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Circa Theatre signs Memorandum Of Understanding with Te Papa

12 May 2017
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11 May 2017 Circa Theatre will today sign an agreement with Te Papa Chief Executive Rick Ellis that will see Circa Theatre join forces with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa to foster and develop a closer working relationship between the two iconic organisations. The...

What to do this School Holidays?

04 Jul 2016
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School holidays Top 5 things to do! The school holidays are fast approaching with the rain and windy winter weather. As we all know summer months are excellent for children to be home when there is so much to do. Parks, picnic, beaches, pools, camping, tramping or just letting...

2016 Programme Announced

22 Dec 2015
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2016 is a special year for us, as Circa Theatre celebrates 40 years as a champion of New Zealand Theatre.  We are relishing the chance to acknowledge the theatre makers, playwrights, directors and actors that have made our first 40 years such a joy. The beginning of our year will...

Happy Holidays from Circa Theatre!

15 Dec 2014
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Circa Theatre would like to wish a very Happy Holidays and all the best in the New Year to all of our patrons, sponsors, artists, donors and stakeholders who have supported us throughout the year!   Red Riding Hood and Dead Tragic run until 21 December – performances...

2014 at Circa Theatre!

24 Nov 2014
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We are nearing the end of the year and are just about to launch our programme for 2015 (on 7 December at the Thorndon Fair), so we thought it was time to take a look back at all of the fantastic shows that have graced our stages throughout 2014. It’s been a great year! As...

2013 at Circa Theatre

20 Dec 2013
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2013 at Circa Theatre It’s that merry time of year again when we all look forward to some time off to enjoy the holidays with family and friends. But before we say goodbye to 2013, we thought we’d take a look at the last year of theatre at Circa. And what a year it...

Circa’s Programming Process

02 Sep 2013
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Ever wanted to know how Circa chooses the plays it produces? The Circa Council is hard at work on the programme for 2014, so it seemed a good opportunity to explain to drama on the waterfront how the programming process works at Circa. Circa’s programme is the life-blood of our...

Top 10 Reasons to See Mike and Virginia

09 Apr 2013
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The 10 Reasons why YOU should tell all your friends to come to Mike and Virginia at Circa 2 Before the 20th April. (According to actors Will (Mike) & Gentiane (Virginia) . . .) 1.Because if you come after the 20th April the actors will have packed up and left. Will Hall...

Tribes

01 Apr 2013
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Tribes   In this 2010 article by Tribes playwright Nina Raine, she explains about her inspiration for the play.   I first had the idea of writing Tribes when I watched a documentary about a deaf couple. The woman was pregnant. They wanted their baby to be deaf. I was...

Circa Six Pack and Circa Friends

25 Mar 2013
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NEW FOR 2013!! Get total access to Circa Theatre with the Circa Six Pack! See more theatre, on your own terms, for less. The Circa Six Pack is six tickets (for the price of five!) and can be redeemed however you choose – use it for one ticket each to six different shows....

Mike and Virginia

18 Mar 2013
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Mike and Virginia co-playwright Nick Ward talks to drama on the waterfront about preparing the runway for ideas and the experience of writing with Kathryn Burnett. “Where do you get your ideas from?” That is the question that every writer dreads. Well, this writer dreads it...

Talking of Katherine Mansfield: ‘I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.’

11 Mar 2013
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Catherine Downes shares her favourite Katherine Mansfield quotes, which collectively form the reason she created Talking of Katherine Mansfield ‘To acknowledge the presence of fear is to give birth to failure.’ ‘Here then, is a little summary of what I need....

About Grandparenting….You can always hand them back

05 Mar 2013
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  Director Jane Waddell: I am not a grandmother myself but just after I started work on You Can Always Hand Them Back I received news that my friends and colleagues Carolyn and Ray Henwood had become grandparents. Carolyn and Ray were instrumental in the founding of Circa...

Catherine and Katherine

25 Feb 2013
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Performer Catherine Downes tells drama on the waterfront about her interest in Katherine Mansfield and why she has devoted a second solo show to one of New Zealand’s most prolific short story writers.   “The interest goes back to playing Katherine in Bri...

Roger Hall and Peter Skellern always hand them back

18 Feb 2013
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You Can Always Hand Them Back playwright Roger Hall talks about his collaboration with Peter Skellern on their new musical about grandparents. Peter Skellern and his wife Diana come out each summer to see their son and grandchildren who live in Devonport. Mutual friends suggested...

Minskie and Ron explore the Gap: The Seemingly Impossible

11 Feb 2013
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  By Gina Vanessi Less than a week to go now!! In the spirit of Minksie and Ron explore the Gap –  A list of things which are seemingly impossible: *Licking your elbow. *Licking someone’s soul *Licking your own liver (unless you’ve just had a transplant, but th...

Ginette McDonald and the thrill of theatre

04 Feb 2013
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In this week’s post, Kings of the Gym cast member Ginette McDonald talks about the siren call of theatre. Q: What made you decide that ‘life upon the wicked stage’ was for you? A: The theatre has a siren call for some of us. Every year of my childhood we...

Minksie and Ron explore the Gap

29 Jan 2013
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It’s surreal, it’s a little bit absurd. It’s blasphemous and heretical at times. Ron and Minksie playfully argue how the stuff of stuff-ness works. Sometimes they watch the window. There are people in the window; a prostitute, a jar collector, a child, an athlete. There’s a man...

Encore Restaurant: Summer Goodness

22 Jan 2013
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Summer is here at last and we are making good use of it on our summer menu.  Stone fruits are a feature with our slow cooked chicken, apricot and basil with flambéed apricots and pea pilaf. Roasted plum make for a sweet and tart accompaniment for the goats cheese and eggplant...

The Road to “Kings of the Gym”

14 Jan 2013
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Playwright Dave Armstrong talks about the origins of his new play, set in a school gymnasium, Kings of the Gym. The initial idea for Kings of the Gym probably occurred in the mid-1970s in the gymnasium of my local secondary school. I remember back then that most gymnasiums in...
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