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The Pitmen Painters: rave reviews, rare chances and radical royalties!

20 Oct 2014
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The amazing, true story of The Pitmen Painters is receiving rave reviews … “Excellent production of a great play …. A most satisfying evening of theatre” – DomPost “The Pitmen Painters is serious and funny, insightful and entertaining. A wonderful real life journey which we...

Isaac’s Eye: It’s intense, it’s beautiful, it’s weird and it is funny.

13 Oct 2014
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This week on drama on the waterfront, Isaac’s Eye actor (he plays Isaac Newton!) and Circa newcomer Andrew Paterson tells us all about his experiences so far working at Circa in this exciting new Lucas Hnath play. Yay, my first job at Circa and my god is it exciting. I...

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...

An Unseasonable Fall of Snow

22 Sep 2014
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Actor Jed Brophy tells drama on the waterfront why An Unseasonable Fall of Snow is important to him. I have had a love affair with Gary’s writing for many years, much of which has its roots here in the Capital. He has a streamlined style that wastes no words, and a handle on the...

Playwright Lucas Hnath discusses Walt Disney, the Man and the Myth

15 Sep 2014
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This week on drama on the waterfront, we share a video of A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about the Death of Walt Disney playwright Lucas Hnath discussing all things Walt Disney, the Man and the Myth.     Interview recorded at a FEED event at Soho Rep. in...

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...

David McPhail as Walt Disney

01 Sep 2014
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Actor David McPhail tells drama on the waterfront about his experience playing the famed creator of some of the world’s favourite cartoon characters in A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about the Death of Walt Disney.   I didn’t like Bambi. In my small,...

Destination Beehive: Newest Electorate Hotly Contested

25 Aug 2014
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The brand new electorate of Port Nicholson, located in the heart of Wellington City, has proved to be a highly contestable area, with no clear leader coming through in local polls. Despite Wellington’s reputation as a liberal Labour stronghold, it appears that the newest...

The Happy Place: What Robin Williams Means to an Improvisor

18 Aug 2014
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By: Aaron Alexander The shock came and the sadness lingered. The tributes have all been written, read and shared. The issues have been debated back and forth by people with wildly varying levels of basis for comment. And now, people, broadly speaking, are moving on. But I know...

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 Improvisors go to the Movies … with Tim Gordon

05 Aug 2014
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This week on drama on the waterfront, The Improvisors Artistic Director Tim Gordon talks about their next show at Circa, The Improvisors go to the Movies, opening on Sunday 10 August. DOTW: Many of the Improvisors work in the movie industry – what insights will this bring to the...

Alex Greig: A View from the Bridge – ‘a wonderful story that is a pleasure to perform every night’

28 Jul 2014
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DOTW: When did you decide that it was to be an actor’s life for you? AG: I guess I’ve always had a desire to perform, but it was during the latter years of high school that I decided it was definitely the path that I wanted to travel. DOTW: What was the first play that you...

Constellations: buzzing towards opening night!

21 Jul 2014
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Constellations by Nick Payne is an award-winning play about free will and friendship, quantum multiverse theory, love and honey. The NZ Premiere opens at Circa Theatre in just one week on Saturday 26th July and runs until 23 August. Actors Erin Banks and Richard Dey and Director...

Acushla-Tara Sutton: A View from the Bridge – ‘drawn into the detailed world that Miller created’.

14 Jul 2014
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This week on drama on the waterfront, A View from the Bridge actress Acushla-Tara Sutton talks about working on the next Circa One production and her newfound love of Arthur Miller.   DOTW: Is A View from the Bridge your first Miller play? AS: It is indeed. And what a piece...

Hīkoi: driving change and challenging perceptions

07 Jul 2014
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Audience response to Hīkoi shows the power of theatre to drive change and challenge perceptions. With themes of growing up Maori in NZ, family and sibling relationships, and the feeling of separation from culture, Hīkoi has resonated strongly with Maori and Pakeha audiences...

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...

Hikoi: then and now

23 Jun 2014
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The 70s and 80 was a formative time for Aotearoa with much going on politically and socially. In Hīkoi, and set against this backdrop, we meet two ordinary, extraordinary characters Charlie and Nellie who fall in love, have kids and endeavour to live happily ever after. And, as...

Aroha White and 2080: a wave of creative productivity

17 Jun 2014
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Playwright and actor AROHA WHITE is currently riding a wave of creative productivity at Circa Theatre, having her new play 2080 in development as part of Tawata Productions’ MDF 2014 as well as performing in Hapai Productions’HIKOI!  We caught up with AROHA just over a week away...

Equivocation: rich, potent and rewarding theatre, not to be missed.

09 Jun 2014
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EQUIVOCATION by Bill Cain, directed by Peter Hambleton is now mid-season and is “rich, potent and rewarding theatre, not to be missed.” Theatreview. With the show closing in only two weeks, now is the time to book in before it’s too late. This ‘bang-for-your-buck’ show has “a...
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