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.
Actress Cathy Downes brings The Case of Katherine Mansfield to life in Queenstown tomorrow, 90 years after the celebrated New Zealand author died in France.
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.
The 2012 Dunedin Theatre Awards will enlist the power of 1000 minds.
The Middlemarch Singles Ball has all the ingredients for a great play, playwright Karen Trebilcock says.
People of Chinese descent are wanted by organisers of the Chinese Village Theatre, to be staged as part of the Arrowtown 150 celebrations this Labour Weekend.
Audiences will be required to suspend disbelief and engage their imaginations a little more than usual when the Remarkable Theatre stages its new series of plays without costumes, props, or even a stage.
A play first performed in the playwright's bedroom in front of 15 friends and relatives arrives in the Lakes district later this month as part of a national tour.
Wakatipu audiences will be kicking off their Sunday shoes this week as more than 65 Wakatipu High School pupils take to the stage, performing Footloose.
Two sold-out shows in Wanaka by Oscar-nominated actor Sir Ian McKellen have raised tens of thousands of dollars towards the restoration of Christchurch's earthquake-damaged Isaac Theatre Royal.
A hostage drama-comedy will be staged in Arrowtown this September by the Remarkables Theatre group.
A trip to the Waitaki Aquatic Centre in Oamaru left British actress Miriam Margolyes slightly puzzled this week, after a resident informed the former Harry Potter star that the works of Charles Dickens was "too highbrow" for the town.
Young playwright Aaron Blackledge has an agenda, reports Marjorie Cook, in Wanaka.
At one level, The Tutor is a comedy about male bonding, making allowances and reaching good outcomes.
A new Dunedin theatre company has taken the stage.
Rehearsals are under way for the South Otago Theatrical Society's production of The Wizard of Oz , starring country sweetheart Vickie Evans. The Balclutha-based country singer will make her acting debut as Dorothy.
If you like your theatre straightforward, 2 Dimensional Life of Her is not for you. But if you have a healthy imagination and a childlike enthusiasm for new ideas, see Fleur Elise Noble's remarkable performance.
Tickets for the opening night tonight of an original laugh- and song-packed stage production have almost sold out, and the Wakatipu stars could not be happier.
