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EntertainmentJune 24

Minor details

If you are going to push yourself way outside of your comfort zone, such as direct your first play or tread the boards for the first time in many years — who to do it better with than family?
Minor details
Minor details
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EntertainmentJune 17

Dunedin's one-woman powerhouse

One of the questions Harriet Moir always gets asked is, how does she do it all?
Dunedin's one-woman powerhouse
Dunedin's one-woman powerhouse
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EntertainmentJune 10

Comedy, satire take centre stage

Actor Stephen Papps gets great joy from finding ironic moments and the comedy in his work.
Comedy, satire take centre stage
Comedy, satire take centre stage
QueenstownJune 6

Queenstown thrills on and off stage

He’s found his niche on-stage in Queenstown while also discovering an interesting life off-stage.
Queenstown thrills on and off stage
Queenstown thrills on and off stage
DunedinMay 27

Birthday shows to help revive ailing Playhouse

Cold and leaky, the 150-year-old Dunedin theatre is putting on milestone birthday shows in a bid to raise money for much-needed renovations. 
Birthday shows to help revive ailing Playhouse
Birthday shows to help revive ailing Playhouse
DunedinMay 20

Hearing, access upgrades at Regent

For people with hearing difficulties, keeping up with all the action in a stage show can be frustrating.
Hearing, access upgrades at Regent
Hearing, access upgrades at Regent
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EntertainmentMay 20

Fair Verona goes country

Celebrating 65 years with its inaugural play, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet being re-staged, Dunedin’s Globe Theatre is paying tribute to its roots and its future, finds Rebecca Fox.
Fair Verona goes country
Fair Verona goes country
EntertainmentMay 11

Grumpily wry role beautifully played

A full house at Te Whare o Rukutia was delighted last Friday by Roger Hall’s latest play End of Summertime.
Grumpily wry role beautifully played
Grumpily wry role beautifully played
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DunedinApril 29

Mayor makes Bayfield production opening in vogue

The cast had a special guest to celebrate the opening night of Bayfield High School’s production of Nice Work If You Can Get It.
Mayor makes Bayfield production opening in vogue
Mayor makes Bayfield production opening in vogue
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EntertainmentApril 29

Back where it all began

Peter Hayden has unfinished business with Roger Hall’s plays. So the Dunedin actor is staging End of Summertime in Dunedin, he tells Rebecca Fox.
Back where it all began
Back where it all began
DunedinApril 17

Building may soon get new lease of life

Eight years after a professional theatre company closed and vacated a prominent Dunedin heritage building, the city council might put the property on the market.
Building may soon get new lease of life
Building may soon get new lease of life
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EntertainmentMarch 26

Is this a lightsaber which I see before me?

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, three Sith lords descend on Macbeth on a Dunedin Shakespeare festival’s main stage.
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EntertainmentMarch 25

Audience helps refine ‘slightly raw draft’

Playwright Carl Bland is putting his "words" where his mouth is by performing his own work in a theatrical reading of theatre company Nightsong’s latest work-in-development, Burning House.
Audience helps refine ‘slightly raw draft’
Audience helps refine ‘slightly raw draft’
EntertainmentMarch 22

Send-up of a favourite guilty pleasure

CoroNew Athenaeum TheatreFriday, March 20
EntertainmentMarch 22

Rockumentary singalong packs theatre

27 ClubRegent TheatreSaturday, March 21
EntertainmentMarch 20

Story from someone who’s been there

After Elsa Couvreur made her video of The Sensemaker temporarily available online, a clip from the show started to turn up in some of the less savoury corners of the internet.
Story from someone who’s been there
Story from someone who’s been there
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EntertainmentMarch 19

Circus show inspired by ADHD diagnosis

If it was not for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Nicole Maisey would not be an award-winning aerial acrobat, swinging from the roof by her hair.
Circus show inspired by ADHD diagnosis
Circus show inspired by ADHD diagnosis
EntertainmentMarch 19

Feeling ambition not met

Pas de TroisAllen Hall TheatreThursday, March 19Set in 1860s Paris, Pas de Trois depicts three ballerinas — Aurelie, Sylvie and Colette — at loggerheads over who will be selected as their maestro’s next prima ballerina, after the incumbent comes down with tuberculosis.
EntertainmentMarch 19

Horror that’s all too familiar

CasketcaseGlobe TheatreWednesday,  March 18The Globe Theatre was packed for Casketcase; A Podcast Style Horror, written, produced and directed by Chelsea McRae with Mario Sadra-De Jong (producer/composer and media designer) and Cody McRae (producer and technical manager).
Horror that’s all too familiar
Horror that’s all too familiar
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EntertainmentMarch 18

Meeting of creative minds

Finding herself a little bored with traditional theatre practice, Australian actress Megan Dury began searching for something else.
Meeting of creative minds
Meeting of creative minds
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DunedinMarch 17

Hope horror play will empower

A Dunedin artist is taking her honours dissertation to the stage with a feminist horror play she hopes will empower people to speak up about violence and abuse towards women.
Hope horror play will empower
Hope horror play will empower
EntertainmentMarch 16

Surprising hilarity of volcanology, insects

A good sized crowd at the New Athenaeum Theatre listened to softly spoken comedian Ben Miller with quiet amusement.
Surprising hilarity of volcanology, insects
Surprising hilarity of volcanology, insects
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EntertainmentMarch 16

Tabletop adventuring takes to the stage

A group of Dunedin actors are taking their Dungeons & Dragons games to the next level with a series of live events financially backed by the city council.
Tabletop adventuring takes to the stage
Tabletop adventuring takes to the stage
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DunedinMarch 15

Audience will be included in whodunnit

An immersive murder mystery show at a historic Dunedin home will see one audience member framed for the shocking crime.
Audience will be included in whodunnit
Audience will be included in whodunnit
EntertainmentMarch 15

White-masked nightmare

A near-capacity audience became engrossed by Dunedin Fringe event We Remember Wrong at the Short St Studio.
White-masked nightmare
White-masked nightmare