Theatre

Complexity of role big part of appeal

From Carol in Westside to Nora in A Doll’s House, Sophie Hambleton is developing a taste for playing strong women. She tells Rebecca Fox about following the work, in this case, back to Dunedin.

Physical workout portraying lover in exile

Martine Baanvinger is enjoying touring regional New Zealand. Photo: Supplied

Physical workout portraying lover in exile

Former Queenstown resident Martine Baanvinger is taking her latest stage show on tour, telling a true story of lovers in exile in the New Zealand bush.

Cross-cultural story enthrals young audience

Cross-cultural story enthrals young audience

At the schools' matinee yesterday, about 70 secondary pupils were making about as much noise as that number of teenagers can comfortably make - until the play started.

Actors 'great energy and creativity' on show

Actors 'great energy and creativity' on show

Logan Park High School pupils Alice Houston and Casper McGuire perform a 15-minute version of Hamlet at Theatrefest Otago at the school's auditorium yesterday.

Tale of love and war still fresh

Waru (Kimo Houltham) and Angie (Simone Walker).

Tale of love and war still fresh

Nga Puke director Cian Elyse White feels like she is bringing the production back home - Dunedin is where its author lives and where one of the main characters is from.

Holding centre stage

Getting a part in Opera Otago’s production of The Mikado has uncovered a surprising family history for dancer-singer Kristina Saul.

Sisters’ story achieves good depth

Barbara Frame reviews Me and My Sister Tell Each Other Everything.

A tragic education

Twenty-five years later Ralph Johnson and Marilyn Parker rehearse for a production of The Clouds...

A tragic education

Eighteen years after Harry Love's adaptation of Aristophanes' The Clouds was first on the stage in Dunedin, it is to return, this time featuring Ralph Johnson and Marilyn Parker.

Sisters are doing it for themselves

Kate Schrader (left) and Katherine Kennedy rehearse for Me and My Sister Tell Each Other...

Sisters are doing it for themselves

Aiming to address the ‘‘deficit’’ of young female voices in theatre, Heidi Geissler has picked a work that showcases the most female of all relationships, sisterhood.

Plenty of good family fun in Otago Gang Show

Otago Gang Show 2019 opened in Mayfair Theatre on Tuesday - a festival of youthful talent, produced by Sue and Noel Walker with Dylan Shield directing the 11-member orchestra.

Stars of future to celebrate the past

Jessica Mulholland (18) performs ``Whistle a Happy Tune'' from The King and I. She is surrounded...

Stars of future to celebrate the past

The Dunedin Musical Theatre is preparing for its 90th anniversary in toe-tapping style - bringing in young singers to recap some of the most memorable songs performed over the life of the theatre.

'No regerts' coming home to Dunedin

Lara Macgregor has put her suitcase away to direct a Dunedin production of The Flick, by Annie...

'No regerts' coming home to Dunedin

After four years of travelling for work, former Fortune Theatre artistic director Lara Macgregor is relishing the rare opportunity to work in her hometown.

More hands needed

The Playhouse theatre cast of Not Quite the Three Billy Goats Gruff rehearses at the theatre this...

More hands needed

A Dunedin theatre is making a scene to get more volunteers.

Their world’s a stage

Their world’s a stage

Pop-up Globe theatre actors Max Loban (front) and Adrian Hooke strike a pose at Dunedin's Regent Theatre before the first stop of the company's NZ tour.

'Privilege' dancing as the black swan

Royal New Zealand Ballet principal dancer Nadia Yanowsky performs as the black swan in Mario Radacovsky’s Black Swan, White Swan. It is a privilege to dance, she tells Rebecca Fox.

Cancer spurs choreography

Black Swan Nadia Yanowsky and White Swan Katherine Minor strike a pose. Photo: Ross Brown

Cancer spurs choreography

Choreographer Mario Radacovsky’s outlook on life was turned upside down by cancer. Twenty years later he tells Rebecca Fox how it informed his career.

Extraordinary sensibility on show

The small audience who gathered, undeterred by winter's sudden arrival, to hear solo pianist Francesco Turrisi perform at the Glenroy Auditorium on Tuesday evening were not disappointed.

Double act offers feminist perspectives of NZ life

The programme comes with separate content warnings, advising the audience of imminent exposure to suicide, violence, blood and nine other potentially distressing themes.

Taking Globe on the road

Pop-up Globe founder Dr Miles Gregory with a model of the set he is bringing to Dunedin. PHOTO:...

Taking Globe on the road

Transforming wild ideas into reality is what Dr Miles Gregory has come to expect of his Pop-up Globe team since he first came up his "long shot" idea of recreating Shakespeare’s Globe in NZ.

Two plays, two eras

Playing sisters in Wings are (from left) Kimberley Buchan, as Quinn, Kat Poharama, as Mo, and...

Two plays, two eras

Giving diverse voices a platform is one of the goals of Dunedin theatre company Little Scorpion Productions. For its next work it has chosen to highlight women’s voices.

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