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Introducing Errol Anderson

15 Sep 2015
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This week on drama* on the waterfront, we meet Errol Anderson.  Errol is tackling his first role at Circa Theatre; he plays the extremely handsome and charming (if totally silent) Daryl in The Travelling Squirrel. How has this experience been for you? If I could describe the...

Paul Waggott and the Squirrel

31 Aug 2015
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The Travelling Squirrel by Robert Lord opens this week at Circa, with actor Paul Waggott playing the lead character, struggling writer Bart. Directed by Susan Wilson, this show is a satirical romantic comedy that follows Bart as he tries to get published and negotiates life with...

Julie OBrien Improvises

11 Aug 2015
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Ask Julie O’Brien if she thought she’d ever perform in a totally non-scripted, unrehearsed show where the audience dictates the storyline and the answer would be a definite “never”. Most recently seen as Donna in Wellington Musical Theatre’s 2014 production ofMamma...

From Hobbit to Holmes

20 Jul 2015
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Following his lead cast role as Bifur the Dwarf in The Hobbit trilogy of movies, William Kircher returns to the stage after a 20 year absence with The Hound of the Baskervilles.  This week in drama* on the waterfront, William talks to Colleen McColl about Bifur, Sir Peter...

The incredible Lyndee-Jane Rutherford

07 Jul 2015
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Lyndee-Jane is a well-known face around Circa Theatre, next on stage with The Ugly One (opening Saturday 11 July). But, do we really know all of the incredible things this talented woman has done?  This week on drama* on the waterfront, we take an in-depth look at the force that...

Following your passion

30 Jun 2015
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This week in drama* on the waterfront, we hear from Scotty Cotter about a typical day in rehearsal of the beautiful ones – following your passion!       The rehearsal day normally starts at 9.30am, everybody comes in rugged up in clothing due to the cold weather that...

Kathleen Burns in A Servant to Two Masters

29 Apr 2015
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This week in *drama on the waterfront, Kathleen Burns answers questions about playing Beatrice in A Servant to Two Masters, which opens at Circa on Saturday 2 May. You are based in Christchurch and I believe this is the second Circa Theatre production you have been cast in? KB:...

Meat Puppets

01 Apr 2015
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This week on *drama on the waterfront, we popped in on the Two Mortals team during pack-in to ask why the performers are wearing headphones and what makes dying so much fun… Why do you wear headphones in the show?Rachael: Two Mortalsis made up of a series of interviews collated...

Whitirea Students in The Mystery of Edwin Drood

23 Mar 2015
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This week on drama on the waterfront, Lyndee-Jane Rutherford and a selection of the students from Whitireia School of Performing Arts spill the beans on their experience rehearsing the joyfully boisterous murder mystery musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Q: What is it like...

Yep, Still Got It! “In my shows, the songs come first.”

09 Mar 2015
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“YEP, STILL GOT IT!  PROVOKES LAUGHTER, STILLNESS, APPLAUSE AND CHEERS” – Theatreview This week on drama on the waterfront, Jane Keller, the star of Yep, Still Got It!, delves deep into her creative process and her long working relationship with Michael Nicholas...

The Pianist: “You may witness some fighting knee-nuns, a few seconds of bull-fighting, wine tasting, a trick that took two years to be able to do, and maybe some piano playing. Possibly….”

02 Mar 2015
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This week on drama on the waterfront, The Pianist co-creator and performer, Thomas Monckton talks about his hit show that has travelled the world and is now back for a return season at Circa. Tell us a little about your background – you trained as a clown? TM: Yes but that...

Wake Up Tomorrow: Chicken’s off the menu

17 Feb 2015
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This year as audiences embark on the journey of a lifetime with Wake Up Tomorrow, chicken or fish won’t be served. Chicken’s cut because the youth no longer want to play poultry, instead they’re guns blazing, more confident than ever before.   During the team’s newest...

Behind-the-scenes of The Demolition of the Century: a producer’s perspective

09 Feb 2015
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Show Pony’s Adrianne Roberts tells drama on the waterfront how she came to be involved with The Demolition of the Century. I first came to know of this little* book Duncan was writing back in 2012, when my husband read one of the first manuscripts to provide feedback. A few...

Red Riding Hood: ‘an entertaining show, filled with romance, comedy and drama’

05 Jan 2015
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  Red Riding Hood herself, Awhimai Fraser, talks to drama on the waterfront about the panto experience for the first post of 2015!   There is nothing more rewarding than watching a young child trying to tell you out of pure desperation that there is “a wolf behind you”...

Meet the cast of Red Riding Hood

01 Dec 2014
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The Dominion Post called it “A FULL-ON, HIGH ENERGY, THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE ROMP!” So who are the super-talented people making this happen?  Meet the cast of Roger Hall’s RED RIDING HOOD The Pantomime ….   Awhimai Fraser (Red Riding Hood) (Sandy in Grease, Hairspray)  ...

“Who would have thought singing old pop songs about people dying could be so entertaining?!”

01 Dec 2014
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This week on drama on the waterfront, Dead Tragic cast member Darren Young tells us about his history with this variety show of woe. The original Dead Tragic came about following the unexpected demise of the NZ tour of the musical Aunt Daisy. I was one of several cast members to...

The Grand Dame of the Circa Pantomime

10 Nov 2014
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This week on drama on the waterfront, Gavin Rutherford, who will don the dress for the 5th time this year as Grandma Hood in Red Riding Hood, takes us down memory lane of his time as Dame. This year for the famous Circa Christmas Pantomime, we are remounting Roger Hall’s Red...

The most delicious villain

27 Oct 2014
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Isaac’s Eye actor Todd Rippon tells drama on the waterfront about playing ‘the most delicious villain’, Isaac Newton’s rival Robert Hooke. The last time I performed in a show at Circa Theatre it was A Comedy of Errors in 1992, back in the old brick...

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...

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...
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