Victoria University of Wellington and Theatre
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"It's symbiotic"—the journey between the pool and the lecture theatre
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Kokoro Frost was named Pasifika Sportsperson of the Year and also received the Sporting and Academic Excellence Award in this year’s University Blues Awards, and says support from his family, as well as his university “village” is key to his achievements.
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Modern Commedia play and feature film script win University scriptwriting prizes
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A full-length theatre play giving traditional Commedia dell’Arte a modern spin has been awarded the 2022 David Carson-Parker Embassy Prize in Scriptwriting at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML).
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Founding theatre professor dies at 80
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Professor Phillip (Phil) Mann, who was the founding drama lecturer within Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, died on 1 September.
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Film shines a light on the sorrows of the past
- Victoria University of Wellington
- A showing of Raids, a short film about the impact of the 1974–6 Dawn Raids on Pasifika peoples in Aotearoa, was held at the Memorial Theatre, Student Union Building at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s Kelburn campus on Tuesday 19 July.
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Kelburn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Bringing the Cook Islands to the stage
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Growing up in the Cook Islands, Master of Fine Arts (Creative Practice) (MFA(CP)) in Theatre student Poe Tiare Ruhe-Tararo says she didn’t have much experience with theatre.
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Inspired by art
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Izzie Lao has always been inspired by art. A Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Theatre alum, Izzie now works as a lighting designer and actor in New Zealand, pursuing their creative passions in Wellington’s theatre scene.
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Three Sisters in the bubble
- Victoria University of Wellington
- One moment, they were rehearsing Anton Chekhov’s seminal Three Sisters for the first time, the next moment New Zealand went into lockdown and the world was spun on its head for Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington THEA301 students, who had been readying themselves for a choreographed production of Russian theatre.
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Literacy in lockdown
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Doug Van Belle from the University’s School of English, Film, Theatre, Media Studies, and Art History spent his lockdown helping create a read-a-long novel, helping kids across the world keep up with their reading skills during the pandemic.
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