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Brontë Finally Finds Herself in Wellington
Tuesday, 4 February 2014, 9:42 am | Circa Theatre
Charlotte Brontë’s closest friend Mary Taylor made the four month journey from London to Wellington in 1845, to make Cuba Street her home. Brontë described her personal loss ‘as if a great planet fell out of the sky’. Now at last Brontë ... More >>
Circa Theatre 2014 Season: Something For Everyone!
Tuesday, 3 December 2013, 1:26 pm | Circa Theatre
Circa is excited to announce our 2014 line-up, a diverse programme of the best of New Zealand and International work for audiences of all ages! More >>
Circa Theatre Fundraising for Audio Description
Monday, 4 November 2013, 1:59 pm | Circa Theatre
Circa Theatre aims to make our theatre accessible for everyone, and part of that mandate is providing audio described performances. Audio description is the method of describing the non-verbal action in a play into headsets worn by blind and visually ... More >>
Mother Goose: The Pantomime
Friday, 1 November 2013, 2:55 pm | Circa Theatre
The Christmas season is here again – and this year Circa has another fantastic new pantomime to entertain young and old, Mother Goose, one of the greatest all-time favourites in this marvellous festive tradition. More >>
Sharing the Love: A Tribute to Richard Campion
Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 11:38 am | Circa Theatre
Circa Theatre is honoured to join the Campion family in hosting a tribute to New Zealand theatre pioneer Richard Campion, who died in July of this year. Director Jane Campion will offer a series of free masterclasses at Circa on Monday, 4 November, ... More >>
Pre-Show talk: No Naughty Bits
Monday, 30 September 2013, 4:02 pm | Circa Theatre
Monty Python: Their Legacy to the Wonderful World of Comedy by TOM SCOTT - well-known Wellington humorist and cartoonist and ROSS JOLLY - director of No Naughty Bits More >>
No Naughty Bits
Thursday, 29 August 2013, 10:53 am | Circa Theatre
A gloriously funny re-imagining of a real-life event, No Naughty Bits illuminates and celebrates the comic genius of Monty Python. More >>
The Price at Circa
Monday, 26 August 2013, 11:07 am | Circa Theatre
"One of the most engrossing and entertaining plays that Miller has ever written … he holds the interest with the skill of a born story-teller …. superbly theatrical" – New York Times More >>
SEED, A Play Reading
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 12:13 pm | Circa Theatre
After a successful season of play readings in 2012, Circa Theatre is pleased to present the first of 2013 with a rehearsed reading of the Elisabeth Easther play, SEED , on Saturday, 17 August at 2pm . Seed is a multi-narrative play about the business ... More >>
The Price At Circa
Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 11:09 am | Circa Theatre
In 1968, in an attic room crowded with the furniture of their youth, the brothers meet again after sixteen years. The Great Crash of 1929 had ruined their widowed father. Victor, loyal to his father dropped out of college to earn a living for them ... More >>
Midnight in Moscow: Love, Spies & Lies
Monday, 22 April 2013, 4:33 pm | Circa Theatre
A provocative, funny and intriguing new play by renowned NZ playwright, Dean Parker, Midnight in Moscow mixes fact and fiction, art, politics and history, as it tells the absorbing story of a group of Kiwis a world away from home. More >>
Tribes, Interpreted
Monday, 15 April 2013, 11:05 am | Circa Theatre
15 April 2013 MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release Tribes, Interpreted Circa Theatre is excited to offer a New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) interpreted performance of the current Circa One play, Tribes, for Deaf audience members. This will be the first ... More >>
Circa Theatre and TACT Welcome New Board Member
Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 3:18 pm | Circa Theatre
Circa Theatre and the Theatre Artists Charitable Trust (TACT) are pleased to welcome new TACT Board Member James Johnston. More >>
CIRCA - Talking of Katherine Mansfield
Friday, 8 February 2013, 11:03 am | Circa Theatre
Acclaimed actress Catherine Downes brings her latest work, Talking of Katherine Mansfield, to Circa Theatre for the opening season of her New Zealand tour. Talking of Katherine Mansfield opens in Circa Two on Wednesday 27th February, and runs until Saturday ... More >>
Circa Announces New Addition to 2013 Line-up
Thursday, 7 February 2013, 11:31 am | Circa Theatre
All is Revealed: Circa Announces New Addition to 2013 Line-up As explained on page 10 of the 2013 brochure, for the first time ever Circa Theatre kept one spot free in the performance calendar, in order to ensure that we continue to capture only ... More >>
Circa Theatre 2013 Season
Monday, 3 December 2012, 10:44 am | Circa Theatre
Circa continues to lead New Zealand theatre in 2013 with a season of simply the best of New Zealand and International work. More >>
Circa Theatre Looks Forward to the Next Million Patrons
Wednesday, 7 November 2012, 11:55 am | Circa Theatre
At an event on Monday night hosted by comedian Dai Henwood and attended by Sponsors, Friends and Patrons, Circa announced the name of the Millionth Patron, unveiled plans for the future of the Circa building and launched the Millionth Bum Fundraising Campaign. More >>
Cinderella The Pantomime
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 11:51 am | Circa Theatre
A glittering, fairytale pantomime with dazzling costumes and lots of fun and laughter, CINDERELLA has it all. More >>
Who Will Be Our Millionth Bum?
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 10:53 am | Circa Theatre
This month, Circa Theatre will sell the millionth ticket through our waterfront box office – that’s one million ‘Bums on Seats’ in 18 years! To celebrate this milestone, Circa will honour the Millionth Patron at a gala event on Monday, 5 November. ... More >>
Who will be our millionth bum?
Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 2:42 pm | Circa Theatre
Circa Theatre will reach a milestone this month. Music by Richard Chapman. Most photos by Stephen A'Court. More >>