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Rose Beauchamp
Rose Beauchamp (26 October 1946 – 10 January 2022) was a New Zealand puppeteer, actress, musician, and member of the Red Mole and Hens' Teeth theatre companies. Life and career Rose Beauchamp Thomas was born in Auckland in 1946. In her 20s and 30s she travelled and lived in the Middle East and England, attending puppetry festivals in Europe. She married poet Ian Wedde at age 20; they were married for 20 years and had three sons. She began performing, mostly as a musician, with White Rabbit Puppet Theatre, a branch of the Red Mole Theatre Company. She joined Red Mole in 1975 and began doing puppetry. Beauchamp studied and performed puppetry in Japan. She attended the UNIMA World Puppet Festival in 1988 and was funded by the New Zealand–Japan Exchange Programme to study and perform with a puppet company in 1989. In 1990 she made her third trip to Japan to perform at a puppet festival on Shikoku Island. She travelled around Japan performing her puppet show with an anti-n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puppeteer
A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object, called a puppet, to create the illusion that the puppet is alive. The puppet is often shaped like a human, animal, or legendary creature. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from the audience. A puppeteer can operate a puppet indirectly by the use of strings, rods, wires, electronics or directly by his or her own hands placed inside the puppet or holding it externally or any other part of the body- such as the legs. Some puppet styles require two or more puppeteers to work together to create a single puppet character. The puppeteer's role is to manipulate the physical object in such a manner that the audience believes the object is imbued with life. In some instances, the persona of the puppeteer is also an important feature, as with ventriloquist's dummy performers, in which the puppeteer and the human figure-styled puppet appear onstage together, and in theatre shows like ''Avenue Q''. The puppeteer might speak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hens' Teeth
Hens' Teeth Women's Comedy Company is a woman-only comedy troupe based in Wellington, New Zealand founded in 1988. Background After attending a women's comedy festival in Sydney Kate JasonSmith founded Hens' Teeth in time to debut just before Christmas in 1988.Elliott, Matt. ''Kiwi Jokers: The Rise and Rise of New Zealand Comedy.'' Auckland: HarperCollins, 1997. . P109. It was a success breaking box-office records for Wellington's Circa Theatre. The company's name comes from the saying 'as rare as hens’ teeth' pointing to the scarcity of female comedians working professionally in New Zealand. Between 1988 and 2001 Kate JasonSmith produced regular performances of Hens Teeth mostly in Wellington featuring over 100 women. Performers included: Ginette McDonald, Rima te Wiata, Emily Perkins, Cathy Sheat, Michelle Scullion, Ann Pacey, Riwia Brown, Ann Jones, Alison Wall, Pam Corkery, Perry Piercy, Nancy Fulford, Stephanie Creed, Vicki Walker, Donna Akersten, Jane Waddell, TV perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Wedde
Ian Curtis Wedde (born 17 October 1946) is a New Zealand poet, fiction writer, critic, and art curator. Biography Born in Blenheim, New Zealand, Wedde lived in East Pakistan and England as a child before returning to New Zealand. He attended King's College and the University of Auckland, graduating with an MA in English in 1968. Wedde started publishing poetry in 1966. He travelled in Jordan and England in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and returned to New Zealand to live in Port Chalmers in 1972. In 1975 he moved to Wellington. From 1983 to 1990 Wedde was the art critic for '' The Evening Post''. He co-edited ''The Penguin Book of New Zealand Verse'' with Harvey McQueen in the mid 1980s, and ''The Penguin Book of Contemporary New Zealand Poetry'' with McQueen and Miriama Evans in 1989. He became the arts project manager at Te Papa in 1994. A collection of essays, ''Making Ends Meet'', was published in 2005. Wedde was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shikoku Island
is the smallest of the four main islands of Japan. It is long and between wide. It has a population of 3.8 million (, 3.1%). It is south of Honshu and northeast of Kyushu. Shikoku's ancient names include ''Iyo-no-futana-shima'' (), ''Iyo-shima'' (), and ''Futana-shima'' (), and its current name refers to the four former provinces that made up the island: Awa, Tosa, Sanuki, and Iyo. Geography Shikoku Island, comprising Shikoku and its surrounding islets, covers about and consists of four prefectures: Ehime, Kagawa, Kōchi, and Tokushima. Across the Seto Inland Sea lie Wakayama, Osaka, Hyōgo, Okayama, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi Prefectures on Honshu. To the west lie Ōita and Miyazaki Prefectures on Kyushu. Shikoku is ranked as the 50th largest island by area in the world. Additionally, it is ranked as the 23rd most populated island in the world, with a population density of 193 inhabitants per square kilometre (500/sq mi). Mountains running east and west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngāi Tūhoe
Ngāi Tūhoe (), often known simply as Tūhoe, is a Māori iwi of New Zealand. It takes its name from an ancestral figure, Tūhoe-pōtiki. ''Tūhoe'' is a Māori-language word meaning "steep" or "high noon". Tūhoe people also bear the sobriquet ''Nga Tamariki o te Kohu'' ("the children of the mist"). Tūhoe traditional land is at Te Urewera (the former Te Urewera National Park) in the eastern North Island, a steep, heavily forested area which includes Lake Waikaremoana. Tūhoe traditionally relied on the forest for their needs. The tribe had its main centres of population in the small mountain valleys of Ahikereru and Ruatāhuna, with Maungapohatu, the inner sanctum of the Urewera, as their sacred mountain. The Tūhoe country had a great reputation among the neighbouring tribes as a graveyard for invading forces. Tūhoe people have a reputation for their continued strong adherence to Māori identity and for their unbroken use of the Māori language, which 60% of them still speak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngāti Porou
Ngāti Porou is a Māori iwi traditionally located in the East Cape and Gisborne regions of the North Island of New Zealand. Ngāti Porou is affiliated with the 28th Maori Battalion and has the second-largest affiliation of any iwi in New Zealand, with 71,910 registered members in 2006. The traditional rohe or tribal area of Ngāti Porou extends from Pōtikirua and Lottin Point in the north to Te Toka-a-Taiau (a rock that used to sit in the mouth of Gisborne harbour) in the south. Mt Hikurangi features prominently in Ngāti Porou traditions as a symbol of endurance and strength, and holds tapu status. In these traditions, Hikurangi is often personified. Ngāti Porou traditions indicate that Hikurangi was the first point to surface when Māui fished up the North Island from beneath the ocean. His canoe, the '' Nuku-tai-memeha'', is said to have been wrecked there. The Waiapu River also features in Ngāti Porou traditions. History Pre-European history Ngāti Porou takes its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metro area, and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region. It is the world's southernmost capital of a sovereign state. Wellington features a temperate maritime climate, and is the world's windiest city by average wind speed. Legends recount that Kupe discovered and explored the region in about the 10th century, with initial settlement by Māori iwi such as Rangitāne and Muaūpoko. The disruptions of the Musket Wars led to them being overwhelmed by northern iwi such as Te Āti Awa by the early 19th century. Wellington's current form was originally designed by Captain William Mein Smith, the first Surveyor General for Edward Wakefield's New Zealand Company, in 1840. The Wellington urban area, which only includes urbanised ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Moulder
Helen Moulder (born 1947) is a New Zealand actress. Biography Helen Moulder was born in Brightwater, Nelson, New Zealand in 1947. However she began her professional career in the UK in 1974, singing in musicals and pantomime and spending a year with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. In 1977 she returned to New Zealand where she has worked for several decades as an actor in theatre, television, film, and radio. In 2000 she won Actress of the Year in the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards for her role as Vivian Bearing in the Circa Theatre production of ''Wit'' and did the same in 2003 for Sylvia in '' Meeting Karpovsky'', a play she produced with Sir Jon Trimmer. Theatre Recent theatre roles she has undertaken in New Zealand include the comic character of Cynthia Fortitude, which she developed along with Rose Beauchamp, who plays her long-suffering sidekick and accompanist Gertrude Rallentando, as part of their contributions to Hen's Teeth performances over several decades. Feature- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bub Bridger
Noeline Edith "Bub" Bridger (15 July 1924 – 8 December 2009) was a New Zealand poet and short story writer and actor, who often performed her own work and drew inspiration from her Māori, Irish and English ancestry. Early life Bridger was born in Napier, New Zealand, of Ngāti Kahungunu and Irish descent. She grew up in Napier during the depression years. She attended several primary schools in the region followed by Napier Intermediate, and then one year at Napier Girls' High School. She left school after the third form and found work in Napier in local factories. In 1942, Bridger moved with her father to Wellington and worked in the Social Security Department. She married and had four children, but the marriage failed and she raised the children on her own. Writing Bridger was interested in writing from an early age. During her school years, she excelled in reading and writing. After her children had grown up, at the age of 50 she enrolled in a creative writing course ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorae Parry
Lorae Ann Parry is a New Zealand playwright and actor. Biography and education She was born in 1955 in Sydney, Australia and in 1970 moved to New Zealand. Parry has two qualifications, a Diploma in Acting from Toi Whakaari, the national New Zealand Drama School in 1976, and a Master in Scriptwriting from Victoria University of Wellington. Career A noted feminist playwright, Parry's plays often explore sexuality, gender, and class systems. Her first plays, ''Strip'', and ''Frontwomen'', used a combination of realism and humor to promote empowerment of women and more acceptance of lesbianism. The play ''Frontwomen'' was a breakthrough in history when it was the first lesbian play performed in New Zealand. However, her most influential play, ''Eugenia,'' was published in 1996 and explored the nature of sexuality and gender, as well as challenging social traditions around females. ''Eugenia'' is noted for its mixing of the magical and supernatural with the true historical figu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rima Te Wiata
Heather Rima Te Wiata (born 15 March 1963) is a New Zealand singer, comedian and stage, film and television actress. Early life Te Wiata was born in London, the only child of opera singer Inia Te Wiata and actress Beryl Te Wiata. She is of the Ngāti Raukawa tribe. Her father died when she was 8 years old, and she and her mother returned to New Zealand two years later. They settled in Auckland, where Te Wiata attended Epsom Girls' Grammar School. Career Te Wiata first appeared on stage in ''The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' at Auckland's Mercury Theatre, and later attended the New Zealand Drama School. After graduating in 1983, she went on a six month national tour, singing in ''Footrot Flats''. She made her screen debut in 1986 on the long-running Australian soap '' Sons and Daughters,'' playing the role of Janice Reid for two years. On her return to New Zealand she appeared in a number of television series including ''Shortland Street'', the police drama ''Shark in the Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
