Celebrated playwright Tom Stoppard dies
"What's it about?" was a frequent response from bemused theatre-goers to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Sir Tom Stoppard's first stage triumph.
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Venerable comedy given sparkling outing by youth
Venerable comedy given sparkling outing by youth
The Importance of Being EarnestPlayhouse TheatreThursday, November 27.
Hope new youth theatre group will bridge gap in city
Hope new youth theatre group will bridge gap in city
Dunedin's Playhouse Theatre is hoping to "fill a gap" in the city’s theatre scene with a new programme for actors who have come of age.
Audience joins in with joy of players
Audience joins in with joy of players
A select audience thoroughly embraced the joyous energy emanating from Shades of Shakti’s performance in the Clarkson Studio, Regent Theatre, on Wednesday night.
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‘Pike River’ premiere to fundraise for Playhouse
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‘Pike River’ premiere to fundraise for Playhouse
A celebrated Dunedin film-maker is giving back to the small city theatre where he got his start in the performing arts.
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Celebrated actor calls for new Dunedin venue
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Celebrated actor calls for new Dunedin venue
An award-winning New Zealand actor says Dunedin is crying out for a new venue after the demise of the Fortune Theatre.
Obituary: Frank Barrie, actor
Obituary: Frank Barrie, actor
English actor Frank Barrie made his name playing Shakespearean roles, but is best-remembered for his time on soap EastEnders, on which he played Dot Cotton’s love interest Edward Bishop.
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More life lessons in Lycra
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More life lessons in Lycra
Mark Hadlow is back on his bike for his latest play, coming to Dunedin, Invercargill and Oamaru this month. Tim Scott catches up with the peloton.
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Rural roots no bar for aspiring actor
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Rural roots no bar for aspiring actor
Growing up in Winton has not stopped Deacon Kynan-Wilde from becoming one of the best young actors in the country.
Everything worth living for
Everything worth living for
Every Brilliant Thing director Lara Macgregor talks to John Lewis about ‘one of the funniest plays about depression you’ll see’.
Dazzling show hits bulls-eye
Dazzling show hits bulls-eye
Chicago, the Musical, Regent Theatre, Thursday, August 28.
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Drawn to big questions
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Drawn to big questions
Discovering an ancient tradition under threat inspired Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis’ play Paradise or the Impermanence of Ice Cream.
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‘Chicago’ role a dream
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‘Chicago’ role a dream
For some top Kiwi performers, the opportunity to tread the boards in a NZ production of the musical Chicago is one they could not turn down.
Revolving set ‘interesting challenge’ for director
Revolving set ‘interesting challenge’ for director
The "escalating chaos on stage and backstage" of the Oamaru Repertory Society’s show Noises Off will be captured perfectly by a revolving set built by the show’s director Andrew Killick.
Prats aplenty in chaotic, witty whodunit
Prats aplenty in chaotic, witty whodunit
Death by Fatal Murder, Taieri Dramatic Society, Fire Station Theatre, Mosgiel, Sunday, July 27.
Student performers wear hearts on sleeves
Student performers wear hearts on sleeves
A Dunedin secondary school’s theatre group has placed Shakespearean women in a Gen Z world.
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Chance to perform at the Globe ‘insane’
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Chance to perform at the Globe ‘insane’
Last year, in front of school mates. This year, treading the boards at the Globe Theatre in London for the Bard.
Show brings connection
Show brings connection
Lizzie Tollemache's dream of an all inclusive space is coming true in Dunedin this month.
Retelling recontextualises a classic
Retelling recontextualises a classic
For decades now, any production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew has been an object of suspicion.
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Feasibility of Fortune plan questioned
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Feasibility of Fortune plan questioned
A heritage advocate and playwright says she has a "$500,000 plan" to save Dunedin’s Fortune Theatre.