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Improv for Kids: Introducing Your Child to the Arts

06 Oct 2014
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This week on drama on the waterfront, find out about the benefits of introducing children to theatre from a young age (and then bring them along to Improv for Kids so they can enjoy those benefits!).   Dramatic Play for Children Children of all ages love to pretend. As...

The Pitmen Painters: A Class of Their Own

25 Sep 2014
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From a WEA class to a major influence on the art world – the story of the incredible Ashington Group of Pitmen Painters is in a class of its own. Something very unusual happened in the Northumberland colliery village of Ashington, when, in 1943, a newly erected hut was...

Destination Beehive: Imagine if elections sold out (it’s a stretch, but work with us here)

08 Sep 2014
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Imagine, if you will, that elections were even more of a performance than they already are. If in order to have your vote count, you had to keep an eye on the Beehive’s website, and keep track of when the date was announced. You had to check in with your friends and family, and...

Constellations: An elegant production of this fascinating play.

11 Aug 2014
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CONSTELLATIONS One Relationship. Infinite Possibilities In this universe you don’t have infinity to catch Constellations. We’re already in our final weeks of the show, and what a time we’re having. Responses have been heartfelt, connected, emotive and energised, and there have...

The Road That Wasn’t There: Our Top Five New Zealand Mysteries

30 Jun 2014
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SHROUDED IN THE LONG WHITE CLOUD – OUR TOP FIVE NEW ZEALAND MYSTERIES Trick of the Light Theatre are hitting the Circa 2 stage 8-19 July with the return of our award winning play The Road That Wasn’t There. A dark New Zealand fairytale in the vein of Neil Gaiman and Pan’s...

Theatresports 2014: half way through the season!

26 May 2014
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The NZ Comedy Festival may be over, but the glooms of winter are still being driven back by the flames of live comedy at Circa Theatre every Sunday night. The Improvisors are half-way through their season of Theatresports. It’s a format that many people will have seen – two teams...

Theatresports: fast paced and high on entertainment

23 Apr 2014
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Famed sports writer Guy McGuy sat down with The Improvisors’ Deana Elvins to talk weather, the interplay between theatre and sport, and her picks for the upcoming Theatresports season at Circa.   Guy:  So.  How about that weather? Deana: Mm… weathery Guy: I guess that’s the...

2013 at Circa Theatre

20 Dec 2013
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2013 at Circa Theatre It’s that merry time of year again when we all look forward to some time off to enjoy the holidays with family and friends. But before we say goodbye to 2013, we thought we’d take a look at the last year of theatre at Circa. And what a year it...

A Christmas Carol: A Retrospective of Ghosts Revisited

09 Dec 2013
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This was one of our most popular posts in drama on the waterfront history – it was originally published exactly a year ago during the first season of Ray Henwood’s A Christmas Carol and has received so many hits since, we thought we would bring it back again for your...

No Naughty Bits

09 Sep 2013
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And now for something completely different ……   Here is the perfect way to get in the mood for Circa’s next comedy – No Naughty Bits….. the Monty Python You Tube channel – with over 70 genuine clips of the Pythons at their best!...

Circa’s Programming Process

02 Sep 2013
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Ever wanted to know how Circa chooses the plays it produces? The Circa Council is hard at work on the programme for 2014, so it seemed a good opportunity to explain to drama on the waterfront how the programming process works at Circa. Circa’s programme is the life-blood of our...

What’s On at Circa August – December 2013

12 Aug 2013
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Lots to look forward to in the next five months at Circa!   The Price By Arthur Miller Directed by Susan Wilson 10 August – 7 September   “Miller at his most intimate … movingly understated” – The Herald   The Price, one of master playwright Arthur Miller’s most...

Our Next Million Bums …

13 May 2013
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In November of last year, Circa Theatre launched our Millionth Bum Campaign, where we welcomed the Millionth Patron to our Waterfront theatre and introduced plans to upgrade the seats in Circa One and eventually the theatre itself. We have since received a good response to our...

The Improvisors’ present Comic Heroes

29 Apr 2013
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Wonder Woman! Superman! The X Men! Spider Man! What do they all have in common? Yes,yes, apart from their amazing super-powers …. ? It’s obvious – not one of them is a Kiwi!   The Improvisors take on the challenge of plugging this gap in the NZ workforce in their 2013...

Tribes: New Zealand Sign Language Interpreted

22 Apr 2013
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Circa Theatre is excited to offer a New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) interpreted performance of the current Circa One play,Tribes, for Deaf audience members. This will be the first time that Circa will present a performance of this type. “We believe that theatre should be...

The Improvisors’ Theatresports for Kids!

15 Apr 2013
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  Two teams. One match. The judges: YOU!   How often do you watch a sports match, wishing you could decide the outcome? Watch a movie, wishing you could have helped make it, because you had heaps of better ideas? Well, wish no more, because we’re bringing the power to...

Top 10 Reasons to See Mike and Virginia

09 Apr 2013
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The 10 Reasons why YOU should tell all your friends to come to Mike and Virginia at Circa 2 Before the 20th April. (According to actors Will (Mike) & Gentiane (Virginia) . . .) 1.Because if you come after the 20th April the actors will have packed up and left. Will Hall...

Circa Six Pack and Circa Friends

25 Mar 2013
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NEW FOR 2013!! Get total access to Circa Theatre with the Circa Six Pack! See more theatre, on your own terms, for less. The Circa Six Pack is six tickets (for the price of five!) and can be redeemed however you choose – use it for one ticket each to six different shows....
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