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Stagecraft Theatre Presents Abandonment, By Kate Atkinson
Thursday, 17 August 2023, 6:37 pm | Stagecraft
Stagecraft Theatre’s upcoming production of Abandonment , by Kate Atkinson, is a tale of love and death, family dynamics, and the legacies we leave. Set across two time periods, the echoes between past and present remind us that perhaps the ... More >>
Stagecraft Theatre Presents Bare – a Pop Opera
Thursday, 15 August 2019, 2:40 pm | Stagecraft
Stagecraft Theatre presents provocative musical, Bare – A Pop Opera , written by Jon Hartmere and Damon Intrabartolo, from 28 August to 7 September. With topical themes, a rich vibrant score that draws on many styles of contemporary music, and ... More >>
A Farce to be Reckoned With
Monday, 10 June 2019, 8:18 pm | Stagecraft
Stagecraft Theatre is very excited to bring its production of Philip King’s classic British farce See How They Run to the stage of the Gryphon Theatre in Wellington from the 26th June to the 6th of July. More >>
Stagecraft presents "Yes Prime Minister" this August
Thursday, 2 August 2018, 9:46 am | Stagecraft
Stagecraft is delighted to bring its production of the hit comedy "Yes Prime Minister" to the stage, as part of its 60th Anniversary Season, at the Gryphon Theatre from the 29th of August to the 8th of September. More >>
Making a scene for 60 years
Monday, 14 May 2018, 10:18 am | Stagecraft
Members of Stagecraft Theatre will be making a bit of a scene this Queen’s Birthday Weekend, when they gather at the Gryphon to celebrate their diamond anniversary. More >>
The Brontë sisters’ legacy still packs a feminist punch
Friday, 27 April 2018, 4:03 pm | Stagecraft
Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë were pioneers in both literature and women’s rights, and Stagecraft Theatre is exploring this with their next play, Brontë by Polly Teale. More >>
Earnest gets a glamorous 1920’s makeover
Monday, 19 February 2018, 9:56 am | Stagecraft
The well-loved Oscar Wilde classic comedy “The Importance of Being Earnest” gets a 1920’s makeover in Stagecraft’s upcoming production, opening 28 February. Wilde originally wrote this play to mock the late-Victorian morals and the hypocrisy he ... More >>
Break a Leg! Stagecraft Sheds Spotlight on Prosthetics
Wednesday, 18 October 2017, 10:44 am | Stagecraft
Stagecraft’s season of the New Zealand premiere of “Mr Foote’s Other Leg” by Ian Kelly is knee-deep in humour, as it tells the scandalous but true tale of Samuel Foote, the most famous one-legged comedian you have never heard of. Set in ... More >>
Stagecraft Premieres Locally Written Musical 'Wonderland'
Wednesday, 16 August 2017, 9:08 am | Stagecraft
Stagecraft is inviting audiences to the freak show, with the premiere of a locally written musical, Wonderland , opening 30 August at the Gryphon Theatre. But it’s writer Bruno Marshall Shirley who’s been left feeling the freak after taking on ... More >>
Daughters of Heaven at the Gryphon Theatre
Friday, 5 May 2017, 9:39 am | Stagecraft
Strong women and weak men create the drama in Stagecraft’s latest production at the Gryphon Theatre, Daughters of Heaven , which is based on the notorious 1950s Parker-Hulme murder committed by two teenage girls in Christchurch. More >>
Get Merry at the Gryphon
Tuesday, 7 March 2017, 10:15 am | Stagecraft
With a bit of gathering here and some boning there, renowned costumier James Kelly is breathing life into the costumes worn by the title characters in Shakespeare’s comedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor. More >>
Actresses plumb new depths in theatre
Tuesday, 30 August 2016, 10:05 am | Stagecraft
Two Wellington-based Americans are plumbing new depths for Stagecraft’s September production of Urinetown: The Musical at the Gryphon Theatre in Wellington. More >>
The History Boys onstage at the Gryphon Theatre
Thursday, 16 June 2016, 10:21 am | Stagecraft
Stagecraft Theatre is taking audiences back to school with their production of the Alan Bennett classic, The History Boys , on at the Gryphon Theatre from 29 – 9 July. More >>
Appendages and biographies: The story of Kafka’s Dick
Wednesday, 2 March 2016, 10:26 am | Stagecraft
Appendages and biographies: The story of Kafka’s Dick Stagecraft Theatre is flirting with comedy this March and staging Kafka’s Dick, a play by the master of black comedy, Alan Bennett. Six actors will whip out their comedic skills at the Gryphon ... More >>
Stripped back Crucible gets audience close and personal
Tuesday, 20 October 2015, 9:15 am | Stagecraft
A stripped back Stagecraft production of the classic Arthur Miller play, The Crucible , opens at the Gryphon Theatre, just in time for Halloween. More >>
The 39 Steps returns
Saturday, 13 June 2015, 11:35 am | Stagecraft
Stagecraft is bringing back the smash hit comedy, The 39 Steps , after sell-out Wellington seasons in 2009 and 2010. More >>
Shakespeare on skis
Wednesday, 29 April 2015, 9:12 am | Stagecraft
The glitz and glamour of a 1960s ski resort is brought to life in Stagecraft’s production of Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado about Nothing, opening 6 May. More >>
Ben Elton’s Gasping launches Stagecraft 2015 season
Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 11:17 am | Stagecraft
Stagecraft is launching its 2015 season with the hilarious Ben Elton comedy ‘Gasping’, directed by Andrew Cross. More >>
Shakespeare, Steampunk style
Monday, 10 November 2014, 3:02 pm | Stagecraft
Stagecraft Theatre will be presenting Shakespeare's play, The Tempest, with a Steampunk-styled twist from 19 November, at the Gryphon Theatre, in Ghuznee Street – just in time to co-incide with the Aethercon 2014 Steampunk Convention. More >>
Shakespeare Goes Down To The Farm
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 9:56 am | Stagecraft
William Shakespeare’s musical comedy, As You Like It , gets a real Kiwiana twist in Stagecraft’s final production for 2012. More >>
