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A Slightly Isolated Dog
Ali-Cat Productions Ltd
Armstrong Creative
www.facebook.com/
aslightlyisolateddog/
www.aliharper.com
www.armstrongcreative.co.nz
Ali Harper – Performer/Producer
+64 27 232 4880
[email protected]
Caroline Armstrong – Producer
+64 21 486681
[email protected]
Iain Cave – Managing Director
+64 027 207 7105
[email protected]
Caroline has been a theatre publicist and
producer for 25 years, including 2 stints as
Marketing Manager at Downstage Theatre.
Ali-Cat Productions is an entertainment company
that produces, creates and tours shows with New
Zealand actress and singer Ali Harper. Past tours
have included ‘Bombshells’ by Joanna MurraySmith around New Zealand (2007,2008 and 2013)
and to New York’s United Solo Festival (2014),
‘An Evening with Ali Harper,’ ‘Down Under Diva’
in New York (2013,2014) ‘Tell Me on a Sunday’
by Andrew Lloyd Webber (1999) as well as Ali’s
more recent show ‘Legendary Divas’(2015). Her
long awaited show ‘A Doris Day Special’ makes
it’s debut in April 2016 at The Court Theatre in
Christchurch. Ali-Cat Productions is owned and
run by Ali Harper and Iain Cave.
She has produced a variety of works including a
car ballet in Civic Square, The Anthony Wilding
Story, performed on tennis courts, and more
conventional theatre like The Naked Samoans,
for which she was producer for 6 years, including
touring New Zealand a number of times, and a
season at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Leo Peters – Director
+64 2 182 1140
[email protected]
Angela Green – Producer
+64 21 793 355
[email protected]
A Slightly Isolated Dog Ltd. is an award-winning,
Wellington Performance Company. We have
created new devised theatre since 2005. We
are committed to developing sophisticated (and
funny), high-quality performance that reimagines
the theatre to build new relationships with new
audiences. We are committed to developing
ourselves and the art form in order to build a
vibrant and relevant theatre for the community.
Over the years our works have included:
Settling @ BATS Theatre (07)
Death and the Dreamlife of Elephants @ BATS
Theatre (09) & Downstage (11)
Perfectly Wasted w/ Long Cloud Youth Theatre (13)
Don Juan @ Circa (15)
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Caroline has a vast practical knowledge of touring
and her most recent productions include Le Sud,
where we once belonged, Roger Hall’s Câmon
Black, Rita and Douglas, Anzac Eve and Central.
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Atamira Dance Company
Auckland Theatre Company
Barbarian Productions
www.armstrongcreative.co.nz
www.atc.co.nz
Zoe Williams – Producer
+64 21 256 2527
[email protected]
Lynne Cardy – Associate Director
+64 21 445 935
[email protected]
www.barbarian.co.nz/grand-opening
www.singtomyface.com
Stephen Bain – Project Coordinator
+64 21 191 1120
[email protected]
Established in 1992, Auckland Theatre Company
presents a main bill season of seven to eight plays
to over 70,000 people from throughout Auckland
and the Upper North Island each year. By the
end of 2015, Auckland Theatre Company has
presented 156 professional productions.
Atamira Dance Company is the leading creator
and presenter of Maori contemporary dance
theatre in Aotearoa, New Zealand. The work
embodies a unique landscape shaped by the
cultural identity of people and their stories.
Atamira’s choreographers, dancers and designers
are a reflection of the diverse cross-section of
voices in Aotearoa today. The company creates
compelling, high-quality Maori contemporary
dance theatre that reaches out to audiences and
reflects the many aspirations of Aotearoa’s Mana
Whenua.
Joanna Randerson – Artistic Director
+64 22 380 0793
[email protected]
Gina Moss – Producer
+64 22 678 0651
[email protected]
Barbarian Productions is a Wellington-based
theatre company with a 12-year history of making
innovative, original, high-quality theatre.
We write, perform and make media that is fierce,
funny and counter-cultural. We make work
inside and outside of theatres, with groups and
individuals, amateurs and professionals. We strive
for a new economics in performance that allows a
broader audience to participate in our work.
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Binge Culture
Blackbird Ensemble
Borderline Arts Limited
www.bingeculture.co.nz/whales.html
https://blackbirdensemble.
wordpress.com
www.borderlinearts.com
Ralph Upton – Producer/ Director
+64 27 349 2546
[email protected]
Fiona McNamara – Producer/ Director
+64 27 631 0742
[email protected]
Binge Culture is a multi-award winning
performance collective, based in Wellington New
Zealand.
Binge Culture builds performance experiences for
modern media consumers. We reach beyond the
established languages of performance to involve
and empower the audience, examining and
pointing a finger at the absurdities of our society
in order to re-engage the audience with the world.
Claire Cowan – Director
+64 21 519 666
[email protected]
Serene Lorimer – Producer
+64 21 519 666
[email protected]
The Blackbird Ensemble’s aim is to produce musical
experiences that are holistic in their approach. Not
only are the audience given the chance to hear music
rarely performed and of exquisite beauty and energy,
it is also presented in such a way that extra musical
elements are integrated to enhance and strengthen
the ideas behind the music. Ranging in size from 5-25
players, the orchestra is made from highly talented
classical, jazz and electronic musicians. It’s latest
production in development “The Afterlife” features
ten musicians playing characters who use physical
theatre and classical music to explore themes of
what lies beyond this world and the next.
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Lucy-Margaux Marinkovich – Artistic Director
+ 64 27 422 6364
[email protected]
The Borderline Arts Ensemble is a project-based
performing arts collective from Wellington, NZ.
Established in 2015 by dancer and choreographer
Lucy Marinkovich to facilitate her choreographic
work, the groups primary medium is contemporary
dance performance. Regular collaborators include
musician and composer Lucien Johnson, and
filmmaker Jeremy Brick.
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Canadian Stage
www.canadianstage.com
Sherrie Johnson – Producer
[email protected]
Canadian Stage is one of the country’s leading
not-for-profit contemporary theatre companies.
Under the direction of Artistic & General Director
Matthew Jocelyn and Managing Director Su
Hutchinson, the company produces and presents
theatre with a focus on emerging performance
styles that integrate theatre with other artistic
media such as dance, film, visual arts and more.
Sharing innovative and vibrant performance work
from Canada and around the world, we stage an
annual season at three Toronto venues (The Bluma
Appel Theatre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts;
The Berkeley Street Theatre; and the High Park
Amphitheatre), in addition to running a series of
artist training, education and community outreach
initiatives.
Capital E National Theatre
for Children
www.capitale.org.nz/portfolio-posts/
an-awfully-big-adventure/
Stuart Grant – Director
+64 4 913 3734
[email protected]
Marianne Taylor – Creative Producer
+64 4 913 3729
[email protected]
Sonia Hardie – Production Manager
+64 4 913 3726
[email protected]
Capital E ignites the creative spark in young
people, through digital workshops, live
performance and events. We are a not-for-profit
organisation based in Te Whanganui a Tara,
Wellington providing quality experiences to
schools and public.
Our live performance comprises of Capital E
National Arts Festival and Capital E National
Theatre for Children. The Capital E National Arts
Festival is a biennial two-week celebration of the
arts, made especially for young people and their
families. Local and international talent join forces to
bring families their fix of theatre, music, dance and
circus. Capital E National Theatre for Children tours
shows all around Aotearoa for schools every year.
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Chocolate Stigmata
www.goodbyemyfeleni.co.nz
David Mamea – Producer
+64 21 668 346
[email protected]
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Company of Giants
www.facebook.com/companyofgiants/
Matt Keene – Producer
+64 021 361123
[email protected]
Ash Holwell – Company of Giants
+64 022 151 7305
[email protected]
Company of Giants is a Whangarei based theatre
collective specializing in new work, space
activation and community focused processes. We
are made up of independent professionals and
emerging young performers. We currently occupy
a central Whangarei Council owned building
where we are creating a vibrant community arts
space which we hope will also attract visiting
performing artists. We are committed to creating
performance work with and for diverse people in
our community and beyond, believing theatre is a
vital part of healthy cities. The company is led by
Laurel Devenie, Ash Holwell and Katy Maudlin.
Deadbeat Records Ltd /
Southbound
www.ebandsparrow.co.nz
Ebony Lamb
+64 27 2424 646
[email protected]
Eb & Sparrow might hail from Wellington city New
Zealand, but their heart and musical home is set
firmly in the country.
With their pastoral, expansive ballads, rollicking
good-time songs, and a few tear inducing torch
burners thrown in for good measure, the five
piece led by Ebony Lamb have been travelling
up and down the country for the past three years.
Slowly making their way to each and every town
that’ll have them, they’ve been winning over New
Zealand audiences not only with their songs, but
also with their cheeky wit, oft hilarious tales, and
dynamite performances.
The hard working band have been gaining a
glowing reputation having opened for a string of
international acts including folk star Beth Orton
(UK), the sugar man himself Rodriguez (USA),
and Pokey LeFarge (USA). Their constant touring
has led them to perform alongside local legends
including The Eastern, Marlon Williams, Delaney
Davidson, and The Warratahs.
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Diva the Agency
www.diva-agency.co.nz
Rodney Fisher – Agent / Producer
+64 21 1309 599
[email protected]
Diva the Agency is an off-shoot of Diva
Productions, established by Arani Cuthbert in
1992 to manage the Topp Twins and produce
their TV shows. It has since evolved into a
diverse production company, producing original
entertainment for stage and screen. The Agency
represents the cream of NZ entertainers, including
Nathan Haines, Jackie Clarke, Tami Neilson,
as well as bespoke ensemble groups such as
the Barefoot Divas with Whirimako Black and
four other indigenous Aust/NZ singers, and the
Jubilation choir.
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Emerging Artists Trust,
Summer Shakespeare Trust
Sally Thorburn – Producer
+64 27 432 8935
[email protected]
Potential greatness needs support - Emerging
Artists Trust assists practitioners in theatre,
film and visual arts who are looking to create
sustainable careers in the arts. EAT runs a
mentoring programme, matching experienced
professionals with upcoming talent on a flexible,
individualised basis. EAT also runs writers groups,
industry events, gives grants annually and is an
advisory service - anything that supports the
realisation and expression of creative talent!
Summer Shakespeare Trust produces large cast
Shakespeare works annually.
Emma Murray
Flaxworks
Emma Murray – Artist
41797694666
[email protected]
www.flaxworks.com
Emma Murray is a dancer/choreographer living
in Bern, Switzerland. She danced as a soloist
with the Royal New Zealand Ballet from the age
of 19 before moving to Europe in 1997. She
then danced with the Konzert Theater Bern for
8 years, leaving in 2008 to establish herself as
a Swiss based choreographer and performer.
As well as performing and producing her own
work she continues to teach, act and assist in
choreographic and theater projects throughout
Switzerland.
She was appointed Associated Artist at the
Dampfzentrale Bern from 2013-2015 where her
work is regularly co-produced. Since 2013, and
in recognition of her emerging presence in both
national and international settings, she has been
the recipient of support from the City of Bern and
ProHelvetia Switzerland, to aid in the distribution
and artistic development of her work.
Murray’s interest in creative practices led to
the launch of WORKING SESSIONS in 2014,
an exchange based research platform which
facilitates the collaboration and curation of artists,
working across disciplines in performance,
choreography, writing and music.
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Alex Ellis – Producer
+64 2 134 5784
[email protected]
Phil Ormsby – Producer
+64 21 552 500
[email protected]
Flaxworks is the creative partnership of Alex
Ellis and Phil Ormsby and is a theatre company
committed to produce an extensive portfolio
of New Zealand theatre. Flaxworks have
successfully produced and toured previous
productions including Biscuit & Coffee, Murder
by Chocolate, Carol & Nev and Drowning in
Veronica Lake throughout New Zealand with
hundreds of performances nationwide as well as
at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival,
Adelaide Fringe Festival, and Gasworks Theatre in
Melbourne to rave reviews and toured New South
Wales and Victoria in Australia in 2015. Flaxworks
most recent production, Wild Bees premiered at
The Basement in Auckland in September 2014
directed by Stuart Devenie. Miss Jean Batten will
be Flaxworks seventh production.
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Footnote New Zealand Dance
Foster Group
Free Theatre Christchurch
www.footnote.org.nz
www.sarahfostersproull.com/#!orchids/
cz7i
www.freetheatre.org.nz
Richard Aindow – General Manager
+64 021 844 210
[email protected]
As New Zealand’s longest-running contemporary
dance company, Footnote has always been about
the future. Moving dance forward: taking artistic
risks while supporting sustainable careers. Each
year we create new work and tour it around New
Zealand and overseas, we visit schools and
galleries, and perform in a wide range of festivals
and events.
Sarah Foster-Sproull – Director Choreographer
+64 21 205 3013
[email protected]
Natalie Clarke – Choreographer, Dancer
& Producer
[email protected]
Foster Group (Auckland, New Zealand) was
founded in 2015 by New Zealand dance
maker Sarah Foster-Sproull to umbrella her
choreographic work. Sarah’s new work Orchids
has been generously funded by Creative New
Zealand and will premiere in late 2016. Natalie is
a 2011 graduate of Unitec Contemporary Dance.
She has collaborated on numerous performances,
including 3 independently-produced
choreographies: How To Make Friends and Still
Appear Normal (5 NZ festivals 2012-13, Best
Dance & Best Newcomer 2013 NZ Fringe); Apt Y
Idos (Q Theatre, 2014); and Presence (Hamilton
Gardens, 2015).
Natalie is currently assisting Sarah Foster produce
‘Orchids’.
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George Parker – Actor/Producer
+64 22 395 4037
[email protected]
Free Theatre Christchurch (est. 1979) is
a professional theatre collective based in
Christchurch, New Zealand. As the country’s
longest running producer of experimental
theatre, the award-winning company pushes the
boundaries of contemporary performance to offer
artists and audiences unique, exhilarating and
unforgettable experiences.
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Freshmans Dance Crew
Grace Taylor - Freelance Artist
Hillary Clinton / Young Lover
www.freshmans.org
Grace Taylor – Artist
+64 21 128 3966
[email protected]
www.hillaryclintonyounglover.org
Hadleigh Pouesi
[email protected]
+64 21 1408 825
Welcome to the Station, a place where all walks
of life come together, though we don't know
where each has come from or where each other
is going for a brief moment we share the same
space. Come along with Freshmans Dance Crew
[1] as they use Hip Hop and urban movement
to tell different stories of what life is like through
various eyes and the conflicts that arise when
multiple sets of eyes share the same space. The
Station is a family friendly show that fuses Hip
Hop movement, Pacific dance, Kapa Haka and
Contemporary dance into one melting pot of
creativity The Station is an hour long show. After
a successful sell out first season we are now into
phase two of the development of this show which
will be taken to a town near you.
Geoff Pinfield – Director
+64 22 160 1632
[email protected]
Arthur Meek – Performer
+64 21 774 291
[email protected]
Geoff creates imaginative theatrical mischief
through energetic collaborations with exciting
artists. Geoff was awarded the Chapman Tripp
Director of the Year in 2013 for The Magic
Chicken, which recently performed at the Sydney
Opera House. Notable work includes Real Fake
White Dirt and The Thing From The Place.
www.arthurmeek.com
Arthur creates delightfully enterprising work for
all kinds of stages, platforms and screens. His
plays include On The Upside Down of the World.
He recently spent 18 months in the USA as the
recipient of the Harriet Friedlander New York
Residency.
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Java Dance Theatre
Last Tapes Theatre Company
Mahuika Theatre
www.javadancecompany.co.nz/
portfolios/dirt-and-other-deliciousingredients
www.lasttapestheatre.co.nz
www.facebook.com/Mahuika-Theatre426111200909158/?fref=ts
Sacha Copland – Artistic Director
+64 27 663 9481
[email protected]
Java Dance Company’s mission is to capture
audiences in NZ and Internationally with
visceral dance theatre that clambers into their
senses. We realise this mission by creating and
presenting original dance theatre works built on
intense physicality, sensory engagement and full
audience immersion.
‘It was contagious’ audience member, Festival of
Colour Wanaka, The Wine Project 2015. Founded
in 2003 by artistic director Sacha Copland, Java
has created 16 new works, performing to over
100,000 people in NZ, Australia and the UK. In
2015 Java will tour The wine Project to Edinburgh
UK and the Dunedin Festival NZ.
Robin Kelly – Producer
+64 21 069 3919
[email protected]
Nicky Vella – Producer
+64 21 926 500
[email protected]
Rebekah Guy – Producer
+64 21 112 5804
[email protected]
Last Tapes Theatre Company are an Aucklandbased emerging production company making a
name for themselves by producing work of standout quality, social import, and supporting and
nurturing new and emerging artists.
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Gracie-Rose Kay – Producer
+64 21 265 6555
[email protected]
Mahuika Theatre is an Up and Coming Theatre
Company, the core of the company being
predominantly female (with the exception of our
artistic director Pedro Ilgenfritz) who have been
developing their current work as a company for
the duration of 2015. Our company currently has
6 unique New Zealand half masks that create
the characters of our Company by our 6 young,
talented female actors. We use the theatrical
techniques of Commedia dell arte, Clowning and
Physical Theatre.
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Massive Company
Momentum Productions
Movement of the Human
www.massivecompany.co.nz
Kayla Paige – Director
+64 27 027 3527
[email protected]
www.movementofthehuman.com
Grant Mouldey – General Manager
+64 21 180 0062
[email protected]
Marion Prebble – Producer
+64 22 155 9027
[email protected]
Founded 24 years ago by Samantha Scott
MNZM, Massive is a contemporary physical
theatre ensemble company that started out as the
Maidment Youth Theatre and was later renamed
Massive Company.
Specialising in creating new theatre for emerging
and professional actors, the work performed by
Massive springboards from real New Zealand
stories and real people, and expresses authentic
emotions.
rs from ages 14 right through to a professional
life. Extensive forums, workshops and feedback
sessions play an integral part in all of the
company’s work. Our ongoing programme
of activities offers development for theatre
practitioners.
Andrew Cesan – Director
+64 21 0244 2889
[email protected]
Momentum Productions is an Auckland based
production company specialising in commercial
dance and the producing and curating of dance
based Theatre shows. Directors Andrew Cesan
and Kayla Paige have recently showcased two
highly anticipated productions at Tempo dance
festival receiving positive reviews for both shows
and also touring to the south island to perform at
the Nelson arts festival with “Out of the box” which
again, received rave reviews. 2016 is set to be an
exciting year for momentum productions with a
“All That” and “Out of the box” showcasing again
at Tempo Dance festival in Auckland as well as
producing works for large scale commercial and
sporting events.
With boundless energy and playfulness the
ensemble’s work evokes the human spirit in its
most present and vulnerable state.
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Malia Johnston - Artistic Director
+64 21 520 170
[email protected]
Movement Of The Human Is a project based
company involving artists Malia Johnston
(choreography & direction), Rowan Pierce (Audio
visual design), Eden Mulholland (musician,
composer), John Verryt (Set Design) and Ian
Hammond (Performance designer and UX design).
Alongside associate artists such as Emma Willis
(theatre and dramaturge), Tui Ranipiri Ransfield
(Tikanga and Te Reo specialist), Movement Of the
human is a diverse collection of artists interested
in performance design and collaboration with a
diverse range of performers, artists and audience.
Movement of The Human creates a range of
collaborative work including large scale outdoor
activations, installations, dance theatre and
movement design, through to intimate performance
work. The artists in Movement Of The Human
have long standing creative relationships and
an extensive historic repertoire. The work they
offer ranges from re-imaginging existing works
for new communities through to creating new
concepts within existing spaces and environments.
Movement Of The Human is able to work at a
development or consulting level right through to
implementation. Basically we are interested in what
is possible on any level when it comes to moving
performers and audiences alike.
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Muscle Mouth
Nairobi Trio
Nothing But Co-operative
www.musclemouth.co.nz/
www.nairobitrio.co.nz
Melanie Hamilton – Producer and Dramaturg
+64 21 711 191
[email protected]
John Quigley – Manager
+64 274 984 658 [email protected]
John Smythe – Producer /Playwright /Actor
+64 4 382 9850 | 027 447 9850
[email protected]
Muscle Mouth is a visual dance theatre company
that delivers performance and installation
works. The company’s Artistic Director, Ross
McCormack, is one of New Zealand’s leading
young performance makers, and known for his
extensive career with Belgium’s Les Ballets C
de la B. Muscle Mouth’s first work AGE was
commissioned by the 2014 New Zealand Festival.
In 2015, the company premiered Triumphs and
Other Alternatives to much acclaim and presented
a series of performance installations at Enjoy
Public Art Gallery. Muscle Mouth will premiere
The Weight of Force at the 2016 Hong Kong Arts
Festival’s Asia Pacific Dance Platform VIII.
Richard Adams – Performer
+64 21 677 887 [email protected]
Since their inception in 1989 the Nairobi Trio have
become New Zealand’s favourite jazz entertainers,
touring regularly throughout the world, appearing
at major festivals in New Zealand, the UK, Europe,
Australia and Asia. Now in their 16th year together,
Nairobi Trio are more passionate about their music
than ever. They have released a total of eight
albums together...
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Nothing But Co-Operative produced John
Smythe’s WHERE THERE’S A WILL, directed by
David Lawrence, at BATS’ Propeller Stage in April
2015. A 75-minute 3-hander. Cast: James (John
Marwick), Barry (John Smythe), Dita (Neenah
Dekkers-Reihana). It is available for Regional Arts
Festivals.
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Notorious Management Ltd
Nuts & Bolts
NZTrio Foundation
www.ncomedy.com
Hayley Sproull – Creator/Performer
+64 27 437 4850
[email protected]
www.nztrio.com
Richard Carrington – Director
+64 021 488 760
[email protected]
Notorious has been managing and producing the
best of New Zealand comedy for ages.
Tim Nuttall – Producer
+64 27 696 9426
[email protected]
Hayley Sproull is a Wellington based actor,
comedian and musician. She is a 2011 graduate of
Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School. Sproull has create
a number of successful comedy works, including
Miss Fletcher Sings the Blues, Outsiders’ Guide
and Tighty Whiteys, Vanilla Miraka, and You Make
Me Feel Like a Natural Woman, earning her an
array of praise and accolades, including Best New
Comer at the NZ International Comedy Festival
2012, Chapman Tripp Theatre Award for Most
Promising Female New Comer in 2013 and The
People’s Choice Award at the NZ Fringe 2014.
Tim has worked in a variety of roles within the Arts
sector across mediums stage, screen and events.
Other work includes, Producer, Production and Tour
Manager of award winning Miss Fletcher Sings
the Blues, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Melbourne
Fringe, NZ South Island Tour and several other
seasons. Producer of The Bakery Theatre Company
(Outsiders Guide, Tighty Whiteys, You Make me
Feel Like a Natural Woman), Producer of award
winning NZ Fringe Show ‘I Could Live Here’.
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Vanessa Zigliani – Manager
+64 21 773 304
[email protected]
NZTrio, New Zealand’s leading piano trio,
comprises three born and bred kiwis,three
Doctorates of Music, 14 years playing together
and one shared vision: to champion NZ music
within a vast and vibrant repertoire, uniting sound
and soul for people around the world.
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Okareka Dance Company
Old Rockers Inc.
Omphalos Co
www.okareka.com
www.sh48.co.nz
www.thequietroomplay.com/
Taane Mete – Artistic Director
+64 21 263 8418
[email protected]
Chris Williams – Writer
+64 27 453 3960
[email protected]
Renee Liang – Writer/Producer
+64 21 265 9131
[email protected]
Formed in 2007, Okareka was established
to fuse contemporary dance with indigenous
Maˉori themes and other genres to create
authentic, diverse works. Led by senior
performers Taane Mete and Taiaroa Royal,
Okareka has become one of New Zealand’s most
sought after and prolific dance companies.
Okareka holds its provenance close to its heart.
Through choreography, set design, and costume,
the company strives to tell bold, spiritual stories
that are of and from New Zealand. Through
careful collaboration the company seeks to
extend its creativity and its influence by engaging
experienced artists from around the Globe – the
sole driver – to create evocative, beautiful dance
works that tell a story.
Nick Wilkinson – Director
+64 27 462 6402
[email protected]
Renee, a second-generation Chinese Kiwi,
is a poet, playwright, paediatrician, medical
researcher and fiction writer. Renee has
collaborated on visual arts works, film and music,
produced and directed theatre works, worked as a
dramaturge, taught creative writing and organized
community-based arts initiatives. She organises
community arts events such as New Kiwi Women
Write, a writing workshop series for migrant
women. She contributes to The Big Idea which
links NZ’s arts community. Renee has written,
produced and toured six plays: Lantern, The Bone
Feeder, Under The Same Moon, Bubblelands,
The Quiet Room, and The First Asian AB. The Two
Farting Sisters, a kid’s play, was made with Petit
Workshop in 2015.
Shaun Bugden – Producer
+64 21 714 360
[email protected]
Old Rockers Inc writes, composed and produces
original musical theatre. Our first show, State
Highway 48, has been through the last stage of
development after two very successful seasons
in Hamilton. Now we are preparing for a New
Zealand tour while we set our sights on the world.
Okareka is a company guided by Maˉori beliefs.
These beliefs are brought to its work and its
audiences.
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One Music
Orchestra of Spheres
Performing Lines
https://www.onemusicnz.com
www.orchestraofspheres.com
www.performinglines.org.au
Greer Davies – Deputy Director - One Music
+64 09 623 4727
[email protected]
Daniel Beban
+64 21 0245 6165
[email protected]
Fenn Gordon – Producer
[email protected]
OneMusic is a joint initiative between APRA and
Recorded Music NZ (previously known as PPNZ
Music Licensing). We exist to simplify the music
licensing process, offering a single music licence
that covers both the copyright in the music
(owned by the songwriter) and the recording
(owned by the record company/artist). The annual
licence is currently only offered to businesses and
doesn’t extend to events or productions.
The Intergalactic History of Pairs is a thematic
concert with theatrical form. An eyeball arrives
as a solitary object onstage, soon it finds another
eyeball, a nose and a mouth. They fit together
like magic and soon form a kind of unity. The face
becomes a body, the body becomes a collection
of pairs. Each phase is a seemless integration
of video, music, performance and objects.
Comissioned for Capital E (the National Children's
festival of New Zealand), The Intergalactic History
of Spheres allows a visual theme to drive a
loose narrative around a tight collection of new
tunes from one of New Zealand's most unique
and popular bands. The musicians, each adept
performers in their own right, embody a shifting
landscape of mood and theatrical discovery. Highly regarded worldwide for their originality and
ability to make a crowd of any size get up and
dance, The Orchestra of Spheres have toured
with the best of European bands through the All
Tomorrow's Parties concert series. Their music
rides the wave of both critical and popular aclaim.
This concert sees them focus on theatricality and
accessibility to young audiences to great success
earlier this year at the Paramount Theatre in
Wellington."
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Performing Lines develops, produces and tours
new and innovative Australian performing arts
regionally, nationally and internationally.
Performing Lines makes things happen. We
nurture and recognize creativity, provide artists
with access to broader audiences, and contribute
to the enhancement of a distinctly Australian
culture both in Australia and overseas.
Performing Lines is present at every level of the
Australian performing arts sector. We work with
emerging independent artists to help increase
their skills and sector awareness; we produce
the work of these artists as well as that of more
established artists and companies; we connect
artists with national and international presenters;
and broker and manage the tours that result.
Performing Lines acknowledges the traditional
land and its owners and the contribution of the
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of
Australia both past, present and future.
Performing Lines presented the Online and One
One One Pitching Workshops for PANNZ Arts
Market 2016 artists in conjunction with Canadian
Stage. Performing Lines is supported by the
Australia Council, the Australian Government’s
arts funding and advisory body.
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Portable Union
Red Leap Theatre
Rowena Simpson - Freelance
www.facebook.com/portableunion/
www.redleaptheatre.co.nz/
Tim Carlsen – Artist/Producer
+64 27 630 9668
[email protected]
Julie Nolan – Artistic Director
+64 09 837 2418
[email protected]
Rowena Simpson – Freelance
+64 21 548 006
[email protected]
Portable Union creates original, innovative New
Zealand Theatre. Creators of the award-winning
ONE DAY MOKO.
Amie Moffat – Producer
+64 09 837 2418
[email protected]
Our passion lies within community consultation inspired by our individual curiosities: from the city
streets to the skyscrapers.
Red Leap Theatre is an award- winning theatre
company celebrated for its unique blend of
striking visual imagery and highly physical
ensemble work. Founded by Julie Nolan and
Kate Parker the company are best known for
their production The Arrival commissioned by the
2009 Auckland Arts Festival and based on Shaun
Tan’s graphic novel. Other works include Paper
Sky commissioned by the 2011 Auckland Arts
Festival and major new work SEA which premiered
in March 2014.Their latest show Dust Pilgrim
premiered at the Loft, Q Theatre in June 2015 and
will be touring nationally in 2016.
We wish to explore and create dialogue around
issues of social awareness and concern, as
previously stated not with judgment or resolution
but in order to create a performative social
response.
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Rowena Simpson is a singer and small scale
producer who collaborates with fellow artists on
new projects that bring music and words together
in theatrical ways, as well as performing in
traditional chamber music concerts and operas.
Rowena has worked on two productions written
and directed by Jacqueline Coats (‘Home’ which
toured in 2012, and ‘Lines from the Nile’ which
toured in 2015), has co-created programmes of
old and new music for Chamber Music NZ and
has sung in the ‘The Mirror of Time’ series for
Stroma New Music Ensemble.
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Show Pony
Silo Theatre
Stephen Blackburn
www.showponynz.com
www.silotheatre.co.nz
www.circa.co.nz
Adrianne Roberts – Producer
+64 021 222 8212
[email protected]
Jessica Smith – Producer
+64 21 732 256
Stephen Blackburn
+64 27 452 3412
[email protected]
Vicky Aitchison – Production Assistant
+64 27 356 2584
[email protected]
Show Pony is a creative stable that holds some
of Aotearoa New Zealand’s finest independent
arts performances, led by Producer Adrianne
Roberts. Founded in 2012, Show Pony’s kaupapa
is to produce kick ass original pieces of theatre
and dance, and present them to domestic
and international audiences. Show Pony has
produced nearly 20 productions from largescale extravaganzas, to solo suitcase shows and
community engagement works. Our most recent
hits include the domestic and Australia tours of
The Pianist, the 8-region national tour of Welsh
work Hiraeth, newsmedia satire Live at Six, and
award-winning children’s works Beards! Beards!
Beards! and Caterpillars.
We're Auckland’s leading producer of
contemporary theatre.
We create bold work: showcasing energetic and
uncompromising performance. Epic in scale, with
no embargo on either ambition or artistic risk. We
deliver cutting-edge next generation storytelling
from around the world and New Zealand. We're
global in our outlook - speaking to contemporary
concerns, dealing with human, emotional and
sexual politics.
We work with the very best of New Zealand talent.
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Kate De Goldi is one of New Zealand's most loved
authors, popular with both adults and children.
Quirky humour, playfulness and intergenerational
love are at the heart of this adaptation of her
2012 novel, The ACB with Honora Lee. A
charming exploration of kindness, patience and
acceptance, it explores the relationship between
young Perry and her eccentric Gran, Honora Lee,
who's losing her memory and lives in the Santa
Lucia Rest Home. As more and more words slip
from Gran's grasp, Perry furiously gathers them
up, turning them into an illustrated and disorderly
alphabet book, which becomes a gift of love to
her grandmother.
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Sugarlicks
Taki Rua Productions
Tawata Productions
www.sugarlicks.com/artist-agency/
mara-tk/
www.tikitaanemahuta.wordpress.com/
http://www.tawataproductions.com
Tanemahuta Grey – Kahukura/ Chief Executive
[email protected]
Miria George – Co-Director
+64 21 050 1765
[email protected]
Gareth Farry – Director
+64 21 657 497
[email protected]
Sugarlicks is a boutique production house
operating in the music and arts industries in
Auckland Aotearoa New Zealand. The label was
established in 2001 as a result of the live nights
at famous Auckland venue Khuja Lounge, where
a melting pot of artists came to mash together
Pacific soul and hiphop, percussion and electronic
music with spoken word and performance. The
label came to specialise in electronic soul music
with a Pacific yet global flavour.
OUR VISION
‘Connecting Our Heritage – Past, Present &
Future’
‘Topa ana te kaeaea, oˉna whatu tau ana ki te
ukaipo, te koˉpuˉnga, te uri whakatupu’
OUR MISSION
‘Ensuring the foundation for Maˉori voices to be
heard worldwide’
OUR STORY
For 29 years Taki Rua has been an arts industry
leader – a creative rule breaker, unpredictable
and unconventional, challenging and evolving the
definition of Maˉori theatre. We exist to connect
our heritage, past and present and ensure
the foundation for Maˉori voices to be heard
worldwide.
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Based in Wellington, New Zealand, Tawata
Productions is a Maori and Cook Islands
performance company.
Specialising in the development and production
of new work, Tawata blurs the lines between text,
movement, film and music, presenting a diverse
performance experience from Aotearoa to the
world beyond.
Tawata Productions has performed in national and
international festivals throughout New Zealand,
Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the South
Pacific, and the Hawai’ian Islands.
Tihei mauri ora! Kia manuia!
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THAT BLOODY WOMAN
Te Reˉhia Theatre
The Clinic
www.facebook.com/
thatbloodywomanmusical/?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/Te-Reˉ hiaTheatre-Company
Julieanne Eason – Director
+64 22 376 7819
[email protected]
Luke Di Somma
+44 7497 466582
[email protected]
Amber Curreen – Producer
+64 21 775 276
[email protected]
THAT BLOODY WOMAN is a rock musical about
Kate Sheppard, the suffrage movement she lead
and the personal sacrifice she made along the
way. Kate Sheppard's successful campaign to
win the vote for women changed the world. But it
wasn't easy. The show is presented as a theatrical
rock concert - Kate and her band (the Hallelujah
Bonnets) take us through Kate's arrival in New
Zealand, the early stages or her life in her new
home, the beginnings of the suffrage movement
and the struggles along the way (through her
rivalry with political adversary and the bearded
bastion of nineteenth-century patriarchy, Richard
'King Dick' Seddon) all of which leads to New
Zealand becoming the first country in the
world to give women the vote. Radical, riotous
and bursting with wit, this bold new musical
experience about one of New Zealand's greatest
heroes is a red-hot hit that pulsates with passion.
Regan Taylor – Peoducer/Performer
+64 22 018 9218
[email protected]
The Clinic performance company devises original
works, experimenting with multimedia and
site-specific theatre. Director Julieanne has a
passion for creating audio visuals for installation
and theatre productions, utilising multiple
video projections, sensors and audio within
the set design. Investigating the relationships
between audiovisual media, its audience,
and the architecture of its presentation, these
interactive installations are made possible with
the use of lights, electronics, video mapping, the
softwares Isadora and processing which have
been developed especially for use in installation
and performance, and arduino, the open-source
electronics platform.
"Toi tu te kupu, toi tu te mana, toi tu te whenua"
Established in 2012 Te Rēhia Theatre is all about
presenting innovative Maori theatre that promotes
Te Ao Maori.
Our shows include Albert Belz's 'Te Awarua',
Tainui Tukiwaho's 'Hoki Mai Tama Mā' Matthew
Donaldson's 'Ruia Te Kōkano: Ngā Atua Series' a
reo Māori initiative for tamariki and Regan Taylors
'SolOTHELLO'.
We are leading the way in developing Māori
performance mask, 'Te Mata Kōkako o Rēhia'
which we are developing and building on in many
of our works.
Te Rēhia Theatre is headed by Amber Curreen,
Regan Taylor and Tainui Tukiwaho.
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The New Zealand Dance
Company
www.nzdc.org.nz
Shona McCullagh – Chief Executive/Artistic
Director
+64 9 378 7361
Behnaz Farzami – Producer
+64 27 845 4343
[email protected]
The Rebel Alliance
The Unity Creative
Anders Falstie-Jensen – Producer & Director
+64 21 101 8857
[email protected]
Jodie Bate – Co-Director
+64 21 115 5555
[email protected]
The Rebel Alliance is an independent Auckland
based theatre company. We have been around
since 2006. Our work is often based on true
stories. Previous works include: Manifesto 2083,
Standstill, Yours Truly, Heroic Faun No. One & The
Orderly
The New Zealand Dance Company is a dynamic,
innovative, high-calibre dance company - a
company that contributes to the fabric of New
Zealand culture and enhances and supports the
growth of a vibrant arts economy. Our vision is
to create new connections to dance by staging
contemporary dance in highly engaging ways and
different contexts, in ways that continue to break
new ground, creating new partnerships, new
collaborations with other creative disciplines, new
stages, new fusion of styles and a dance culture
that stays fresh and relevant. The company is a
hotbed of creative collaboration, a safe place to
be artistically brave, and presents compelling
work that moves and inspires our dedicated and
growing audience.
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The Unity Creative is an elastine collaborative
organism that pushes and pulls together the
creative passions of the individuals involved as
together we explore the lengths and depths of the
human heart and our shared experience of being
human for the purpose of creating and presenting
multi-faceted and multi-disciplinary works.
listings - PRODUCERS
Three Bridges
Tikapa Productions
Tim Bray Productions
Giles Burton – Director
+64 22 350 3130
[email protected]
www.facebook.com/
TikapaProductions/?fref=ts
www.timbrayproductions.org.nz
Three Bridges produces theatre and events. We
create theatre in New Zealand and also tour small
scale work from overseas. Although fairly new to
NZ we were previously based in Hong Kong (as
HKMicrofest).
Tikapa Productions
+64 21 0228 6790
[email protected]
Documentary maker, Maisey Mata, has been
ˉ Hauraki
invited in Te Whaˉriki Manawaˉhine O
(Hauraki Women's Refuge) to document the
women currently using their service. After meeting
the bubbly and compassionate case worker,
Moira Parau, she is taken to the safe house to
be introduced to the residents. She meets Cat, a
Maori in her fifties trying to get ahead in life but is
dependent on the Womens Refuge. Sasha, who
arrives at home after taking her issues with the
government to the local MP who doesn't listen to
her and gets her escorted out of his office. But
she enjoys the fact that a documentary maker is
in her house. And new resident Carol Cummings,
who is married to a famous resident of the town,
David Cummings and has endured physical
and psychological for over thirty years and has
decided to speak up for once. What Maisey
experience's is that all these women have had a
lot of the same experiences but have very different
circumstances. She tries to portray the fact that
Domestic violence comes in all shapes and sizes
and it certainly has no prejudice."
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Tim Bray – Artistic Director
+64 9 486 2261
[email protected]
Gail Rotherham – Business Development
Manager
+64 9 486 2261
[email protected]
Celebrating 25 Years 1991 – 2016
Tim Bray Productions is recognised as Auckland’s
leading theatre for children. Overseen by a
charitable trust, The Operating Theatre Trust, we
create world-class theatre most often based on
New Zealand literature.
We see live theatre as a way to engage children
with literature, and to encourage reading.
We know that theatre is more than “just”
entertainment; we also see it as an integral part
of their education, their growing up experiences,
socilaisation skills, and encouraging and exploring
their imaginations.
Our shows are supported by an ever-growing fan
base, with shows being enjoyed by over 20,000
people a year. Typically the productions are based
on New Zealand literature with plays based on
stories by local authors.
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Tom Simcock & Jonathan Lewis
Trick of the Light Theatre
Waiti Theatre Company
Tom Simcock – Writer/Producer
Tom +64 27 666 1229
[email protected]
www.trickofthelight.co.nz
Cian Elyse White – Producer
+64 22 430 1860
[email protected]
Nic Sampson – Writer / Performer
[email protected].
1/272 Wakefield Street
Te Aro, Wellington, 6011
Tom Simcock and Jonathan Lewis are both
young professionals who have been involved in
independent theatre production for a number of
years. From 2008-2011 they wrote and starred
in the annual Auckland Law School Revue at the
Maidment Theatre, producing and directing the
2011 production. In 2015 they created, developed
and produced a new-format 24-hour play festival
One Night Stand at The Basement Theatre, which
featured some of Auckland's best young theatrical
talents and was a critical and commercial
success. They also produced a repeat season of
Ernest Rutherford: Everyone Can Science! a oneman comedy written by and starring Nic Sampson
(Billy T Award nominee 2015, Head Writer for
TV3's Jono and Ben, The Brokenwood Mysteries).
Hannah Smith – Director
+64 27 513 7137
[email protected]
Ralph McCubbin Howell – Direction
+64 27 347 7661
[email protected]
Trick of the Light is an award-winning theatre
company from Wellington, New Zealand, founded
by Hannah Smith and Ralph McCubbin Howell.
We like to make theatre that is playful, inventive,
thought-provoking, and that speaks to the here
and now. Our shows have ranged from intelligent
children’s theatre to biting political satire, but are
unified by their attention to narrative, inventive
visual design, and belief that theatre should
resonate with the wider world.
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Waiti theatre company was formed in 2013 by
Maˉori emerging artist, Cian Elyse White. Waiti
theatre company mission is to pay homage to,
celebrate and transmit Maˉori stories through
theatre to aotearoa and the world.
Supported by CNZ through two rounds of
development funding, TE PUHI is Waiti Theatre
Companies first original contribution to NZ theatre.
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ZKC
Notes
www. zkc.co.nz/The-Fallen-Mystery
Zahra Killeen-Chance – Director
+64 22 154 2297
[email protected]
ZKC was founded by New Zealand dance
maker Zahra Killeen-Chance to Umbrella her
choreographic work. Killeen-Chance is an
award winning choreographer and performer
who has made numerous works both nationally
and internationally for theatre shows and gallery
exhibitions. She graduated with a Diploma of
Dance Performance in Contemporary Dance from
the New Zealand School of Dance, and with a
Postgraduate Diploma in Dance (Distinction) from
The University of Auckland.
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DANNZ
EVANZ
iTICKET
www.danz.org.nz
www.evanz.co.nz
www.iticket.co.nz
Anton Carter – Chief Executive
+64 4 802 0534
[email protected]
Miles Davidson
[email protected]
Kate Ward-Smythe – New Business
Development Manager
+64 21 842 538
[email protected]
DANZ is the service organisation for NZ dance in
all its diversity. We provide advice, information,
links, advocacy, professional development and
dance in education support. We are based in
Wellington have a regional office in Auckland
and part-time coordinator in Dunedin. We work
in partnership with REMAP dance collective in
Christchurch to provide services there.
PO Box 27501
Wellington 6141
+64 4 977 1144
EVANZ is the peak body representing over 100
performing arts centres, arenas, indoor and
outdoor stadiums and convention centres in New
Zealand. EVANZ is a professional organisation
providing leadership and building excellence for
entertainment venues.
The entertainment industry requires greater
skills in management, marketing, staff training,
research and innovation. EVANZ was formed to
encourage the development of these skills through
communication and exchange of information.
All member venues and associate members are
listed on www.evanz.co.nz
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iTICKET was founded in 2004 by two software
engineers with big dreams. Reece Preston and
Phil Jobbins have spent the last ten years building
a thriving, Kiwi-owned and operated business that
punches well above its weight, delivering millions
of tickets for thousands of events - ranging from
theatre, music and dance productions; local
sports events, through to major concerts and
large-scale festivals. We work all over NZ, and
have entered the Australian market. iTICKET
specialises in online and mobile ticketing via its
website www.iticket.co.nz; box office software,
outlet sales, on-site support and sales, telephone
support, and most importantly - customer love
and promoter support. We offer our clients unique
and cutting-edge ways of marketing their shows to
the public. Finally, we love supporting innovative,
creative kiwis and we will go the extra mile to
make sure your show or season, is a success.
listings - INDUSTRY GUESTS
Ticketmaster
Playmarket
Patronbase
www.ticketmaster.co.nz
www.playmarket.org.nz
www.patronbase.com
Justin Pule – General Manager, New Zealand
+64 29 200 4899
[email protected]
Murray Lynch – Director
+64 4 382 8464
[email protected]
David Martin
[email protected]
+64 9 970 9757
Salesi Le’ota – Client Promotion
+64 4 382 8462
[email protected]
Ticketmaster is recognised as a market leader
in the ticketing and entertainment industry, the
business is constantly investing in technology and
innovation and has a commitment to deliver world
class service across the sector. Ticketmaster
is a popular and trusted destination for tickets,
offering retail and marketing support to hundreds
of clients every year. With local offices in Auckland
and Wellington, Ticketmaster brings to its clients
advanced entertainment ticketing, ecommerce
and access control solutions. Ticketmaster sells
thousands of tickets for sport, music, performing
arts, theatre, comedy and attractions and offers
its clients access to the very best in retail ticketing
services and box office systems solutions.
Playmarket is a service organisation for
playwrights and a key advocate for the continued
growth of NZ theatre. The organisation has three
strands:
Agency issues performance licences, manages
commission and collaboration agreements,
collects royalty payments, and circulates plays to
producers and theatres in NZ and internationally;
Advisor supporting playwrights to write and
the development of new work including a
development programme for Maori, Pasifika and
NZ Asian playwrights;
Bookshop a comprehensive bookshop selling
New Zealand plays.
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PatronBase provides arts management software,
working with venues to enable them to build
audiences. Patronbase software offers a broad
range of functionality, from event marketing and
ticketing through to membership and venue
management. This range of features is available
with a flexible pricing model that is highly
competitive. The ultimate measure of success for
us is that you are able to build an audience your
way.
listings - INDUSTRY GUESTS
Notes
Crombie Lockwood
Soar Print
www.crombielockwood.co.nz
www.soarprint.co.nz
Gareth Knight
[email protected]
[email protected]
New Zealand's trusted Insurance Brokers –
Crombie Lockwood.
At Crombie Lockwood we have one focus - to
position you to financially survive any insurable
event.
You don’t plan for things to go wrong in your
business. But you should plan for the risk that
something outside of your control might go wrong.
Soar Printing is a leading New Zealand print
solutions and printing services company. We work
with clients in every industry sector, providing
offset printing, digital printing, label printing,
online print management, large-format printing
and more.
We’re almost 100 years young, because we stay
future-focused.
Sure, we’ve got the latest technology...but it’s what
we do with it that counts.
Talk to us about how we can help you to achieve
better print quality that's also better value for
money.
We take our role in the community seriously. Proud
sponsors of PANNZ Arts Market, Soar sponsors
several not-for-profit organisations and donates to
good causes every year.
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Arts Festival Dunedin
Arts On Tour NZ
Ashburton Trust Event Centre
www.artsfestivaldunedin.co.nz
www.aotnz.co.nz
www.ateventcentre.co.nz
Nicholas McBryde – Director
[email protected]
Steve Thomas – General Manager
[email protected]
Roger Farr – Manager
[email protected]
Level 4, Dunedin House
9 Moray Place
Dunedin 9016
Steve Lowndes – Chairman
[email protected]
Gudrun Weber – Office Manager
[email protected]
Lindon Puffin – Board member
[email protected]
+64 3 307 2010
211a Wills Street, Ashburton 7700
Arts On Tour NZ is a community focussed agency
with a high level of professional expertise. We
are the pre-eminent touring agency to rural and
remoter centres of New Zealand. Arts On Tour NZ
provides access for audiences in the communities
of all three islands (including Stewart Island)
through the delivery of an annual Menu of quality
professional performing arts opportunities.
This facility, completed in May 2008, is set in the
Ashburton CBD; the heart of Mid Canterbury;
located only one hour’s drive south of Christchurch
International Airport.
Arts Festival Dunedin (formerly Otago Festival
of the Arts) is a biennial pan-art form Festival in
Dunedin. We’ve presented 8 Festivals since 2000
and our next Festival is this year; 30 Sept - 9 Oct
2016
As a wholesale arts delivery system, we offer
effective management, timely delivery, an
achievable price and a guarantee of quality to
our retailers, who are arts councils, repertory
societies, regional galleries, music societies,
festivals and individual patrons.
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The Ashburton Trust Event Centre contains the
500seat O-Reilly Auditorium and two smaller
performance areas. The venue opened its doors
in May 2008 and has the most up to date technical
facilities available. The stage is serviced by a 48
line fly tower with stage dimensions of 12mtrs wide
x 9mtrs deep. The depth can be extended with the
addition of the 3mtr thrust that easily manoeuvres
between orchestra pit or stage extension.
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Auckland Live
BATS Theatre
Baycourt Theatre
www.aucklandlive.co.nz
www.bats.co.nz
www.baycourt.co.nz
Bernie Haldane – Head of Programming
and Presenter Services
[email protected]
Cherie Jacobson – Programme Manager
[email protected]
Megan Peacock Coyle – Manager
[email protected]
1 Kent Terrace, Mt Victoria, Wellington 6011
+64 4 802 4176
+64 7 577 7189
38 Durham Street, Tauranga, 3110
BATS Theatre is at the forefront of new New
Zealand work and talent, with over 80 shows
presented annually. We are a risk-share
presenting venue with a focus on NZ stories,
artists at the riskier end of the performance
spectrum and supporting the development of
independent practitioners. Our flagship is the
annual STAB commission which challenges
and funds performance practitioners to push
boundaries and take risks they couldn’t take
elsewhere. In 2015, BATS presented its largest
programme ever at its newly earthquake
strengthened and renovated 1 Kent Terrace home
which now has two main performance spaces and
a studio for rehearsals, workshops and smaller
performances.
Baycourt is located in the heart of downtown
Tauranga and is the Western Bay of Plenty’s only
full service theatre and performing arts venue,
capable of hosting a wide variety of events.
Baycourt is a presenter venue and is focused on
delivering a balanced and diverse programme of
events that enriches, engages and contributes to
a vibrant arts community.
Helaina Keeley – Manager, Programme
Development
[email protected]
Janelle Bish – Producer, Programme
Development
[email protected]
Anders Falstie-Jensen – Producer
[email protected]
Auckland Live seeks to create a vibrant city
where Aucklanders and visitors alike have the
opportunity to experience an exciting range of live
arts and entertainment.
Located in the Aotea Precinct in Auckand’s CBD,
Auckland Live manages a range of venues across
Auckland presenting both local and international
work across a wide-range of
artforms.
The Programme Development
team leads the organisation in the
delivery of its family and young
people’s programming.
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Christchurch Arts Festival
Clarence St Theatre
www.artsfestival.co.nz
www.founderstheatre.co.nz/36/
venues/clarence-st-theatre
Craig Cooper – Festival Director
[email protected]
Vanessa Thompson – General Manager
[email protected]
+64 3 365 2223
PO Box 705, Christchurch 8140
Christchurch Arts Festival is the largest
biennial arts event in New Zealand’s South
Island, presenting a pan-art form programme
from leading international and New Zealand
artists. Venue options remain limited so we are
particularly interested in work that is suitable for a
spiegel tent or found spaces.
Expressions Whirinaki Arts and
Entertainment Centre
www.expressions.org.nz
Jason Wade – General Manager
[email protected]
Leanne Wickham – Director
[email protected]
59 Clarence Street. PO Box 314, Hamilton
3240
836 Fergusson Drive
Upper Hutt 5140
Clarence St Theatre is a proscenium arch theatre
seating up to 550 or 400 in restaurant style. It is
Hamilton’s 2nd largest theatre and one of only two
with an operational fly system.
Expressions Whirinaki Arts & Entertainment Centre
is a vibrant arts centre featuring art, culture, history
and entertainment. Three galleries have a constantly
changing programme of exhibitions ranging from
the best New Zealand and international art, to local
exhibitions, with a special focus on family friendly
experiences. Upstairs in the theatre the spotlight
is on theatre, comedy, film, dance and music with
a dynamic programme ranging from circus acts to
classical music. Our Recreation Hall offers a wide
range of sporting and cultural events and is also
available for hire. Expressions Whirinaki is situated
in the heart of the Upper Hutt’s Civic Precinct,
right next door to H20 Xtream just 30 minutes from
Wellington at 836 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hut.
Clarence St Theatre was previously owned by the
Hamilton City Council but un July 2015 was gifted
to the Clarence Street Theatre Trust. Having been
neglected for many years it is now our focus to
grow and build audiences by programming new
and exciting works for the region suited to the
versatile theatre.
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Festival of Colour – Wanaka
www.festivalofcolour.co.nz
Philip Tremewan – Director
[email protected]
Lindsey Schofield – General Manager
[email protected]
+64 3 443 4172
Unit 10, Helard House
4 Helwick Street, Wanaka 9305
The Southern Lakes Festival of Colour is an exciting
biennial celebration of the arts. Six exciting days
and nights of astounding performances and
inspiring exhibitions set against the spectacular
autumnal backdrop of the Southern Lakes. The
Festival is based in Wanaka but reaches out to the
wider region – to Queenstown, Luggate, Hawea
and Cromwell. The next festival will take place 4
to 9 April 2017 and will feature top class theatre,
music, dance and visual arts from local, national
and international performers.
Gallagher Academy of
Performing Arts
www.waikato.ac.nz/academy
Jeremy Bell – Manager
[email protected]
+64 7 858 5105
Knighton Rd (Uni Gate 2b)
Hillcrest, Hamilton 3216
The Academy of Performing Arts at the University
of Waikato has two venues. The Concert Chamber
(289) is renowned for its acoustics and is used
mainly for classical concerts. The Playhouse (183)
is a multi-configurable theatre used mainly for
theatre and dance.
The Festival of Colour is a flagship event for the
region, and also has a growing reputation as the
‘best little arts festival in New Zealand’. We also
run an ideas festival - Aspiring Conversations which takes place in
the festival off year,
this will be 22 - 24
April 2016.
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Gasworks Arts Park
www. www.gasworks.org.au
Tony Smith – Creative Producer
[email protected]
0061 3 86064200
21 Graham St, VIC, Australia 3206
Gasworks is an inner metropolitan venue in
Melbourne, Australia, with a 200 seat theatre & 60
seat black box. We present a subscription season
of quality professional theatre, dance, and hybrid
performance. Gasworks is noted for its circus
and physical theatre programming, and regular
children’s and family theatre programs and is
increasing its capacity as a theatre maker, working
with artists and industry groups to develop new
works. Gasworks is also a hub for the Midsumma
Festival, Melbourne’s queer arts festival, and
Melbourne Fringe Festival, where Gasworks
showcased more circus and physical theatre than
any other Melbourne fringe venue.
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Isaac Theatre Royal
Kokomai Creative Festival
Marlborough Civic Theatre Trust
www.isaactheatreroyal.co.nz
www.kokomai.co.nz
www.mctt.co.nz
Andy Brigden
Business Development Manager, Events
[email protected]
Heidi Holbrook – Festival Director
[email protected]
Andrew Scott - General Manager
[email protected]
Jenny Gasson – Marketing Manager
[email protected]
18 Arthur St, Blenheim 7201
+64 3 520 8558
Judy Sears – Schools Co-ordinator
[email protected]
MCTT is building a new theatre, the ASB Theatre
Marlborough, due to open in early 2016. It has two
dedicated performance spaces: a main theatre
with fly tower & up to 700 seats; a flexible black
box studio theatre which will accommodate up to
180 patrons.
+64 3 260 5253
145 Gloucester Street, Christchurch 8011
Offering versatility, unparalleled historical features
and a breathtaking environment, the newly rebuilt
and restored Isaac Theatre Royal is ideal for a
large variety of events.
The spectacular Auditorium seats up to 1292 over
three levels. The theatre is equipped with a full
theatrical lighting system, state-of-the-art digital
AV equipment, surround sound PA capability and
comprehensive backstage facilities. The orchestra
pit features an impressive hydraulic lift creating an
optional stage thrust.
PO Box 18 Carterton, Wairarapa
The Kokomai Creative Festival is an explosion
of world class entertainment held biennially over
10 days in October right across the Wairarapa
region.The programme features local, national
and international talent including Theatre, Music,
Dance, Visual Art, Film and Literature. The next
Festival is in 2017.
Located on the first floor the new 190m2
Gloucester Room, including kitchen servery,
is a multi-purpose space suitable for functions
and intimate performances of up to 110 seated
theatre-style.
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Native Earth Performing Arts
& Aki Studio
www.nativeearth.canativeearth.ca
Ryan Cunningham – Artistic Director
[email protected]|
250-585 Dundas St East, Toronto, ON M5A 2B7
| 416-531-1402 | Native Earth Performing Arts (NEPA) is Canada’s
oldest and leading professional Indigenous
theatre company now in it’s 33rd season. NEPA
operates it’s own 120 seat black-box theatre,
The Aki Studio which is becoming the national
and international Indigenous performance and
presenting venue in Canada. NEPA has received
seven Dora Mavor Moore Awards and twentyfour Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations, two
Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Awards and
the 1997 James Buller Award for Aboriginal
Theatre Excellence. NEPA produces the annual
Weesageechak Begins To Dance Festival which
supports, develops and presents new Indigenous
multi-disciplinary work from across Turtle Island
and around the world.
NBS Theatre
Nelson Arts Festival
www.nbstheatre.co.nz
www.nelsonartsfestival.co.nz
Debbie Crackett – Manager
[email protected]
Charlie Unwin - Festival Programming
[email protected]
105 Palmerston Street, Westport
PO Box 84, Westport
Amanda Raine – Marketing Coordinator
[email protected]
NBS Theatre is Buller’s Premier Entertainment
Venue and boasts a 350 seat auditorium and 2
separate cinemas. The auditorium has a flat floor
stage and the venue has great disability access
and a 3 meter wide cross over to the back of
the stage, a Green Room, two Dressing Rooms,
backstage toilets and shower, and even a kitchen.
The loading dock, just to the back left of the stage
has flat floor access to the stage area - perfect for
pack-in. The venue staff can take care of all your
ticketing needs. Check out our website
www.nbstheatre.co.nz
PO Box 645 Nelson
+64 3 546 0254
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The Nelson Arts Festival is an annual pan-arts
festival held in October in the Nelson and Tasman
areas.
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New Zealand Festival
New Zealand Fringe Festival
Oamaru Opera House
www.festival.co.nz
www.fringe.co.nz
www.oamaruoperahouse.co.nz
KICK UP THE ARTS!
26 February – 20 March 2016
For booking detals see P7
Hannah Clarke – NZ Fringe Festival Director
[email protected]
Frances McElhinney – Director
[email protected]
Emma Giesen – General Manager,
Creative Capital Arts Trust
[email protected]
David McFarlane – Marketing & Audience
Development Manager
[email protected]
(+64 4) 212 4725
Level 1, 107 Cuba Street, Wellington 6011
+64 3 433 0779
94 Thames St, Oamaru 9400
5 February – 5 March 2016
The Oamaru Opera House seats 548 (2 levels)
and 113 theatre spaces. There is an active
audience development programme in place and
three main festivals a year in Oamaru - Jazz in
March, Steam Punk in June and the Victorian
Festival in November. The Opera House is a
venue for hire but is also interested in shared risk
and working with other venues for a touring circuit.
At the New Zealand Festival, we’ve been creating
extraordinary encounters between artists and
audiences since 1986. The New Zealanders who
established the Festival were pioneers, achieving
their highly ambitious goal of bringing the best
live arts experiences from across the world to
audiences in New Zealand. And we’ve been doing
it on every even year ever since.
As we prepare to celebrate our 30th birthday, we
continue to realise our founders’ vision, and to
take it in ground-breaking new directions, inspired
by our commitment to originality, excellence and
to make the world a better place through that most
vital, life-giving force – art.
Hand in hand with our belief that art and culture
are crucial to society go all the other things we
do to champion them, from presenting the annual
Wellington Jazz Festival and biennial Lexus Song
Quest to one-off occasions such as this year’s
Shakespeare’s Globe touring
production of Hamlet and the
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo,
18 – 21 February 2016.
An annual event on the Wellington calendar since
1990, the New Zealand Fringe Festival is the
oldest and largest Fringe Festival in New Zealand
featuring over 1,100 artists from around New
Zealand and the world.
CREATIVE CAPITAL ARTS TRUST
Fringe is overseen by Creative Capital Arts Trust
(CCAT), an umbrella organisation established in
2011 to facilitate the delivery of key arts events
in Wellington, including the new CubaDupa and
create a reliable resource for the emerging arts in
Wellington, New Zealand.
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Orange Studios
Q Theatre
Regent Theatre Dunedin
orangestudio.co.nz
www.qtheatre.co.nz
www.regenttheatre.co.nz
Michael Bell – Director
[email protected]
James Wilson – Chief Executive
[email protected]
Sarah Anderson – Director
[email protected]
Charlotte Crone – Event Coordinator
[email protected]
Sarah Graham – Producer
[email protected]
+64 9 309 8324
305 Queen Street, Auckland 1010
+64 3 477 8597
17 The Octagon, Dunedin
1063c Ferry Rd, Ferrymead, Christchurch
+64 03 365 7974
This unique Christchurch venue is a recording
studio by day and at night hosts a wide variety of
concerts, shows and events: jazz, rock, reggae,
folk, stand up comedy and cabarets! Local and
international touring acts stop by the studio to
perform, record and film their music live in front of
audiences of up to 50.
Orange also has a digital printing facility providing
artists with very affordable indie rates for posters,
fliers and programmes.
Located in Auckland, Q Theatre is a purpose built,
fully flexible arts venue, which provides a year-round
curated programme that delivers a diverse range
of professional performing arts including theatre,
dance, music, comedy and film across 4 venues.
A ticketed audience in excess of 89,000 people
enjoy over 500 performances at Q Theatre on an
annual basis. Sarah’s role as Producer focuses
on programming Q’s venues and spaces through
building relationships with New Zealand Performing
Arts Companies and Independent Artists. Sarah has
a background as a devised theatre maker, performer
and producer through her work with The Outfit
Theatre Company and Duffy Books in Homes.
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With an auditorium that seats 1617 people and
state of the art infrastructure, the Regent Theatre
is Dunedin’s premier entertainment venue. Our
professional and experienced team will work with
you to ensure you reach your audience and your
event goes seamlessly.
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Royal Wanganui Opera House
Taranaki Arts Festival Trust
Tauranga Arts Festival
www.royaloperahouse.co.nz
www.taft.co.nz
www.taurangafestival.co.nz
John Richardson – Manager
[email protected]
69 St Hill Street, Whanganui 4501
+64 6 349 0511
The Royal Wanganui Opera House is New
Zealand’s last Victorian theatre. Located in St
Hill Street in central Wanganui, the 110-year-old
theatre seats 830 and is the venue for many local,
national and international events.
Suzanne Porter – CEO
[email protected]
Jane James – Marketing and Event Coordinator
- TSB Showplace
[email protected]
+64 6 759 8412
Corner of Brougham and Powderham Streets,
New Plymouth
The Taranaki Arts Festival Trust (TAFT) presents
five festivals; WOMAD New Zealand, Taranaki
International Festival of the Arts, Powerco
Garden Spectacular, Tropfest and Kinetika. TAFT
also manages the performing arts venue - TSB
Showplace.
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Jo Bond – Director
[email protected]
+64 7 577 7018
Grey St, Tauranga
Tauranga Arts Festival is held every two years with
a programme of music, theatre, dance, visual arts
and literature. The next festival will be held from
22 October - November 2015.
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Tauranga City Council
Tempo Dance Festival
The Basement Theatre
www.tauranga.govt.nz
www.tempo.co.nz
www.basementtheatre.co.nz
Pip Loader – Manager: Strategic & City Events
[email protected]
Carrie Rae Cunningham – Artistic Director
[email protected]
Gabrielle Vincent – Programming and Artist
Development Manager
[email protected]
Michaela Blackman – Event Design & Delivery
Manager
[email protected]
PO Box 5072, Wellesley Street, Auckland
Tauranga City Council support festivals, events
and activities year round in the city. We are
looking for innovative and fresh ideas to engage
and delight our community and visitors throughout
the year.
We are connected with event managers across
the city and work collaboratively to share
knowledge and help them deliver experiences
that are memorable and distinctive.
Tempo Dance Festival, governed by the New
Zealand Dance Festival Trust, is held annually
in October in Auckland, New Zealand. Tempo
is the largest and most comprehensive dance
festival in New Zealand, meeting the needs of
the diverse dance community (professional,
emergent, cultural, community and youth) and
a broad audience demographic. The festival
provides a wide range of innovative artistic work
as well as popular and accessible performances.
A high-quality mixture of carefully curated shared
programmes, full-length works, forums, workshops
and other performance-based events showcases
a vibrant local and international dance culture and
maximises audience diversity.
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Sam Snedden – Co-General Manager
[email protected]
+64 9 309 7433
Greys Ave, Auckland
The Basement is Auckland’s culture-defining
powerhouse - home to an artistic mixtape of
theatre makers, dancers, visual artists, poets,
musicians, comedians and everyone in between.
We proudly showcase the best new voices and
fresh perspectives, with world premieres making
up over half of our programme. So come watch
sweat drip and spit fly as some of the brightest
new talent earn their chops at our place. You can’t
download theatre - come get something live.
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The Meteor Theatre
www.themeteor.co.nz
Deborah Nudds – Theatre Manager
[email protected]
Level 1/1 Victoria Street, Hamilton West 3204
+64 7 838 6600
The Meteor is NZ’s biggest and best ‘Black Box’
theatre and a landmark in central Hamilton. Our
flexible space, staging and seating works for
EVERY kind of performance, and allows you to
experiment with your audience or fill a classic
configuration with 120+ punters. We operate on a
low day rate or risk-share model, while providing
the professional on-site support you expect.
UPSURGE Bay of Islands Arts
Festival
War Memorial Theatre
Gisborne
www.upsurgefestival.co.nz
www.gdc.govt.nz/war-memorialtheatre
Sophie Kelly – Artistic Director
[email protected]
UPSURGE Bay of Islands Arts Festival Arts
Festival is a biennial festival that celebrates the
arts around the Bay of Islands region. The 2017
programme will take place over five action packed
days from 5 - 9 April 2017. With events hosted
in an array of venues in Russell, Paihia, Kerikeri,
Kaikohe, Omapere, Hokianga and Kohukohu.
The Meteor is the Waikato’s most affordable,
accessible and attractive performing arts venue!
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Jo Thorpe – Performing Arts Promoter
[email protected]
+64 6 867 5968
Bright St Gisbourne 4010
The War Memorial Theatre is a concert style
theatre: modern, comfortable and air conditioned.
The seating is arranged theatre style.
This is a fully equipped small theatre with dressing
rooms, properly equipped with lights and mirrors,
toilet and kitchen facilities.
It has a capacity of 480 seats.
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World Buskers Festival
Notes
www.worldbuskersfestival.com
Glen Pickering – Festival Director
[email protected]
For 23 years the people of Christchurch have
enjoyed the Festival the defines the Christchurch
summer. During this time the Festival has
established itself as New Zealand’s largest
outdoor festival attracting 250,000 visitors every
year, enjoying 10 days of fun, excitement and
entertainment. It is one of the Christchurch City
Council’s major events, is Australasia’s largest
Street Theatre festival, showcases the top street
performers, fringe artists and comedians, and is
regarded as one of the best in the world.
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