Summer 2011-2012

Coming to a screen near you: Netherwood is on the road

Owen Black and Will Hall are personally touring their acclaimed Kiwi style 'Rural Western Thriller'. "Come see the film and have a drink with us" they say. The roadshow runs from 28 January to 26 February. Book online at the official website

 The Hobbit Production Video 5 AND the first offical trailer Now Playing

Learning and training opportunities

Peter Feeney has advised places are still available for Term 1 Workshops starting 19 February (Script Interpretation and Camera Clinic)

Vicky Yiannoutsos has announced her Term 1 Film Acting Classes, starting 16th February. Contact email: vicky.y@xtra.co.nz

Actor Studio Elena Stejko provides both Audition Technique workshops and a Five Weeks Intensive Acting Course.

The Performing Arts School of New Zealand's offers a great variety of courses.

The Actors' Program has kicked off for 2012.

South Seas Film & Television School offers both a short course and a diploma course in On  Screen Acting

Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School is a three-year degree course. (Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting)

Presenters Platform provides TV Presentation and Media Training

“There's this old thing called ‘star quality' and Jackie Clarke has it. She has lots of it. She has so much of it, in fact, that she freely shares it with anyone and everyone who takes the stage with her.”
Anything Goes, Auckland Musical Theatre. Lexie Matheson, 30 Sep 2011 theatrereview.org

A great production, and a terrific experience for Melinda Joe, who strutted her stuff in the chorus. There’s a good clip here

Our Voices 
are being heard

The Robert Bruce roster of voice actors and voice-over artists is attracting more attention every month. Check them out if you haven’t already

2011 - quite a year

On the musical stage - Jackie Clarke in Anything Goes, Delia Hannah winning praise for The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber; Underbelly NZ was a real showcase for our local talent, including Aaron Ward, Owen Black, Ray Bishop, Mark Warren, Gabriel Henry, Chris Easley, Dawn Adams, Ranald Hendriks, Geoff Snell and Joel Tobeck. The unstoppable Ian Mune not only published and performed, but produced - Billy T - Te Movie.  Russian Snark snuck out of the Film Festival and on to an international profile, and Elena Stejko found herself in growing demand, both as actor and teacher. Young George Beca already has more on his reel than most adults - not including George Henare, most recently the voice of TSB Bank.

... and of course - there are  the Dwarves

George Beca - another junior star

Taungaroa Emile starred  in Brown Bruthaz

2012 - already
looking good

The Maori Troilus and Cressida is just one example. It will lead off the World Shakespeare Festival at the Globe theatre in London where all 38 of Shakespeare’s plays will be performed, each in a different language. This unique event is part of London’s Olympic celebrations. One of the proudest members of the troupe is Juanita Hepi

The Māori Troilus and Cressida is at Te Papa Amphitheatre on 9 & 10 March for the 2012 New Zealand International Arts Festival, Wellington, 24 February – 18 March. FREE.