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Trick of the light
Founded by Victoria Theatre graduates Ralph McCubbin Howell and Hannah Smith, Trick of the Light Theatre has won Best Theatre and Best of the Fringe (NZ Fringe), Best Children's Event (Fringe World, Perth) and Production of the Year (Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards). They were the first NZ company to perform at the Imaginate Festival in Edinburgh, and this year will tour to the Lincoln Center in NYC and Belvoir Theatre in Sydney.
Caption: The Bookbinder - written and performed by Ralph McCubbin Howell, directed and designed by Hannah Smith. Photo credit: Phillip Merry / axylotl photograph
Cass
A playwright and director, Cass is a VUW Theatre graduate with a BA Honours and the Co-founder and Artistic Director of Red Scare Theatre Company. Her work has been produced at BATS, the Gryphon and at Whitireia Theatre. Her play Long Ago, Long Ago won the 2015 Playwrights B4 25 Playmarket award and was nominated for four Wellington Theatre Awards, including Best New NZ Play. Find out more at www.redscare.co.nz
Jonathan Price
A VUW Theatre graduate with a BA Honours, Jonathan Price is an actor, deviser and director. With A Slightly Isolated Dog he created and performed Don Juan, which was nominated for most original production at the 2015 Wellington Theatre Awards, and Jekyll & Hyde at Circa theatre in 2016. He also completed a tour of NZ with Indian Ink’s The Elephant Thief. Most recently Jonathan co-wrote and co-directed Caucus, Caucus, Harvest, Dawn at Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School.
Caption: Jekyll & Hyde at Circa Theatre. Photo credit: Ayesha Cording
Binge Culture 1
VUW Theatre graduates, Binge Culture, are a group of artists working to renew theatre and performance for the digital age, forging new relationships with the audience and giving them real stakes in each performance.
Caption: Break Up [we need to talk]. Promotional image. 2014. Photo Credit: Theo Taylor
Binge Culture 2
Since 2008, Binge Culture have performed shows all over the country and overseas, including La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York. With multiple Fringe awards under their belt, they have a reputation as one of New Zealand's most exciting, direct and original theatre companies. Find out more at http://www.bingeculture.co.nz/
Caption: Whales. Aotea Square. Auckland Fringe/Auckland Live. 2015. Photo Credit: Alastair Upton
Daniel Pengelly
Daniel Pengelly is a North Canterbury farm boy, turned creative. He is in his third year as the Associate Director of The Court Theatre in Christchurch. He has directed for The Court Theatre, Fortune Theatre. Founder of Playshop Performance Company, Daniel is a VUW/Toi Whakaari MTA Theatre graduate. Find out more at https://courttheatre.org.nz/court-theatre-creatives/daniel-pengelly/
Caption: Dan Pengelly’s New Zealand Premier, sold out season of Cat in the Hat, 2015
PlayShop Performance Company
PlayShop Performance Company is a Wellington-based company that aims to make spontaneous, thrilling theatre through storytelling, education, and improvisation. PlayShop performs weekly at BATS Theatre, and also does family shows at Capital E and Southern Cross Restaurant. The Company won Best Improv at the 2015 NZ Fringe Festival Awards for their show 10 Things I Hate About Us.
PlayShop is led by Artistic Director, Lori Leigh, current lecturer in Theatre at VUW and comprised of current students and alumni from VUW.
Caption: Admen, Gryphon Theatre, 2016, Directed by Ryan Knighton
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