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Audiences Hungry For Nerw Zealand Stories

Thursday, 24 September 2009, 2:44 pm | Auckland Theatre Company

Auckland Theatre Company’s production of Bruce Mason’s THE POHUTUKAWA TREE starring Rena Owen as Aroha Mataira has set a new company box office record for classic play. Over 9500 people will have attended the production by end the company’s three week ... More >>

All singing. All dancing. All thieving spectacular

Wednesday, 16 September 2009, 12:24 pm | Auckland Theatre Company

"the atmosphere of a London Christmas, brimming with life, memorable music and indelible characters…a feast for the eyes and ears" — The Guardian Auckland Theatre Company’s Oliver! at SKYCITY Theatre this November is the perfect Christmas ... More >>

The New Zealand Post season of POHUTUKAWA TREE

Monday, 3 August 2009, 10:42 am | Auckland Theatre Company

Rena Owen returns to New Zealand from Hollywood to play Aroha in Bruce Mason’s classic drama THE POHUTUKAWA TREE from September 3 at the Maidment Theatre. More >>

A Comedy Of Manners…Without The Manners

Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 4:28 pm | Auckland Theatre Company

Yasmina Reza’s elegant, acerbic and witty satire GOD OF CARNAGE is the hottest ticket on Broadway today, having recently added the Tony award for Best Play to the Olivier Award for Best Comedy it won after last year’s sell-out West End run. Now, ... More >>

The Young And Hungry Festival Of New Theatre

Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 1:58 pm | Auckland Theatre Company

It’s been 15 years in the making but finally The Young and Hungry Festival of New Theatre has arrived in Auckland for a two week season at The Basement from July 10. More >>

Young And Hungry Feast On Auckland Theatre

Thursday, 28 May 2009, 3:58 pm | Auckland Theatre Company

Auckland Theatre Company in association with the Young and Hungry Arts Trust presents THE YOUNG AND HUNGRY FESTIVAL OF NEW THEATRE More >>

The Trip of Life Time. The Comedy of the Year

Thursday, 28 May 2009, 12:40 pm | Auckland Theatre Company

Auckland Theatre Company brings New Zealand’s best-loved playwright, Roger Hall new play FOUR FLAT WHITES IN ITALY to audience across the North Island this June and July More >>

ATC Oliver! boys’ roles open auditions

Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 5:26 pm | Auckland Theatre Company

Auckland Theatre Company is looking for talented boys to play Oliver, the Artful Dodger and Fagin’s Gang in their end of year musical OLIVER! directed by Raymond Hawthorne. The season plays at SKYCITY Theatre from October 29. More >>

Hatch, or The Plight of the Penguins

Monday, 23 February 2009, 1:42 pm | Auckland Theatre Company

Geoff Chapple’s rollicking Hatch or The Plight of the Penguins introduces a fascinating character from New Zealand’s rich history – Joseph Hatch. One man, three million penguins and an obsession with oil – one of the most bizarre chapters of New Zealand ... More >>

The Thirty-Nine Steps

Saturday, 17 January 2009, 2:33 pm | Auckland Theatre Company

Lisa Chappell and Mike Edward star in THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS, the hilarious whodunit thriller and quick-change comedy adaptation of John Buchan’s classic spy novel which opens Auckland Theatre Company’s 2009 season at the Maidment Theatre on February ... More >>

Where We Once Belonged

Tuesday, 9 December 2008, 10:43 am | Auckland Theatre Company

Auckland Theatre Company’s adaptation and production of Sia Figiel’s ground breaking novel WHERE WE ONCE BELONGED won the “Absolutely Positively Outstanding New New Zealand Play of the Year” award at the 2008 Chapman Tripp theatre awards announced ... More >>

Swotting Up At The Theatre

Friday, 21 November 2008, 10:27 am | Auckland Theatre Company

This Monday and Tuesday secondary school drama students will sit their NCEA drama exam, whilst many students have swotted nervously over text books in preparation, thousands more students will have prepared for their upcoming exam, by going to the ... More >>

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Wednesday, 15 October 2008, 3:31 pm | Auckland Theatre Company

The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as six deliciously geeky, philologically industrious twelve-year-olds from across the county take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events ... More >>

Literary Manager Appointed

Monday, 29 September 2008, 9:53 am | Auckland Theatre Company

Auckland Theatre Company is delighted to announce the appointment of Philippa Campbell, one of New Zealand’s leading feature film producers, to the position of Literary Manager. Philippa will take up the role on October 6 in conjunction with Auckland ... More >>

Meet The Spellers

Thursday, 4 September 2008, 11:51 am | Auckland Theatre Company

Auckland Theatre Company is delighted to announce the full cast for The New Zealand Post season of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE. More >>

The Next Stage Festival Of New New Zealand Plays

Friday, 22 August 2008, 2:29 pm | Auckland Theatre Company

Auckland Theatre Company Literary Unit announces the line-up for this year’s developmental workshops, celebrating 7 years of actively supporting New Zealand playwrights. More >>

Blackbird: Michael Hurst and Liesha Ward Knox

Wednesday, 13 August 2008, 10:56 am | Auckland Theatre Company

Michael Hurst and Liesha Ward Knox star in Auckland Theatre Company’s BLACKBIRD, David Harrower’s electrifying and explosive new play opening at the Maidment Theatre on September 4. More >>

The New Zealand Post season of Ship Songs

Friday, 18 July 2008, 3:58 pm | Auckland Theatre Company

SHIP SONGS traverses the symbolic connection between the sea, the human capacity for love and everyone’s quest to reach the shore. More >>

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

Monday, 16 June 2008, 2:28 pm | Auckland Theatre Company

Big Daddy is dying; the vultures are circling. Maggie the Cat saunters onto the Maidment Theatre stage on July 10 in Tennessee Williams’ masterpiece of secrets and lies, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. More >>

The Media - On Stage

Tuesday, 3 June 2008, 5:06 pm | Auckland Theatre Company

Journalist and playwright Simon Cunliffe’s sharp new comedy, THE TRUTH GAME, will be performed as a semi-staged reading by Auckland Theatre Company on Wednesday 12 June 2008 at the Art Lounge. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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