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Nga Tangata Toa
''Nga Tangata Toa'' (''The Warrior People'') is a 1994 play by New Zealand playwright Hone Kouka. The play has themes of revenge, family honour, and long-held secrets. ''Nga Tangata Toa'' was heralded as a masterpiece in New Zealand theatre. Directed by veteran theatre director Colin McColl (NZ Laureate), ''Nga Tangata Toa'' was first staged at Taki Rua Theatre in Wellington in 1994 and won numerous awards at the prestigious Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards. In the lead role of ''Rongomai'' was award winning actress Nancy Brunning. ''Nga Tangata Toa'' was inspired by Henrik Ibsen's play ''The Vikings at Helgeland''. Further productions of ''Nga Tangata Toa'' took place in Auckland in 1995, Dunedin in 1997, also involving a three night tour to Timaru, and in Wellington at Downstage Theatre in 2006. History The play was written by Hone Kouka and first performed in Wellington in 1994. Director Colin McColl had directed Henrik Ibsen's ''The Vikings at Helgeland'' in Norway, and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hone Kouka
Hone Vivian Kouka is a New Zealand playwright. He has written 13 plays, which have been staged in New Zealand and worldwide including Canada, South Africa, New Caledonia and Britain. Kouka's plays have won multiple awards at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards, the 'Oscars' of New Zealand theatre. Kouka has also worked as a theatre director and producer. In 2009, Kouka was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to contemporary Māori theatre. Background Born in Balclutha in New Zealand's South Island, Kouka graduated in English from the University of Otago in 1988. Later, he graduated from Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School in 1990, with a Diploma in Acting. Kouka has ancestral ties to the Māori tribes of Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Raukawa. Plays Kouka's 1994 play '' Nga Tangata Toa'' (''The Warrior People'') is heralded as a masterpiece in New Zealand theatre. Directed by veteran theatre director Colin McColl, ''Nga Tangata Toa'' was firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvin Tuteao
Calvin Tuteao is a New Zealand actor who has appeared in ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', ''Once Were Warriors'' and '' Xena: Warrior Princess''. Tuteao is renowned for his role on ''Shortland Street'' as Dr. Victor Kahu. He and his niece Quantrelle King both acted in ''Shortland Street'' and also played an uncle and niece relationship. He plays the bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and .... Filmography References External links *Karen Kay Management [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timaru
Timaru (; mi, Te Tihi-o-Maru) is a port city in the southern Canterbury Region of New Zealand, located southwest of Christchurch and about northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific coast of the South Island. The Timaru urban area is home to people, and is the largest urban area in South Canterbury, and the second largest in the Canterbury Region overall, after Christchurch. The town is the seat of the Timaru District, which includes the surrounding rural area and the towns of Geraldine, Pleasant Point and Temuka, which combined have a total population of . Caroline Bay beach is a popular recreational area located close to Timaru's main centre, just to the north of the substantial port facilities. Beyond Caroline Bay, the industrial suburb of Washdyke is at a major junction with State Highway 8, the main route into the Mackenzie Country. This provides a road link to Pleasant Point, Fairlie, Twizel, Lake Tekapo, Aoraki / Mount Cook and Queenstown. Timaru has been built ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cindy Diver
Cindy Diver is a New Zealand writer, theatre director, actor and owner/director of TheatreWorks Ltd, a company that provides casting services as well as acting classes. Diver is most notable for creating and producing verbatim theatre productions on themes such as family violence and dementia. Biography Diver completed a post graduate diploma in theatre studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. She was a founding member of Kilimogo Productions. In 1992, with Martin Phelan, she founded her company, TheatreWorks Ltd. Under Diver's management TheatreWorks Ltd continues to provide actor casting services and acting classes. Diver has also helped with the establishment of the Simulated Patient Development Unit at the University of Otago Medical School. The unit employs actors to play patients with whom medical students are trained to interact. Diver also teaches drama to school children and adults. Verbatim theatre In 2009 Diver collaborated with Hilary Halba, Er ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary Halba
Hilary Halba (born ''ca'' 1962) is a New Zealand actor, theatre director and academic. She is the head of the performing arts programme at the University of Otago. Biography Halba was born in Milton and attended Tokomairiro High School before studying at the University of Otago. Halba studied acting and the teaching of acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York City, and is an accredited teacher of the Meisner Technique. She was a founding member of theatre collectives Kilimogo Productions and Wow! Productions Trust. In 2010 she collaborated with Stuart Young to research and create a verbatim theatre production telling stories of domestic violence. Recognition Halba won Best Female Performer in the 2012 Dunedin Theatre Awards, and was named Dunedin's best actor of 2003 by the ''New Zealand Listener The ''New Zealand Listener'' is a weekly New Zealand magazine that covers the political, cultural and literary life of New Zealand by featuri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rangimoana Taylor
Rangimoana Taylor is an actor, theatre director, storyteller from New Zealand with more than 35 years in the industry. He has performed nationally and internationally and was the lead in the feature film ''Hook Line and Sinker'' (2011). He was an intrinsic part of three Māori theatre companies, ''Te Ohu Whakaari'' and ''Taki Rua'' in Wellington and '' Kilimogo Productions'' in Dunedin''.'' Biography Rangimoana Taylor was born in Wellington. His mother was Reremoana Taylor (Shelford). His father Melvin Taylor was a journalist and worked in the diplomatic service. Taylor is affiliated with the iwi Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau a Apanui and Taranaki. The secondary school he attended was Onslow College in Wellington. Taylor's first screen acting role was on the first funded New Zealand television series ''Pukemanu'' in 1972. Taylor graduated from Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School in 1975 with a Diploma in Acting and was one of the first Māori graduates. Taylor upgraded h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilimogo Productions
Kilimogo Productions is bicultural theatre collective based in Ōtepoti Dunedin that was founded in 1995 or 1996. Background The founders of Kilimogo Productions include Rangimoana Taylor, Cindy Diver and Hilary Halba. The intention was to look at theatre from both a Māori and Pākehā perspective. Founding member Taylor says of this in an interview with Halba, "I sometimes think we go quite painfully, as equals, but we discuss everything." Productions Ngā Tangata Toa ''Nga'' ''Tangata Toa'' (1997) by Hone Kouka. The play started with the Māori ritual of a karanga and haka pōwhiri blurring reality for the audience with this experience that bring a host group and a visitor group together and many in the audience would have experienced in different settings, overall the structure of the play was formed with the framework of a meeting on a marae. Whaea Kairau Two years after presenting ''Nga Tangata Toa'' Kilimogo presented Rangimoana Taylor’s brothers play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Globe Theatre, Dunedin
Globe Theatre is a theatre located in Dunedin, New Zealand, and the amateur theatre company that runs it. The theatre was built in 1961 by Patric and Rosalie Carey as an extension of their house. The building to which it is attached, at 104 London Street, was designed by architect William Mason as his own house and built in 1864. Ralph Hotere designed both sets and costumes for the theatre productions. The foyer area was also used for exhibitions, notably the Waterfall paintings of Colin McCahon, paintings by Michael Smither, and pots by Barry Brickell, Len Castle, and Doreen Blumhardt. 104 London Street as residence The large family house at 104 London Street was designed by architect William Mason as his own house and built in 1864. Mason built his residence at 104 London Street in 1864. When he retired to Glenorchy, he sold the house to Robert Blackadder, a Dunedin merchant, who occupied it from 1879 to 1901, and then sold it to Dunedin draper Herbert Haynes, who resided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Curtis
Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis (born 27 July 1968) is a New Zealand actor. His film credits include ''Once Were Warriors'' (1994), ''Three Kings'' (1999), ''Training Day'' (2001), ''Whale Rider'' (2002), ''Collateral Damage'' (2002), ''Sunshine'', ''Live Free or Die Hard'' (both 2007), '' The Dark Horse'' (2014), for which he won the Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor, and ''Doctor Sleep'' (2019). Curtis had television series roles on NBC's ''Trauma'' and ABC's ''Body of Proof'' and ''Missing''. From 2015 to 2017, he portrayed Travis Manawa on the AMC horror drama series '' Fear the Walking Dead''. He is the co-owner of the independent New Zealand production company Whenua Films. Early life Curtis was born on 27 July 1968 in Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty. He is one of eight children, the son of an amateur dancer. Curtis is of Māori descent; his tribal affiliations are Te Arawa and Ngāti Hauiti. As a boy he studied mau rākau, a traditional Māori form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watershed Theatre
Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to: Hydrology * Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins * Drainage basin, called a "watershed" in North American usage, an area of land where surface water converges Music * ''Watershed'', a 2022 oratorio based on the murder of George Duncan in Adelaide, South Australia * Watershed Music Festival, an annual country music festival in George, Washington Albums and songs * "The Watershed", a song by Mark Hollis, from his eponymous album ''Mark Hollis'' * "Watershed", a song on the album ''Nomads Indians Saints'' by the Indigo Girls * ''Watershed'' (Grant McLennan album), the debut solo album by Grant McLennan * ''Watershed'' (k.d. lang album), the fifth solo studio album by k.d. lang * ''Watershed'' (Opeth album), the ninth full-length studio album by Opeth * "Wattershed", a song by Foo Fighters on their 1995 eponymous debut a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Moriarty
James Moriarty (born 20 June 1953) is a New Zealand actor and theatre director, who began acting professionally in 1967. He came to national attention and is probably best known for his role as the school teacher Riki Winiata in the 1970s soap opera '' Close to Home''. His work has toured nationally and internationally. Moriarty is from the Māori tribes of Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Koata and Ngāti Kahungunu. He is also known for his performance as a Vietnam War veteran in John Broughton's solo work ''Michael James Manaia'' which toured New Zealand and played at the Edinburgh Festival in 1991. Moriarty is the artistic director of Te Rakau Hua O Te Wao Tapu Trust, a performing arts organisation that works with at-risk communities, creating and performing theatre in schools, marae and prisons, as well as professional theatres. In the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours, Moriarty was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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