Bolshoi Theatre performer killed in on-stage accident during opera
A performer at Moscow's renowned Bolshoi Theatre was killed on Saturday in an accident on stage during an opera, the theatre said.
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The (new) play’s the thing
The (new) play’s the thing
Despite the challenges of recent months the three writers involved in the Otepoti Theatre Lab Playwrights Programme will have their new works read for the public for the first time.
A good, classic mystery
A good, classic mystery
A lockdown in the middle of play rehearsal is not ideal, but not unheard of these days. The cast of the Globe’s latest production And Then There Were None have made the best of the situation.
Trip home didn’t hit right note
Trip home didn’t hit right note
Former Dunedin tenor Stephen Chambers came home to Dunedin to star in Opera Otago’s production of Die Fledermaus and visit his parents only things have not quite turned out how he expected. He...
Actors pushing ahead on Zoom
Actors pushing ahead on Zoom
Their show may have been postponed, but the pupils behind the Kaikorai Valley College special needs theatre production are not letting the lockdown spoil their high spirits.
Great balls of fire
Great balls of fire
Igor, played by Sam McIntyre, and Sloane Smith, create a fireball as part of a hydrogen bubble experiment at the Bang! Science Show at the Dunedin Teachers College Auditorium at the weekend.
Captivated by Dutch connection
Captivated by Dutch connection
Missing her home country saw Dutch-born theatre creator Martine Baanvinger seek out a project that could connect her with her roots - she found it in photographer Ans Westra’s story.
Bewilderment as ad for musical banned
Bewilderment as ad for musical banned
An advertisement for a Dunedin musical about New Zealand’s suffrage movement was banned from Facebook for being too political.
Museum setting treasure trove for show
Museum setting treasure trove for show
I was privileged to attend the final dress rehearsal of the Otago Gang Show in the Mayfair Theatre at the weekend.
Gang Show all ready to entertain
Gang Show all ready to entertain
A great theatrical experience of music, dance and humour.
'Cancel culture gone too far': Canterbury Uni scraps musical
'Cancel culture gone too far': Canterbury Uni scraps musical
A week after excitedly announcing Chaplin: The Musical as its spring show, the University of Canterbury Musical Theatre Society (MUSOC) cancelled the planned performance after concerns were raised...
Theatre piece for Flash Fiction Day
Theatre piece for Flash Fiction Day
University of Otago student Temple Flaws (19) performs a theatre piece directed by Amanda Faye Martin during the final awards event for National Flash Fiction Day in Dunedin last night.
Shakespeare Festival performance rewarded
Shakespeare Festival performance rewarded
Zac Bell actively avoids fighting or any kind of confrontation in the school yard.
Performance rewarded
Performance rewarded
Zac Bell actively avoids fighting or any kind of confrontation in the school yard.
Athenaeum library not part of plans
Athenaeum library not part of plans
Building a theatre in the Athenaeum would have got the library kicked out after 150-plus years at the venue, according to the latest Charcoalblue report.
Contribution essential to theatre’s future
Contribution essential to theatre’s future
Only the Gore District Council can stop the curtain falling on the St James Theatre, councillors heard on Tuesday.
Life imitates art
Life imitates art
There have been a few babies born during the gestation of new play Sing to Me.
The show is back on: London theatres, cinemas repoen
The show is back on: London theatres, cinemas repoen
Lining up outside London's St Martin's theatre, actress Barbara Drennan eagerly awaits to see one of the first shows back in the West End as England relaxes Covid restrictions.
'Unruly tourists' saga turned into opera
'Unruly tourists' saga turned into opera
The antics of the so-called "unruly tourists" are set to grace the stage through the New Zealand Opera (NZO).