Fortune assets to be liquidated
Following the closure of the Fortune Theatre last month, the Fortune Board of trustees have voted to dissolve and liquidate all the theatre's assets.
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Curtain falling for Fortune director
Curtain falling for Fortune director
Departing Fortune Theatre artistic director Lara Macgregor will be a hard act to follow.
Spirits and money raised with ghosts
Spirits and money raised with ghosts
Ghosts are being used to raise spirits and much-needed cash in a run-down historic Dunedin theatre.
Hall draws on those around him
Hall draws on those around him
The Fortune Theatre opens its 40th anniversary season on Saturday with a new play by Roger Hall. Charmian Smith talks to New Zealand's best-known playwright about his new play and his long association with the theatre.
Phil's spill tops the bill
Phil's spill tops the bill
Breaking a leg, dying on stage - acting is not for the faint-hearted.
Thrilled to find Fortune
Thrilled to find Fortune
New Fortune Theatre general manager Jennifer Thompson.
New Fortune Theatre general manager Jennifer Thompson must have wondered what she had got herself into.
''My parents found a mapbook of New Zealand and looked for Dunedin, but it wasn't in there,'' she admitted yesterday.
Review: Deafness brings family interaction into focus
Review: Deafness brings family interaction into focus
Discussions of deafness often focus on two almost mutually exclusive ''worlds'' - the hearing world, and the deaf world.
Pacific Underground gets a warm welcome
Pacific Underground gets a warm welcome
Caselberg Trust artists in residence Pacific Underground mark 20 years of performance art with a show at the Fortune Theatre on Saturday.
Signs and meanings
Signs and meanings
Tribes, each with their own rituals and ways of doing things, can be found in families, communities and groups with particular interests, says Fortune Theatre artistic director Lara Macgregor. Charmian Smith talks to her about Tribes, the theatre's upcoming production.
A sisterly connection
A sisterly connection
Clothes are more than just a covering. They can evoke emotions of all kinds according to Fortune Theatre artistic director Lara Macgregor. Charmian Smith reports.
War inspires powerful work of contrasting emotions
War inspires powerful work of contrasting emotions
The Fortune Theatre is charged and primed for its 2013 season. The opening salvo is an explosive play which changed the landscape of New Zealand theatre. Nigel Benson reports.
Fortune raises the bar
Fortune raises the bar
The Fortune Theatre's 2013 programme is an exciting and ambitious line-up, pushing artistic and organisational boundaries, reports Charmian Smith.
Familiar face takes leading role at Fortune
Familiar face takes leading role at Fortune
Former Otago Festival of the Arts director Nicholas McBryde has been appointed general manager of the Fortune Theatre.
Fortune awaits young playwrights
Fortune awaits young playwrights
The Fortune Theatre is looking for new playwrights.
No vets' home for old men
No vets' home for old men
They may be disabled old codgers but they are still as sharp as tacks and full of dreams and desires. Charmian Smith talks to the cast of Heroes, a special tribute to forgotten veterans, full of wit and humour, but with an underlying sadness and wistfulness.
Fortune play a comedy of manners
Fortune play a comedy of manners
Instant happiness at the touch of a button is something we might all desire. The next production at the Fortune Theatre explores a time when the newly invented vibrator offered such a promise. Charmian Smith talks to director Lara Macgregor.
Heat of original performance recalled
Heat of original performance recalled
A group of Dunedin actors will be checking the fire exits this weekend before performing a play they originally staged a quarter of a century ago.
Brilliant acting, Kiwi as
Brilliant acting, Kiwi as
Fish and chip shops: Kiwi as, they're often owned and run by immigrants.
Review: 'Superb' portrayal of Rothko and assistant
Review: 'Superb' portrayal of Rothko and assistant
As full-length plays go, Red is quite short. It requires two actors, an uncomplicated set and some paint.
Year of good Fortune
Year of good Fortune
Last year was a tough one for the new management team and staff at the Fortune Theatre, but this year they can start enjoying it, says Lara Macgregor, the theatre's artistic director. She tells Charmian Smith about the new programme and many other initiatives they are looking forward to.