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

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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

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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

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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...

Minskie and Ron explore the Gap: The Seemingly Impossible

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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

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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

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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...