Events
Past Events
Thinning
Written for the Young and Hungry 2010 season and debuted in Auckland and Wellington for July 2010, Thinning is perfectly pitched at a teenage audience.
Hot off the press from Eli Kent, one of NZ's freshest and most exciting young playwrights, Thinning debuted in Whangarei at the Old Library in May. With two stellar casts which was made up of teenagers from Kamo, Boys’ High, Girls’ High and the home school community we rocked the socks off Northland audiences with this wicked and potent Kiwi play.
Kent's expertly and intricately drawn characters captured the complexities of being a teenager in NZ today. It spoke candidly of the contradictions, the daily tragedies and triumphs inherent in the lives of our everyday teenager and delightfully highlighted the unfathomable bonds of enduring friendships.
The play contained some coarse language being an accurate reflection of typical teenagers in NZ today. For this reason we recommended it for your senior students (years 12 and up). The play was approximately 50 min long. We toured schools and presented Thinning at the Old Library from May 1st to the 13th May, but in the end due to the popularity of the show we had to extend the dates and times to accommodate our audiences!
Directed by Laurel Devenie
Production Manager Peter Larsen
The Cast
Anthony Crum, Georgia May-Pope, Casey Clarkson, Gabe Schoonderwoerd, Natasha Foster. Thomas Gowing, Kathryn Mathieson, Sharon Waterhouse, Zara Skuse, Reece Jones, Lutz Hamm, Genieve Taylor, Rori Evans, Leyla Okyay.
Comments by members of the audience..
'..really enjoyed thinning. another fabulous energy filled, talent packed nyt show, congratulations!'
'what a stunning show - the cast never missed a beat and the production/direction/ total show was a credit to you all - excellent work team! I will be looking out for your next work with great interest. All the best to you all'
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Tell Me What I think?
Divised by young local actors, we glimpse an exciting world of strenght and are tortured by the reality of our social culture
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The Party and Love Babe
The Party by Slawomir Mrozek and Love Babe by Christina Stachurski
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Karanga I Te Po
Rob Pollock Director, Jan Fisher as the Great Kauri, Hayley Douglas costume designer
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Nina and the Upside Down tree
Nina and the Upside Down tree performed a fantastic 8 shows around Whangarei with a magic response from all the children who saw it! Thankyou so much to all the cast, supporters, sponsors and parents, you are the backbone of NYT's existence. Keep your eyes peeled for the next auditions
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The Beauty Fairypists and the Bog Bandits
Well! Who'd have thought a little gas would go such a long way! We thoroughly enjoyed the cast of Beauty Fairies, and the show was, as so many parents put it, absolutely amazing. Congratulations to the fabulicious Robert Pollock who pulled together a rag-tag bunch of kids and created a very disiplined cast
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The Beauty Fairypists rehearsals
The beauty fairypists and the bog bandits is well into rehearsals and opens in just over a week. There are only 3 public performances.
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Halloween Horrors 2007
Halloween was a HUGE success and thankyou to all who participated! Special thanks to the APT, The Mad Butcher, Alter Ego Costumes, Classic Hits and all the actors on the night, you were spectacular! Lots of screams, laughter and even a few teary eyes means we hit the mark!!
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October Holiday programme
With tutors Maria Satterfield and Marama Schlebach. We did a big clean-up of Cafler Park and filled two rubbish bins, even found an entire exhaust pipe from a car
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Bernina Fashion Show Cirque du Whangarei troupe
The evening was a great success and Whangarei Community Circus made it magical! Thanks for all your hard work!
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THE SEASON OF SHORTS
The season of Shorts has just finished to rave reviews! 3 fun comedies and 9 shakespeare excerpts were toured around the district but especially enjoyed playing to the audiences at Café Narnia! Returning members from seasons as far as 8 years ago performed together and are hoping to pop up again later in the year at the Holee Cow Comedy Festival in August.
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PAPAGENINA’S FLUTE
Last year NYT produced a premiere NZ work "Papagenina's Flute" with an almost entirely brand new cast of junior members, the author Leo Cappel journeyed from Kawau Island to the opening night and was thrilled with the show. We were thrilled with the talent and commitment shown by such young actors. Well done everyone.
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Between Bells
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