New theatre company makes a splash with rollicking comedy
In a crummy Massachusetts apartment, in 1995, fictionalised versions of aspiring actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck live on junk food and dreams.
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New company ‘dreaming big’
New company ‘dreaming big’
A University of Otago theatre lecturer and a student have created a new theatre company in an effort to provide more work for theatre graduates in Dunedin.
Live theatre a forum for prisoners
Live theatre a forum for prisoners
Having introduced the Otago Corrections Facility to the restorative powers of forum theatre, Ruth Carraway is continuing the work in the community.
Tickets to murder mystery fly off shelves
Tickets to murder mystery fly off the shelves in Dunedin
The common household mousetrap is traditionally very good at attracting mice, but Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap appears to be just as effective at attracting humans.
Nurturing theatre means looking beyond bricks and mortar
Nurturing theatre means looking beyond bricks and mortar
Should the Dunedin City Council be doing more to support the city’s theatre industry, ask theatre professionals.
Three-theatre plan proposed
Three-theatre plan proposed
Three Dunedin theatres are teaming up in the hopes of saving their facilities from falling apart.
Musical theatre merit award for man of many roles
Musical theatre merit award for man of many roles
For the past 25 years, Daniel Martin has not missed a Musical Theatre Oamaru production.
‘Macbeth’ scene gets Maori treatment
‘Macbeth’ scene gets Maori treatment
Performing in a Maori-themed version of a Macbeth scene are Kavanagh College pupils Troy Kuballa (16, front) as Macduff and Ted Kerr-Bell (16) as Macbeth for the Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ...
The show must go on — to acclaim
The show must go on — to acclaim
Winning a Dunedin Fringe Touring Award is a fitting end to Faumuina Felolini Maria Tafu‘na’i very first play and its tumultuous beginnings finds Rebecca Fox.
Capturing Katherine Mansfield
Win for Dunedin playwright
When Emily Duncan won one of the top awards at the Adam Foundation New Zealand Play Awards, she was as relieved as she was elated.
Spotlight comes as a surprise
Spotlight comes as a surprise
A Balclutha couple say they are "gobsmacked" to have received a national theatrical award.
Fringe: The Bard in the garden
The Bard in the garden
The course of Covid-19 never did run smooth, but this troupe of travelling thespians have a way to keep performing despite the cancellations.
Voyage leads to the stage
Voyage leads to the stage
Felolini Maria Tafuna’i admits starring in a play of her own writing is a different story, she tells Rebecca Fox.
Globe runs out cricket comedy
Globe runs out cricket comedy
Advice that cricket and theatre do not mix didn't deter playwright Justin Eade from mixing two of his favourite things.
Happiness as ‘Les Miserables’ wins supreme theatre award
Happiness as ‘Les Miserables’ wins supreme theatre award
It turns out the judges of this year’s Otago Southland Theatre Awards did hear the people sing as a Dunedin production of Les Miserables won best overall production at Saturday’s virtual award...
Theatre report termed a waste of $300,000
Theatre report termed a waste of $300,000
A Dunedin city councillor has labelled the $342,000 CharcoalBlue report a waste of money as further industry consultation over a possible mid-sized theatre rumbles on.
Smorgasbord of arts offerings
Festival programme reveals smorgasbord of arts offerings
Untold stories of intoxicating substances from NZ's past, a trip across Otago Harbour listening to salty stories and sea shanties, and Shakespearean theatre performed in your back garden - just some of the quirky performances on offer in this year’s Dunedin Fringe Festival.
Entertainers keen to put on a show
Entertainers keen to put on a show
The message from the cast and crew of the Musical Theatre Dunedin (MTD) production of We Will Rock You is clear — the show must go on.
Theatre group still plans to open show
Theatre group still plans to open show
This is not a story about another one biting the dust.
Bard offers a lens on pandemic
Bard offers a lens on pandemic
Shakespeare in the Park is back at Queens Park in Invercargill this week with its production of A Plague O’ Both Your Houses.