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The fantastic world of Super Heroes

15 Jul 2013
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The “Incredible Improv Man” tells drama on the waterfront what to expect from The Improvisors’ latest school holiday show, Kids Comic Heroes!   From: The Incredible Improv Man Zap!! Ka-pow!! Ka-blooey!! The Improvisors are back at Circa for the July school...

ROTHKO – CREATING AND RECREATING

09 Jul 2013
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In this week’s post on drama on the waterfront, we find out how director/designer Andrew Foster discovered Mark Rothko’s process, and recreated it for the Circa Theatre production of RED. Opening this Saturday 13 July in Circa Two, is the six time Tony award-winning...

C – A Musical: A Great Journey

01 Jul 2013
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Writer/director/costume designer Paul Jenden talks to drama on the waterfrontabout the journey from page to stage for C – A Musical.   “Turn on the lights, rack up the sound and bring on the dancing girls. Let’s make this sucker into a musical.” C – A Musical is...

Costume Design in TU

24 Jun 2013
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  Notes on Costume Design for TŪ currently playing at Circa One: Clare Bowden I don’t know when Hone Kouka first started mentioning this project to me. Over the past 8 or so years it would come up when he was asking for small amounts of help on other theatre projects. He...

A history of Theatresports

17 Jun 2013
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Improvisor Jennifer O’Sullivan talks to drama on the waterfront about the current season of Theatresports. Back when I was in third form (remember forms?) at Upper Hutt College, I responded to a school notice inviting anyone interested in playing somethin...

TU

10 Jun 2013
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TU Playwright and director Hone Kouka tells drama on the waterfront about the creation of TU, opening in Circa One on 15 June.   Tihei mauriora, “Wider than the mightiest sky”, My elder brothers have always been at the forefront of my thoughts throughout the creati...

After Juliet

04 Jun 2013
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After Juliet director Sarah Delahunty talks to drama on the waterfront about the current Circa Two hit.   Recently I was idly watching  “Shakespeare in Love” on TV (while working on a rehearsal schedule for something and eating dinner) – but when I saw the supposed...

My ‘Midnight In Moscow’

27 May 2013
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Midnight in Moscow cast member Jon Pheloung tells drama on the waterfront about his experiences with Dean Parker’s play, from directing a script workshop to the interrupted premiere in Christchurch – the “shortest main stage run in the history of New Zealand...

Why you need to see After Juliet …

20 May 2013
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This week, cast members Iris Henderson and Maxwell Aspe tell drama on the waterfront why we should see their new play with 1st Gear Productions, After Juliet. Maxwell All rightey all you blogomites, my job is to convince you to come see the play After Juliet while also...

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...

Midnight in Moscow: THE KIWI, THE KREMLIN, & THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNER

06 May 2013
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The following article by playwright Dean Parker appeared in the Sunday Star-Times on 31 March (http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/8478959/The-Kiwi-and-the-Kremlin).   THE KIWI, THE KREMLIN, & THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNER In 1949 the First Secretary at the New Zealand...

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...

Tribes

01 Apr 2013
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Tribes   In this 2010 article by Tribes playwright Nina Raine, she explains about her inspiration for the play.   I first had the idea of writing Tribes when I watched a documentary about a deaf couple. The woman was pregnant. They wanted their baby to be deaf. I was...

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....

Mike and Virginia

18 Mar 2013
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Mike and Virginia co-playwright Nick Ward talks to drama on the waterfront about preparing the runway for ideas and the experience of writing with Kathryn Burnett. “Where do you get your ideas from?” That is the question that every writer dreads. Well, this writer dreads it...

Talking of Katherine Mansfield: ‘I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.’

11 Mar 2013
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Catherine Downes shares her favourite Katherine Mansfield quotes, which collectively form the reason she created Talking of Katherine Mansfield ‘To acknowledge the presence of fear is to give birth to failure.’ ‘Here then, is a little summary of what I need....

About Grandparenting….You can always hand them back

05 Mar 2013
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  Director Jane Waddell: I am not a grandmother myself but just after I started work on You Can Always Hand Them Back I received news that my friends and colleagues Carolyn and Ray Henwood had become grandparents. Carolyn and Ray were instrumental in the founding of Circa...
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