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Catherine and Katherine

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Performer Catherine Downes tells drama on the waterfront about her interest in Katherine Mansfield and why she has devoted a second solo show to one of New Zealand’s most prolific short story writers.   “The interest goes back to playing Katherine in Bri...

Roger Hall and Peter Skellern always hand them back

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You Can Always Hand Them Back playwright Roger Hall talks about his collaboration with Peter Skellern on their new musical about grandparents. Peter Skellern and his wife Diana come out each summer to see their son and grandchildren who live in Devonport. Mutual friends suggested...

Minskie and Ron explore the Gap: The Seemingly Impossible

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  By Gina Vanessi Less than a week to go now!! In the spirit of Minksie and Ron explore the Gap –  A list of things which are seemingly impossible: *Licking your elbow. *Licking someone’s soul *Licking your own liver (unless you’ve just had a transplant, but th...

Ginette McDonald and the thrill of theatre

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In this week’s post, Kings of the Gym cast member Ginette McDonald talks about the siren call of theatre. Q: What made you decide that ‘life upon the wicked stage’ was for you? A: The theatre has a siren call for some of us. Every year of my childhood we...

Minksie and Ron explore the Gap

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It’s surreal, it’s a little bit absurd. It’s blasphemous and heretical at times. Ron and Minksie playfully argue how the stuff of stuff-ness works. Sometimes they watch the window. There are people in the window; a prostitute, a jar collector, a child, an athlete. There’s a man...

Encore Restaurant: Summer Goodness

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Summer is here at last and we are making good use of it on our summer menu.  Stone fruits are a feature with our slow cooked chicken, apricot and basil with flambéed apricots and pea pilaf. Roasted plum make for a sweet and tart accompaniment for the goats cheese and eggplant...

The Road to “Kings of the Gym”

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Playwright Dave Armstrong talks about the origins of his new play, set in a school gymnasium, Kings of the Gym. The initial idea for Kings of the Gym probably occurred in the mid-1970s in the gymnasium of my local secondary school. I remember back then that most gymnasiums in...

Cinderella: Let’s hear from the audience….

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Happy New Year! We hope you had a lovely holiday season! For our first post of 2013, we thought we would take a look back at some of the rave audience responses we’ve received for Cinderella over the season. There are still five performances to go, so if you haven’t...