Downstage Theatre newsitems

• • Seasons will play at downstage

    • 19 Sep 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • National Theatre for Children still to perform Seasons in the Hannah Playhouse this October despite Downstage closure  announcement. Following the announcement that the Downstage Theatre Trust is winding up, Capital E National Theatre for Children announced today that family favourite Seasons will still be presented in the Hannah Playhouse, the home to Downstage Theatre for the [...]
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• • Downstage Theatre to close

    • 17 Sep 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • The Board of Downstage Theatre today announced its decision to close the company. The decision comes following the announcement by Creative New Zealand not to fund Downstage in 2014. Downstage Theatre Trust chair, Allan Freeth, said today that the Board had not taken the decision lightly. “Downstage has a fifty year history of bringing outstanding [...]
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• • Dave Smart Talks News

    • 9 Sep 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • Dave Smart, one half of the ever popular dream team on Classic Hits Morning Breakfast, will delve behind the scenes of the smash hit comedy Live At Six, tomorrow night, currently playing at Downstage as part of its national tour. Familiar first hand with the power of the media, Dave will engage with the cast [...]
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• • Who is the real jane kenyon?

    • 5 Sep 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • Wellington-based actor, Jessica Robinson has been playing the role of Jane Kenyon in Live At Six, on and off since the original production premiered at BATS in 2009, and 2013 is no exception, with her face plastered on billboards up and down the country as Show Pony and the cast and crew of Live At Six roll [...]
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    Downstage Theatre, Cambridge Terrace, Mt. Victoria, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand
  
  

• • Show us your newsreader pose!

    • 5 Sep 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • This week, Live At Six hits Downstage as part of their National tour, and we’re giving you the chance to win FREE tickets every day, by posting your very best ‘Newsreader’ pose on our social media. Give Jane Kenyon a run for her money, by snapping a pic of yourself beside a Live At Six [...]
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    Downstage Theatre, Cambridge Terrace, Mt. Victoria, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand
  
  

• • Dancers on Ice

    • 29 Aug 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • Audiences at this Saturday’s performance of MASS are in for a special treat following the 8pm show. Led by Dancenorth’s Artistic Director Raewyn Hill, and hosted by her long time colleague  Taane Mete of Okareka Dance Company, this fearless company will take the stage for a special Meet the Artists talk,         [...]
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• • Spotlight on Martyn Wood

    • 26 Aug 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • Martyn Wood is a familiar face on the Wellington Arts scene.  The former BATS Programme Manager makes a welcome return to the capital as a new cast member in this fresh iteration of the black comedy Live At Six, a scandal about media manipulation, directed by Tim Spite. Martyn takes on the role of  ’Derek Fontaine’, a [...]
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    Downstage Theatre, Cambridge Terrace, Mt. Victoria, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand
  
  

• • WIN: Experience the high-life with Live at Six

    • 19 Aug 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • Be treated like the next big thing with Live at Six! Watch out Alison Mau! You and a friend could be chauffeured through Wellington via limousine for an hour-long rendezvous courtesy of The Limo Club.
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• • Goldwater’s Best

    • 15 Aug 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    •       One of our generous Downstage Backers has donated twenty years of Goldwater wines from their personal cellar collection, for a retrospective wine-tasting as a fundraiser for Back Downstage.
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• • Spotlight on Mike Edward

    • 11 Aug 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • A well known face of both stage and screen, Mike Edward is an impressive circus performer and tutor, as well as being a key creative force behind the sexy cabaret, Love and Money.
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    Downstage Theatre, Cambridge Terrace, Mt. Victoria, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand
  
  

• • Tanemahuta Gray Meets Our Artists

    • 6 Aug 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • Tanemahuta Gray, the creative force behind Maui – One Man against the Gods, is also a choreographer, producer, and theatre director.
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• • Downstage Meetup Group is born!

    • 26 Jul 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • Actress, Writer and Downstage staff member Deborah Rea is the lone theatre fan in her group of friends….
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• • Downstage at the Wellington Women’s Lifestyle Expo

    • 26 Jul 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • Downstage is excited about being featured in this year’s Wellington Women’s Lifestyle Expo at the TSB Bank arena.
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• • Spotlight on Eve Gordon

    • 18 Jul 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • Eve Gordon and partner Mike Edward have become familiar faces nationwide, not only for their burgeoning screen acting careers, but also for their astounding physical prowess as leading practitioners of Cirque performance in New Zealand.
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• • The Sleeping Plot triumphant

    • 17 Jul 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • “The Sleeping Plot” by Traces of Nut – Crime Movie from 48HOURS on Vimeo.
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• • Win an indulgent prize pack!

    • 16 Jul 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • In Love & Money, Mike Edward (Shortland Street) and real-life partner Eve Gordon (Almighty Johnsons) balance risqué honesty with divine sensuality in a world first of cirque performance.
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• • Raewyn Returns Home

    • 11 Jul 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • New Zealand’s foremost contemporary dancer and choreographer is returning to Wellington.
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    Downstage Theatre, Cambridge Terrace, Mt. Victoria, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand
  
  

• • K Road street dance opens

    • 10 Jul 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • K Road street dance opens TOM CARDY- THE DOMINION POST Along with Queen St and Ponsonby Rd, Karangahape Rd is one of the few stretches of Auckland that non-Aucklanders have explored or heard of.
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• • Malia Johnston Takes On The Strip

    • 8 Jul 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • The final stop on what audiences are describing as an epic nationwide ‘Matariki Under the Stars’ tour of K Road Strip culminates in a season at Downstage this week.
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    Downstage Theatre, Cambridge Terrace, Mt. Victoria, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand
  
  

• • Sydney Bridge Upside Down-Only Two Nights Left!

    • 5 Jul 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • Play a rare beast, joy to watch MICHAELA MANLEY THEATRE REVIEW: Sydney Bridge Upside Down, Downstage, Wellington, until July 6.
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• • 50th Anniversary Call for Proposals

    • 5 Jul 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • Downstage is turning 50!  We want to celebrate the future.
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• • What does Māori theatre mean to you?

    • 2 Jul 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • “As the tūakana of Māori theatre Taki Rua enjoys a position of acceptance within the wider New Zealand demographic and with that, a responsibility to the Māori community upon which it was built… [this] inevitably brings us to the elephant in the room of what is Māori theatre?” - Maraea Rakuraku (Read the full review here) At the panel discussion held at Downstage on Wed 26 June, Taki Rua Artistic Director James Ashcroft, along with the cast of Sydney Bridge Upside Down discussed with authors Kate de Goldi and Hamish Clayton what Māori Theatre means to him. There will be another panel discussion after the Fri 5 July performance of Sydney Bridge at 9:30pm. What does Māori theatre mean to you? What does New Zealand theatre mean to you? This is a topic which warrants thoughtful discussion in all situations, not just our panel discussion. What is the future of theatre? What responsibilities does it have to its past? What do you hope for its future?   Share your thoughts with us, on Facebook, at our Twitter, or by emailing theatre@downstage.co.nz
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• • Win a night at the Museum Art Hotel and an indulgent prize pack!

    • 27 Jun 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • In Love & Money, Mike Edward (Shortland Street) and real-life partner Eve Gordon (Almighty Johnsons) balance risqué honesty with divine sensuality in a world first of cirque performance.
    • Accepted from Downstage news 136 months ago
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    Downstage Theatre, Cambridge Terrace, Mt. Victoria, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand
  
  

• • Only a handful of tickets left for the Downstage ghost hunt

    • 27 Jun 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • Do you believe in ghosts? Have you ever experienced the ghostly presence that is rumoured to reside in the theatre? Dust off of your ghost busting gear and join us with psychic medium Kathy McBride as we attempt to make contact with the supernatural! Rumour has it that during the building’s original construction, in 1973, an accident occurred which took the life of the site’s workers.
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• • You’re invited!

    • 26 Jun 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • Downstage invites you to The Half Bar this Friday, 28th June for a post-show party! Have a well-earned drink with us to celebrate the end of the work week and dance away any post-storm glums.
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• • Spotlight on Taane Mete

    • 19 Jun 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • The Okareka Dance Company have officially kicked off their 2013 Matariki Tour Under the Stars of their new work K Rd Strip, and the buzz is that it is “triumphant“, “magnificent“, “hilarious… entertaining and spiritually profound“.
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    Downstage Theatre, Cambridge Terrace, Mt. Victoria, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand
  
  

• • Introducing our new Chair : Dr. Allan Freeth

    • 13 Jun 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • Downstage Theatre Trust is pleased to welcome Dr.
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• • Treat Yourself with the Ultimate Cabaret Experience

    • 11 Jun 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • Award winning Auckland Aerial Acrobat & Burlesque company, The Dust Palace hit Downstage this August with their upcoming cirque theatre show, Love and Money.
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• • Binge Culture’s Ralph Upton on This Rugged Beauty

    • 10 Jun 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • A young couple return to a desolate  beach to confront a terrible secret.
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    Downstage Theatre, Cambridge Terrace, Mt. Victoria, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand
  
  

• • Sheilah Winn Festival Takes Over Downstage

    • 4 Jun 2013
    • Downstage Theatre
    • Every year, high school students from all over the country travel to Wellington to compete in the annual Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ (SGCNZ), University of Otago, Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival.
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    Downstage Theatre, Cambridge Terrace, Mt. Victoria, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand
  
  
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