Monday, March 2, 2026
By a fortuitous coincidence, a new theatre-work The Chair and The Cello " which features an armchair manufactured by a Swedish homewares corporation " premiered two days before that same cor…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 06:21AMThursday, January 29, 2026
In the opening scene of Puana, a musical play written and directed by Professor Tammy Haili'Åpua Baker, a curious young man sifts through a trunk of memorabilia in his family home. As he …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 09:53AMTuesday, October 15, 2024
The stage explodes with ihi (essential force) and aroha (love, empathy) in Unreel, the new work by MÄori theatre company Te RÄkau Hua O Te Wao Tapu (which translates as The Blossoming …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:07PMThursday, May 2, 2024
A new show from Trick of the Light theatre company is always something special, and Suitcase Show"presented as part of this year's New Zealand Fringe Festival"is no exception. The core of…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:05PMFriday, April 19, 2024
The southern city of ÅŒtepoti/Dunedin has played an important role in the history of Samuel Beckett production in Aotearoa. In 1959, one of the earliest New Zealand productions of Waiting …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:02AMThursday, March 21, 2024
The Drifting Room, created and performed by Stephen Bain. The Performance Arcade 2024, Te-Whanganui-A-Tara Wellington waterfront, 22-25 February 2024. What if the theatre"that fixed architec…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 06:32PMMonday, February 5, 2024
In a year in which 77-year-old Dolly Parton recorded her first rock record, the octogenarian Rolling Stones released their first original album in years and 81-year old Harrison Ford starred…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:14AMTuesday, June 27, 2023
Due to the current financial crisis in the tertiary education sector in Aotearoa/New Zealand, the university where I teach Theatre is proposing to cut 230 jobs. The cuts are far-reaching and…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 09:08PMThursday, May 13, 2021
The Glitter Garden by George Fowler and Lori Leigh. Directed by Lori Leigh. Circa Theatre, Wellington, 30 September " 10 October 2020. Interview with playwrights George Fowler and Lori Leigh…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:17PMThursday, May 6, 2021
Transmission written by Stuart McKenzie. Directed by Miranda Harcourt and Stuart McKenzie. 20 April " 2 May 2021. BATS Theatre, Wellington In The Theatre and Its Double, Antonin Artaud write…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:05AMThursday, February 25, 2021
Company Kamupene Written and performed by Jamie McCaskill. Presented by Tikapa Productions and The MÄori Sidesteps Collective. Directed by Simon Ferry and Craig Geenty. BATS Theatre, Well…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:19AMFriday, October 9, 2020
In June 2017 the eminent New Zealand actor Dame Kate Harcourt celebrated her 90th birthday at Circa Theatre in Wellington, where she was in rehearsals for a new play Destination Beehive. Two…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:49AMFriday, September 18, 2020
In the era of Covid 19, when our theatres have been forced to close throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand, we find ourselves unable to rehearse or to present our work to a live audience. This has …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:10PMSunday, March 29, 2020
Princess Boy Wonder, performed by George Fowler (aka Hugo Grrrl), Directed by Lori Leigh, BATS Theatre online live stream event, 20 March 2020. In a sad and desperate week in which shows wer…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:57AMFriday, January 3, 2020
Uma Lava by Victor Rodger, Circa Theatre, Wellington. 23 November " 7 December 2019. Directed by Vela Manusaute. Produced by F.C.C. Playwright Victor Rodger writes from a Polynesian persp…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:12AMFriday, November 22, 2019
TAHIÂ Fess's: New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance, Artistic Director: Sally Richards. Produced by Sally Richards and Beth Taylor, BATS Theatre, Wellington, 20-24 August 2019 Actor Nic…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:55AM 
