Month: September 2016

Strange and Wonderful ~ Programme B A Season of Plays Written by Students of Gary Henderson ‘Going West’ Book and Writer’s Festival Te Pou Studio Season, 2016 Te Pou Theatre  After a highly successful ‘Strange and Wonderful’ Programme A the previous night, I had fully justified, high hopes for Programme B. Opportunities such as this […]

Strange and Wonderful ~ Programme A A Season of Plays Written by Students of Gary Henderson ‘Going West’ Book and Writer’s Festival Te Pou Studio Season, 2016 Te Pou Theatre Bored out of my brain in Wellington sometime in the early ‘90’s I found myself at BATS Theatre – quite a different place to the […]

Hook-Up Boys Written and Directed by Bruce Brown Produced by Kate Barnes and Bruce Brown Lighting Design and Operation Nova Jackson Graphic Design by Caitlin Watters Basement Theatre Studio 20 – 24 September, 2016 ‘Hook-Up Boys’ is exceedingly good theatre and Legacy Project founder Bruce Brown, always an excellent practitioner, would seem to be absolutely […]

Short and Sweet Theatre Festival Gala and Awards TAPAC Theatre Sunday 18 September, 2016 Aotearoa New Zealand has a surprisingly strong history of producing theatre festivals of all sorts. My first experience was with the British Drama League whose work featured the type of productions their name suggests. Colonialism has survived a long time in […]

Short and Sweet Festival Week Two TAPAC Wednesday 14 September, 2016 Week Two of ‘Short and Sweet’ has quite a bit to live up to with Week One setting the bar high with some very competent productions. Personally, I felt the standard was even higher in Week Two but that’s just my opinion with one […]

Short and Sweet Festival TAPAC Theatre Tuesday 06 September, 2016  The ‘Short and Sweet Theatre Festival’ is such a good idea. It’s an opportunity for new performers, writers, technicians and stage crew to explore their craft in a safe and fulfilling environment. It doesn’t stop there, however. For the more experienced theatre practitioner there are […]