Theatre

Oamaru actor David Blair is playing Uncle Fester in Musical Theatre Oamaru's upcoming production of The Addams Family musical. Rebecca Ryan catches up with the rugby player-turned musical theatre veteran.

Bravo to veteran Queenstown actor Alex Derbie and guest star Rutene Spooner, who together provided the tent pole which supported the three-ring circus that was La Cage aux Folles.

Kathleen Brentwood has played her fair share of wholesome nuns and tarts with hearts in musicals, but the role of Annie in Calendar Girls is her toughest acting challenge yet.

An Arthurs Point mother was inspired to give acting a go by Sir Ian McKellen and is now starring as one of the Calendar Girls, the new comedy from Remarkable Theatre.

Fact and fiction blur with comedic and dramatic results in the celebrated one-woman play Playing Miss Havisham in Arrowtown on Saturday.

Two stars of Chicago say they love the challenge of playing completely opposite characters in the follow-up Showbiz Queenstown musical, La Cage Aux Folles, now being rehearsed.

Who would be a rock'n'roll star?

In a community of about 30,000 permanent residents how and why does Queenstown support multiple theatre companies which can produce productions rivalling those in New Zealand's main centres?

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.

What can happen to the talented child of a famous parent when they struggle for recognition is explored in a play to be staged in Arrowtown.

A free-entry play set in the rubble of a main street building dominated the 2012 Dunedin Theatre Awards last night.

One of the actors in musical theatre production Home need only think back to his own family history to channel the gamut of emotions felt by historical immigrants to New Zealand.