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Acting up on Centre Stage
While Taupō wintertime can feel ice cold at times, Centre Stage comes in flaming hot with its latest production 'The Cripple of Inishmaan', written by Martin McDonagh.
High School Musical treads Tauhara’s boards
The much-loved story of High School Musical will be top billing at Tauhara College in early June.
Centrestage: The Cripple of Inishmaan
‘Cripple of Inishmaan’ director Nigel Vanner is keen to stress that the play is very funny, and that the word “cripple” should be taken in context.
The Bard but not as we know it
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged and revised)
GLC gets a makeover
She turned 30 in 2022, officially opening in August 1992, and now the Great Lake Centre is getting a make-over.
‘Fairly unstable’ actors sought for show
Fast paced, farcical, and relying on audience interaction – it’s Shakespeare not as we know it… or maybe it’s quite close to how plays were presented in his day.
Musicals on hold as costs rise
A perfect storm of circumstances means Act 2 Visual and Performing Arts School artistic director Toni Neve has had to make the difficult decision to cease staging large scale end of year musical productions.
Hangmen studies ‘conscience and consequence’
Centre Stage’s reputation for presenting professional-level sellout live entertainment continues with Hangmen by Martin McDonagh.
Hangmen–dark and funny in turn
“I cannot believe I am laughing at something that two minutes earlier was so dark.”
Director Sharon Shanks describes Centre Stage’s upcoming production ‘Hangmen’ as beautifully written “about such a dark or intense subject, but then the playwright puts intense comedy into it as well.”
Starlight prepares to shine again
Taupō’s new cinema is taking shape and could be ready in as little as three months.
Sister act does well in local one act play festival
Student directed and acted play ‘I Know This For Sure’ has won through from the first round of Theatre New Zealand’s annual TheatreFest competition and will now compete at a regional competition.
Chill out at Winter Festival
The 2025 Malcom Flowers Insurances Taupō Winter Festival (27 June – July 13) is now open for bookings and event director Nicola de Lautour says some ticketed shows are almost already half subscribed while uptake on others is beginning to build.
‘Money, money, money’ - Mamma Mia on stage
It’s the worldwide smash show that mashes the hits of ABBA into a story set on the fictional Greek island of Kalokairi.
Making it up as they go along
Think ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’ and then think ‘it’s my turn, I’ll take it.’
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