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My Name Is Rachel Corrie NZ Premiere
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 12:08 pm | Court Theatre
The Forge at The Court Theatre is proud to present the controversial and compelling production My Name is Rachel Corrie to New Zealand audiences for the first time. More >>
The Gods Of Warm Beer
Friday, 20 March 2009, 9:18 am | Court Theatre
The Gods Of Warm Beer is a rip-snorting comic epic that deals with hypocrisy, alienation, betrayal, rugby, religion, sex, violence, politics and bad language. It’s Westport in 1951. On March 28 The Court Theatre proudly presents a comedy where, true to their ... More >>
THE TUTOR – sharp kiwi satire
Thursday, 5 March 2009, 6:18 pm | Court Theatre
The debut production of The Eureka Trust 2009 Forge Season is an intelligent contemporary kiwi comedy: Dave Armstrong’s THE TUTOR. More >>
Friends Forever: The Magical Power Of Stories
Thursday, 8 January 2009, 10:09 am | Court Theatre
The Court Theatre is proud to present its latest show for children: FRIENDS FOREVER, by Sarah Delahunty. This great new play incorporates a series of stories around the theme of friendship in which three actors (and some of the audience) play a multitude ... More >>
A Scriptless Carol
Monday, 15 December 2008, 1:37 pm | Court Theatre
The Court Jesters are putting on a show that will make you laugh like the Dickens in the third popular holiday season of A VERY MERRY SCRIPTLESS, at The Forge at The Court Theatre from November 28 – December 20. More >>
Christchurch’s newest comedic talents do battle
Tuesday, 25 November 2008, 5:26 pm | Court Theatre
St Thomas of Canterbury have won the title of “Christchurch’s fastest and funniest” in the Theatresports in Schools Junior Finals, held last Sunday at the Court Theatre. The winning team beat fifteen other high school teams, proving their worth in the ... More >>
La Cage Aux Folles
Monday, 10 November 2008, 3:38 pm | Court Theatre
The epitome of extravagant showtime, The Press Summer Season of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES loudly and proudly explodes onto The Court Theatre’s stage on November 22. This multiple award-winning show, with its combination of farce and fabulous production ... More >>
The Court Theatre will be holding open auditions
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 3:24 pm | Court Theatre
The Court Theatre is Christchurch's only, and one of New Zealand's foremost, professional theatre companies offering entertainment of the highest quality. More >>
Beauty and the Beast at The Court Theatre
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 11:07 am | Court Theatre
Beauty is more than skin deep in a family favourite making a magical appearance these school holidays in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, at The Court Theatre from September 29 – October 11. More >>
BLACKBIRD a harrowing drama
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 4:55 pm | Court Theatre
BLACKBIRD is as confrontational a play as they come; from the gripping opening exchange of words to the ambiguous ending that leaves audiences reeling, this is an incendiary piece of drama that asks serious questions about love and morality. More >>
Christchurch’s fastest and funniest do battle
Monday, 15 September 2008, 1:15 pm | Court Theatre
Four local high schools battle it out for the title of “Christchurch’s fastest and funniest” in the Theatresports in Schools Senior Finals this Sunday at The Court Theatre. More >>
Baghdad, Baby!
Monday, 28 July 2008, 12:15 am | Court Theatre
The Middle East gets a taste of Kiwi in a biting comedy about politics, freedom, love, sex and other things that Lonely Planet doesn’t recommend. Welcome to BAGHDAD, BABY! at The Forge from August 15 – September 13. More >>
Court Theatre welcomes Heroes to Stage
Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 1:17 pm | Court Theatre
The Court Theatre brings HEROES, Tom Stoppard’s moving international hit to Christchurch from August 2 -30. More >>
Feel like taking a road trip?
Monday, 30 June 2008, 3:50 pm | Court Theatre
Four guys are heading up to THE CAPE, Cape Reinga. They’ve got the car. It’s Arthur’s, a pretty crappy blue Daihatsu, but he’s got plenty of drugs to help with the trip. Eb will be bouncing off the walls. He gets pretty wired, he’s really ... More >>
Top Class Theatre at The Court
Wednesday, 7 May 2008, 11:34 am | Court Theatre
It is a rare thing for a play to offer something for everyone, but THE HISTORY BOYS, playing at The Court Theatre from May 24 – June 21, does just that. This modern classic is a combination of comedy and tragedy, politics and philosophy within an ... More >>
Court Jesters Give Movies the Flick
Friday, 2 May 2008, 10:27 am | Court Theatre
The Court Jesters are taking audiences to the movies in SCRIPTLESS UNCUT, a show that mixes the comedic genius of improvised comedy with the magic of movies. More >>
Skin Tight opens @ The Forge April 3
Monday, 31 March 2008, 10:14 am | Court Theatre
Skin Tight by Gary Henderson directed by Ross Gumbley starring Matt Hudson & Sia Trokenheim More >>
Letter to Blanchy : Stir Crazy
Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 12:27 am | Court Theatre
David McPhail and Jon Gadsby – two names synonymous with New Zealand comedy - adapt their award-winning television show Letter to Blanchy for The Court Theatre in the world première of their stage play LETTER TO BLANCHY: STIR CRAZY. More >>
Under Milk Wood
Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 10:53 am | Court Theatre
It is commonly reported that Dylan Thomas wrote his final play UNDER MILK WOOD as a response to the Hiroshima bombings “to reassert the evidence of beauty in the world”. Over fifty years after it was first read in New York in 1953 –six months ... More >>
Manic Mash-up of Theatre and Film in Pulp William
Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 10:52 am | Court Theatre
The Court Jesters take William Shakespeare and Quentin Tarantino, mix them with the insanity of Scared Scriptless and create an improvised show of epic proportions in the first Forge show of 2008 – PULP WILLIAM. More >>
