago, and this memorial occasion could have been sombre - but Farewell to the Fortune, produced by Stage South, was nothing of the sort. Billed as a “gala” and promising “fun & frivolity,” it consisted of excerpts from four of theatre’s best-loved comedies.

November 8, 2018

CHRISTIAN PENNY RESIGNS AS DIRECTOR OF TOI WHAKAARI: NZ DRAMA SCHOOL AFTER SEVEN YEARS With sadness, the Board of Trustees of Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School has accepted the…

CHRISTIAN PENNY RESIGNS AS DIRECTOR OF TOI WHAKAARI: NZ DRAMA SCHOOL AFTER SEVEN YEARS With sadness, the Board of Trustees of Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School has accepted the resignation of Director Christian Penny. Penny took over the leadership of the school in 2011 after more than nine years as Head of Directing. Prior to that, he had been a successful freelance theatre director and co-director of the company Theatre at Large. Board chair Tim Walker praised Penny’s contribution as Director: “Christian has played a defining role in the development of Toi Whakaari. It is impossible to imagine the school being the exceptional learning organisation it is today without the brave and insightful leadership he has provided over the past seven years.

November 1, 2018

Open Call – Worldwide Tender THEATERTREFFEN STÜCKEMARKT 2019 by Berliner Festspiele Where are the artists who turn the rules, forms and aesthetics of the theatre upside down, challenge them, think…

Open Call – Worldwide Tender THEATERTREFFEN STÜCKEMARKT 2019 by Berliner Festspiele Where are the artists who turn the rules, forms and aesthetics of the theatre upside down, challenge them, think differently and develop new texts, forms and formats? Under the heading “What happens after the protest?” Stückemarkt is searching for work that goes beyond descriptions of a status quo, imagines possi­ble futures and seeks new forms of artistic-activist interference. For the first time Stückemarkt is asking artists worldwide to submit work addressing questions that go further than romanticizing revolts but rather pursue the question of what other worlds could possibly look like.

October 4, 2018

THE PERFORMANCE ARCADE 2019 INTERNSHIPS We need people with exceptional superpowers who want to be part of making Wellington’s The Performance Arcade 2019 a fantastic year. Are you after the…

THE PERFORMANCE ARCADE 2019 INTERNSHIPS We need people with exceptional superpowers who want to be part of making Wellington’s The Performance Arcade 2019 a fantastic year. Are you after the opportunity to work on an event dedicated to exhibiting performance in all its forms?

September 12, 2018

WELLINGTON SUMMER SHAKESPEARE AUDITIONS Performers are invited to audition for roles in the Wellington Summer Shakespeare production of Hamlet to be staged in the Botanical Gardens in February 2019. Please…

WELLINGTON SUMMER SHAKESPEARE AUDITIONS Performers are invited to audition for roles in the Wellington Summer Shakespeare production of Hamlet to be staged in the Botanical Gardens in February 2019. Please note: This audition process is for general auditions – i.e. all other characters in the play – the role of Hamlet has already been cast. Hamlet is being played by Stevie Hancox-Monk with a mixed gender cast. This will be a contemporary, ensemble-based production directed by David O’Donnell, award-winning director, author, lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington and the first person to direct a Summer Shakespeare in the Botanical Gardens in 1990.

September 5, 2018

NZ THEATRE MONTH Poster Competition WINNERS The aim of the poster competition is to reward the best posters which, in the opinion of the judge, are most likely to attract…

NZ THEATRE MONTH Poster Competition WINNERS The aim of the poster competition is to reward the best posters which, in the opinion of the judge, are most likely to attract people to attend and which best combine a summation of what the work is about with good design. There were two categories: Best Design for a Professional Production and Best Design for a Community Production, with eligiblity being limited to any show staged between July 2017 and June 2018.

September 3, 2018

SOAPBOX: Opinion piece by Jacinda Ardern The PM and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage calls for art for the many, not the few. The word of the year is…

SOAPBOX: Opinion piece by Jacinda Ardern The PM and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage calls for art for the many, not the few. The word of the year is a tradition where dictionary-makers chose one word each year that reflects the mood of the moment.

August 27, 2018

NZ THEATRE MONTH POSTER COMPETITION The aim of the poster competition is to reward the best posters which, in the opinion of the judge, are most likely to attract people…

NZ THEATRE MONTH POSTER COMPETITION The aim of the poster competition is to reward the best posters which, in the opinion of the judge, are most likely to attract people to go to whatever show is being advertised. Theatre New Zealand (who have been running their own poster competitions for many years) have organised the event.

August 24, 2018

A NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE FOR THE COURT THEATRE A new Chief Executive will oversee the Court Theatre’s return to Christchurch’s city centre.Barbara George, who has extensive experience in the arts,…

A NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE FOR THE COURT THEATRE A new Chief Executive will oversee the Court Theatre’s return to Christchurch’s city centre. Barbara George, who has extensive experience in the arts, will start on October 29 as the new chief executive for the Court Theatre. Ms George is presently chief executive of the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT).

August 1, 2018

WEAVING EPIC TAPESTRIES Playwriting with Tom Minter Presented by JK PRODUCTIONS A rare opportunity for emerging and established playwrights of colour* to develop their craft with the expertise of internationally…

WEAVING EPIC TAPESTRIES Playwriting with Tom Minter Presented by JK PRODUCTIONS A rare opportunity for emerging and established playwrights of colour* to develop their craft with the expertise of internationally renowned Playwright TOM MINTER.

August 1, 2018

NEW ZEALAND THEATRE MONTH 2018 – update30 DAYS OF NATION-WIDE ELEVATION AND CELEBRATION NZ Theatre Month coming this September. From Whangarei to Invercargill, more than 450 shows and events will…

NEW ZEALAND THEATRE MONTH 2018 – update 30 DAYS OF NATION-WIDE ELEVATION AND CELEBRATION NZ Theatre Month coming this September. From Whangarei to Invercargill, more than 450 shows and events will be staged by more than 70 different organisations including professional theatre companies, community theatre groups, schools and other institutions around the country. From professional companies such as Auckland Theatre Company bringing premiere NZ works such as The Giltrap Audi season of Stuart Hoar’s Rendered, to distinctly Māori company Taki Rua’s Hine Kihāwai, to grassroots theatre like Theatre Whakatane’s Hang On a Minute Mate, each show will bring its own special magic to the stage.

July 31, 2018

BROWN INK SUBMISSIONS OPEN Playmarket’s Brown Ink development programme is looking for Māori and Pasifika writers with the best new, exciting and original plays.Selected plays will receive a day-long script…

BROWN INK SUBMISSIONS OPEN Playmarket’s Brown Ink development programme is looking for Māori and Pasifika writers with the best new, exciting and original plays. Selected plays will receive a day-long script clinic with a professional director, cast and script advisor.

July 31, 2018

ASIAN INK SUBMISSIONS OPENPlaymarket’s Asian Ink development programme is looking for Asian writers with the best new, exciting and original plays.Selected plays will receive a day-long script clinic with a…

ASIAN INK SUBMISSIONS OPEN Playmarket’s Asian Ink development programme is looking for Asian writers with the best new, exciting and original plays. Selected plays will receive a day-long script clinic with a professional director, cast and script advisor.

July 19, 2018

HAMLET Directed by David O’Donnell The 36th Summer Shakespeare returns to the Dell, Wellington Botanic Gardens with a spectacular large-cast production of Shakespeare’s most famous play. Iconic though it is,…

HAMLET Directed by David O’Donnell The 36th Summer Shakespeare returns to the Dell, Wellington Botanic Gardens with a spectacular large-cast production of Shakespeare’s most famous play. Iconic though it is, Hamlet has never before been performed by Wellington Summer Shakespeare. This stylish contemporary production will explore the universality and relevance of the play by featuring Hamlet performed by a woman.

July 11, 2018

DAVID GEARY WORKSHOP – Wellington Getting in the same space / Stretching into new spaces. A workshop on process, practicalities and pathways to survival as a dramaturg and playwright.

DAVID GEARY WORKSHOP – Wellington Getting in the same space / Stretching into new spaces. A workshop on process, practicalities and pathways to survival as a dramaturg and playwright.

May 31, 2018

Barbarian Uprising Mentorship Programme (BUMP)Call for ApplicationsA partnership between Toi Pōneke Arts Centre and Barbarian Productions to develop a sustainable, strong Wellington arts industryWhat is the BUMP?This is a joint…

Barbarian Uprising Mentorship Programme (BUMP) Call for Applications A partnership between Toi Pōneke Arts Centre and Barbarian Productions to develop a sustainable, strong Wellington arts industry What is the BUMP? This is a joint partnership designed to empower artists to reach the next stage of their creative careers, through hands-on work in the industry on live projects. It aims to support recent graduate artists from tertiary institutions and other emerging practitioners to build a sustainable business practice.

May 21, 2018

BILLY T AND FRED AWARD WINNERS FOR 2018 ANNOUNCED (DRUMROLL) AND THE WINNERS ARE … Tonight (Sunday 21 May), the NZ International Comedy Festival with Best Foods Mayo honoured the…

BILLY T AND FRED AWARD WINNERS FOR 2018 ANNOUNCED (DRUMROLL) AND THE WINNERS ARE … Tonight (Sunday 21 May), the NZ International Comedy Festival with Best Foods Mayo honoured the exceptional talent on show in the 2018 programme rewarding excellence with the New Zealand Comedy Trust awards: The FRED, for the best New Zealand Show in the Festival, and the Billy T Award.

May 16, 2018

THE BIG IDEA Wrangler/Editor Job details Do you believe the Arts are the beating heart of Aotearoa? Do you love getting things done? Are you opinionated, know how to articulate…

THE BIG IDEA Wrangler/Editor Job details Do you believe the Arts are the beating heart of Aotearoa? Do you love getting things done? Are you opinionated, know how to articulate those opinions and how to back them up with facts when required?

May 10, 2018

SGCNZ National University of Otago SHEILAH WINN SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 2018 Shaking out best of fests Nearly 50 groups selected from SGCNZ’s 24 Regional University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festivals…

SGCNZ National University of Otago SHEILAH WINN SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 2018 Shaking out best of fests Nearly 50 groups selected from SGCNZ’s 24 Regional University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festivals nationwide will share their highly imaginative and innovative interpretations of the Bard’s works in 5 and 15 minute accessible bites on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 June during the day at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington ...

May 1, 2018

FORTUNE THEATRE CLOSING TODAY The Fortune Theatre Trust announced that it is closing its theatre operation today after trustees agreed it could not continue to run under its current business…

FORTUNE THEATRE CLOSING TODAY The Fortune Theatre Trust announced that it is closing its theatre operation today after trustees agreed it could not continue to run under its current business model and premises.