Category: Views and Q’s
March 28, 2012
Smoking on stage. (Responding to comments made on the Chapman Kip Awards forum): Why should smoking on stage be real when everything else is simulated? Why should it be OK…
Smoking on stage. (Responding to comments made on the Chapman Kip Awards forum): Why should smoking on stage be real when everything else is simulated? Why should it be OK to require actors and audiences (in small spaces) to ingest an addictive poison when we quite sensibly 'make believe' with hitting, shooting, stabbing, poisoning, hanging, strangling … not to mention copulation, urination, defecation …"
March 9, 2012
Theatre Director URGENT. Know anyone who needs a THEATRE DIRECTING job for the next four weeks or so? Have a play that has a cast and a production team but…
Theatre Director URGENT. Know anyone who needs a THEATRE DIRECTING job for the next four weeks or so? Have a play that has a cast and a production team but a director who has found the challenge a little too much.
February 26, 2012
A NZ National Theatre? Not a grand UK style,but one of/for here?
A NZ National Theatre? Not a grand UK style,but one of/for here?
February 17, 2012
Unattributed reviews
Unattributed reviews
February 3, 2012
COMING UP Ticker has been launched. Feedback and comments welcome
COMING UP Ticker has been launched. Feedback and comments welcome
January 31, 2012
CIRCA lineup for 2012
CIRCA lineup for 2012
January 2, 2012
The HACKMAN Theatre Awards Auckland 2011. It’s up to you to nominate your favourites!
The HACKMAN Theatre Awards Auckland 2011. It's up to you to nominate your favourites!
December 15, 2011
Dunedin Theatre Awards 2011 – correspondence, due to appear on the Otago Daily Times. “More than likely I imagine my response will be edited,” notes Patrick, “but I like the…
Dunedin Theatre Awards 2011 - correspondence, due to appear on the Otago Daily Times. “More than likely I imagine my response will be edited,” notes Patrick, “but I like the idea that the full commentary comes out.”
December 5, 2011
Chapman Tripps. Cheers indeed – to all the winners, and the nominees (not to mention all those who could also have been credibly nominated and awarded: another splendid year in…
Chapman Tripps. Cheers indeed - to all the winners, and the nominees (not to mention all those who could also have been credibly nominated and awarded: another splendid year in Wellington theatre).
December 2, 2011
CHAPMAN KIP THEATRE AWARDS AT BATS THEATRE! The fun has just begun!
CHAPMAN KIP THEATRE AWARDS AT BATS THEATRE! The fun has just begun!
November 25, 2011
Sir Peter and Fran buy building for Bats. This is fabulous news. Performance-wise Bats is Wellington’s creative crucible.
Sir Peter and Fran buy building for Bats. This is fabulous news. Performance-wise Bats is Wellington's creative crucible.
November 19, 2011
Arts Policies – 2011 election
Arts Policies – 2011 election
October 28, 2011
Downstage postpones Presenting Partnerships for 6 months. Downstage is in financial trouble again and the Board has determined it has to go dark until April 2012.
Downstage postpones Presenting Partnerships for 6 months. Downstage is in financial trouble again and the Board has determined it has to go dark until April 2012.
October 27, 2011
MERVYN (PROC) THOMPSON ON RUGBY AND THE ARTS. There are times in all our lives it would seem when paths cross and, somehow, mine seemed inextricably linked to Mervyn’s as…
MERVYN (PROC) THOMPSON ON RUGBY AND THE ARTS. There are times in all our lives it would seem when paths cross and, somehow, mine seemed inextricably linked to Mervyn's as our journeys interacted academically, through the theatre and on the sports field.
October 14, 2011
Should theatres pay critics to come and review? From The Guardian…
Should theatres pay critics to come and review? From The Guardian...
September 24, 2011
Work visa changes for entertainers. New immigration instructions and processes announced for entertainers, performing artists, film and video production crew, and associated support personnel – frequently asked questions and answers
Work visa changes for entertainers. New immigration instructions and processes announced for entertainers, performing artists, film and video production crew, and associated support personnel – frequently asked questions and answers
September 2, 2011
Q Theatre – so much achieved on such a small footprint
Q Theatre - so much achieved on such a small footprint
September 1, 2011
CNZ Funding Responses. Fortune Theatre and Downstage
August 9, 2011
“Return of the mob”. Prescient last few words in the Steele Roberts promo for Midnight In Moscow.
"Return of the mob". Prescient last few words in the Steele Roberts promo for Midnight In Moscow.
August 1, 2011
Rosalie Carey, 1921 – 2011. ROSALIE Carey was the brightest of lights in Dunedin in the 1960s and 1970s. The co-founder, with late husband Patric Carey, of the pioneering Globe…
Rosalie Carey, 1921 - 2011. ROSALIE Carey was the brightest of lights in Dunedin in the 1960s and 1970s. The co-founder, with late husband Patric Carey, of the pioneering Globe Theatre illuminated and revolutionised theatre in New Zealand. The Globe was the first purpose-built theatre run by professional directors in the country
July 29, 2011
THEBOXpetone will cease to operate forthwith
THEBOXpetone will cease to operate forthwith
July 3, 2011
Singing Accents redux. Performers transitioning to American accents when they burst into song
Singing Accents redux. Performers transitioning to American accents when they burst into song
June 17, 2011
Bloomsday… scabrous back-alley art … Bloomsday is the annual international celebration of James Joyce’s comic masterpiece Ulysses.
Bloomsday... scabrous back-alley art ... Bloomsday is the annual international celebration of James Joyce's comic masterpiece Ulysses.
