OUR STAFF

HAYLEY CLARK
MANAGER
Hayley has been involved in the Visual Arts, Wearable Art, Film and Performing Arts most of her life. Along with her partner , Papanui Polamalu, they ran the Bernina Fashion Awards for 4 years and created the Northland Amateur Filmmakers Festival.
Providing opportunities for creative expression, has been at the heart of all of Hayley's community work, and continues through her roles as NYT manager.
​Hayley joined NYT in June 2017

GEORGIA-MAY RUSS  
​OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR  
Georgia -May has been a part of the NYT family since high school where she took part in number of NYT's most memorable performances including 'Quarry' and 'The Odyssey'.  She is one of our amazing Drama Tutors and on April 29th 2019 took on the role as NYT administrator.
NYT is incredibly fortunate to share Georgia with OneOneSix, as she is an incredible asset to both theatres.
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DRAMA TUTORS

AMIE CONNOR
JUNIOR DRAMA TUTOR

Amie is a new face to the theatre community here in Whangarei, having moved her life across the world from England to NZ last year. She graduated from the University of Lincoln with a BA in Theatre and Performance and is passionate about creating theatre both with and for children. She has a huge love for the arts (and has always had a strong involvement in theatre, dance and music) but has an even bigger love for working alongside children, directing her to find her passion in teaching - and is thoroughly enjoying doing so with her Junior class NYT.

GEORGIA-MAY RUSS
SENIOR DRAMA TUTOR

Northland Youth Theatre Alumni Georgia May Pope returns to NYT to tutor our Senior Classes.
With a background in theatre and devising, Georgia has been a part of the Whangarei theatre community for the past few years, helping to create and performing in shows such as 'Milk & Honey' and 'Jabberwock' with Company of Giants and co-directing 'The Garden that Time Forgot' with Northland Youth Theatre.
​As well as tutoring our Senior Class, Georgia also manages ONEONESIX theatre venue.
Georgia's creativity and experience in creating devised theatre is invaluable to NYT. 

RUBY DICKINSON-YEOMAN
INTERMEDIATE DRAMA TUTOR

Ruby is currently attending Whangarei Girls High School and is part of the Northland Youth Theatre 'Emerging Directors' programme.
Ruby recently Directed 2021 Hamlet. 

LAUREL DEVENIE
SENIOR DRAMA TUTOR

Laurel Devenie is a director, actor, teacher and theatre-maker and graduate of Toi Whakaari: The New Zealand Drama School and the John Bolton Theatre School. She has worked consistently throughout the country in many different theatrical arenas. She has been heavily involved in professional and community theatre projects in the Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton, Wanaka and Northland regions. 
She founded her own theatre company in Whangārei, Company of Giants, (Odyssey, Giant Teeth, The Owl and the Pussycat, Rangitahua, Milk and Honey) and has worked on screen as an actor on Shortland Street, Avatar and The Insatiable Moon

LIZ SUGRUE
DRAMA TUTOR

Liz grew up in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the South Island and went to a primary school with roughly 40 children. Lucky for her, a teacher realised some fleeting potential and began taking her to theatre productions in Christchurch from the age of 8. Her first fulltime job was with Whakarite Theatre Company, where she got to tour New Zealand for four years. She then went overseas, cavorted around, jumped out of a helicopter in the middle of the Outback, and then returned to tour with a band. She then completed a degree in Theatre and Film at Canterbury University, while also performing in many productions and forming her own company.
She has taught drama in Christchurch, Wellington, and now Northland. She has been in a number of productions over the years, including Petruchio in an all-female production of The Taming of the Shrew. In Northland, she has been in Pack of Girls, and Mums Choir. She is also a keen musician. She writes her own songs and sings in a duo, and is part of Opera North.

ASH JONES
WRITE CLUB TUTOR

Ash Jones started out as a bright eyed teenager taking Up Close Out Loud to Manchester with Massive Theatre Company. That devising foundation put him in good stead creating works like the award winning Soldiers Heart and the Feathered Girl, and Lies with Nisha Madhan’s The Town Centre. His own theatre company Thank You Real Good Party Time Ltd was created to stage his first full length play Thomus, a coming of age Jacobean crime drama written in Iambic Pentameter. TYRGPT Ltd went on to devise two further plays SKYLOVING and Non Flower Elements. Ash’s work with teenagers includes directing for St Kentigern College and Hawkins Theatre in Papakura as well as directing for art therapist Maxine Donellan’s Healing Through Arts and Action Trust. Ash now resides in Whangarei where he’s focused on writing long form horror fiction.

OUR COLLABORATORS

SOME OF TALENTED PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED SHAPE NYT OVER THE PAST YEARS
PAST
​MANAGERS/TRUSTEES
Alan Palmer - Founder
​​Peter Williams - Patron
Maria Satterfield - Manager
Derek Simpson - Manager
Rose Daly - Manager
Jess Collins - Manager
Wayne Mckean - Chairman
Gareth Mauchline - Trustee
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PAST DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS
Chris Graham 
Laurel Devenie
Ash Holwell
Liz Sugrue
Jan Fisher 
Maria Satterfield
Kelly Johnson 
​Rob Pollack 
Katy Maudlin 
Jo Randerson
​Benjamin Teh
 PAST DESIGNERS/TECHNICIANS
Natasha James – Lighting Designer
Gina Moss – Producer
Chloe Alderton – Designer
Charley Draper – Designer
Tim Bell – Lighting Designer
Benjamin Teh – Actor/writer
Fiona Douglas - Costumes
Hayley Douglas - Costumes
​Hayley Clark - Costumes
​Chris Kwark - Lighting
PAST ACTORS
Benjamin Teh – Actor/writer
Milo Cawthorne - Actor
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There are so many more amazing people you have contributed to NYT over the past 34 years. We would love to include everyone to this list so please contact us, so we can add you to our NYT Whanau Tree.

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