Drama New Zealand

An Invitation from our sponsors, Phillips Selecon

Susan Battye — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:05:32 +0000

September 23, 2010
12:30 am	to	7:02 pm

Stuart Mitchell says, “Join us at a Selecon and Strand RoadShow industry event hosted by the Philips Entertainment lighting team alongside our Strand Lighting dealer, Kenderdine Electrical showcasing the latest in conventional luminaires, LED luminaires, lighting control and dimming solutions for all aspects of production from live theatre, broadcast and concert lighting, for example:

The SPX ellipsoidal Zoomspot range which offers a host of innovative features combined with a beautiful field and precise focus, a hallmark of Selecon design.
The focusable PL1 and PL3 LED PC Spots which have been designed around the Vari-Lite LED engines and offer clean white light and a broad range of colours perfect for any entertainment application. The luminaires feature one and three LED engines respectively and a wide 14°-50° adjustable beam spread.
The PL-TR series LED wash lights – a range of powerful low energy, tunable white, three colour RGB and five colour RGBAW luminaires.
Strand 200 Plus control console. Two models offering up to 96 channels of generic control with the ability to control LEDs and basic Moving Light functionality.
Australasian-built portable, wall-mount dimming solutions plus the latest technology in IGBT dimming which is now available in our standard EC 21 Racks; also available in raceways for a distributed dimming option offering cost savings in wiring and distribution plus.

Where and when:

Thursday, September 23^rd
Philips Selecon Office
19-21 Kawana Street, Northcote, Auckland 0600

We’re planning these evenings as fairly casual events: 4.30-7.30pm (refreshments provided) and we want to see you even if you can only pop in for an hour or so; if you can spend longer that’s even better! There is no charge for you to join us but we would appreciate an RSVP if you do plan on coming in so we can get the catering numbers right so please advise Jason.Parkes@philips.com if you and / or any colleagues are planning to attend.

I’m attaching an invitation in case you’d like to print it off for your theatre or office notice boards and if you’ve a colleague or friend who might be interested then please, feel free to forward on this message. Everyone who attends will go into our prize draw for one of our new data testers, the DMXFix – designed to test DMX, transmit DMX, RDM send and receive, cable test as well as the ability to store and playback up to 99 memories!

We look forward to welcoming you along and showing you the new energy efficient, high performance lighting and control systems using highly innovative technologies which are joining the comprehensive Philips Entertainment lighting inventory and please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any queries at all.

Regards,

Stuart Mitchell

New Zealand Sales

Philips Selecon

DDI 09 481 0113

Mob 021 799 621

Congratulations to Janinka Greenwood Director of Publications for IDEA

Susan Battye — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:23:50 +0000

Allow me to use this opportunity to communicate to you the new IDEA Executive Committee. They’re:

Patrice Baldwin, United Kingdom – President
Mercy Mirembe Ntangaare , Uganda – Vice President
Karen Libman, United States of America – Secretary
Rannveig Thorkelsdotlia, Iceland – Treasurer
Jean-Henri Dreze, Germany – Director of Projects
Luvel Garcia, Cuba – Director of Young IDEA
Janinka Greenwood, New Zealand – Director of Publications
Bira Azevedo, Brazil – Director of Communications
Samuel Leong, Hong Kong – Director of Research

We also had elections for the IDEA General Meeting Committee, and the officers are:

Steven Clark, France – President
Vicensia Shule, Tanzania – Vice President
Sanja Kismanovic, Serbia – Secretary

The IDEA Accountancy Committee had the following officers elected:

Carl Fredrik Olafson , Norway – President
Tintti Karpppinen, Finland – Vice President
Marion Kuester, Germany – Secretary

Our thoughts are with all our Christchurch members and their families

Verity Davidson — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:54:26 +0000

On behalf of Drama New Zealand, our very best wishes go out to all our Christchurch members and their families. Our thoughts are with you through this trying time. I hope you are all safe and not too badly affected by the earthquake. Lots of love and strength vibes from us to you all. Verityxx

Critical Studies in Drama in Education International Symposium

Susan Battye — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:51:25 +0000

Critical Studies in Drama in Education International Symposium

26 October 2010 to 27 October 2010, 1.30pm Tuesday – 3.45pm Wednesday, Host: School of Critical Studies in Education, Faculty of Education

Cost: Student – $50.00, University of Auckland staff – $60.00, External – $100.00

Contact: Please RSVP and submit your registration form to Stacey Davis by Monday 26 July 2010 More…

Download Symposium Flyer

We need critical hope the way a fish needs unpolluted water
- Paolo Friere

This international symposium addresses the potentiality of drama as a pedagogy of hope based in action. The symposium addresses the vital importance of drama in education as a force to humanise, to feed and nurture the compassionate potential of the imagination.

Keynote Presenters

Associate Professor Michael Anderson, University of Sydney
Associate Professor Penny Bundy, Griffith University
Associate Professor George Belliveau and Sue Belliveau, University of British Columbia
Professor John Carroll, Charles Sturt University
Dr Madonna Stinson, Griffith University
Dr Peter O’Connor, The University of Auckland
Elizabeth Anderson, The University of Auckland
Dr Viv Aitken, The University of Waikato

Paper Presenters

David Cameron, University of Newcastle
Associate Professor Janinka Greenwood, University of Canterbury
Claire Coleman, Esther Fitzpatrick, Jane Luton, Luke Devery, Molly Mullen, Paul Heyward – The University of Auckland

ACTING TOGETHER ON THE WORLD STAGE: A CONFERENCE ON THEATRE AND PEACE BUILDING IN CONFLICT ZONES

Susan Battye — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:35:38 +0000

Dear Friends,

Theatre Without Borders, presented by La MaMa ETC and in affiliation with Brandeis University, announces ACTING TOGETHER ON THE WORLD STAGE: A CONFERENCE ON THEATRE AND PEACE BUILDING IN CONFLICT ZONES, September 23-26, 2010 in New York City.

This conference brings together theatre and performance practitioners from around the world to share their experiences with artists, activists, educators, policy makers, and the general public.

Theatre Without Borders is a grassroots, volunteer organization that is committed to exploring, with the guidance of peace-building scholar/ practitioners, a range of questions about the relationship between the arts and conflict transformation.

Artists will be arriving from and/or representing: Argentina, Belarus, Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, Cyprus, England, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Kenya, Korea, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Romania, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Uganda, United States, Zimbabwe, and many other countries.

Conference highlights include performances, workshops and roundtable discussions:

Keynote addresses: “Conflict & Trauma: Strategies for Transformation & Healing,” Dr. Barbara Love (UMass Amherst); and “An Incident of Cutting & Chopping: The Bindunuwewa Child Soldier Massacre,” James Thompson (University of Manchester, UK);

Screening of the World Premiere Acting Together Documentary Film;

Performances of Buckworld One (USA); Ieng Sithul & Chhon Sina reading a play by Morm Sokly (Cambodia); Discover Love, Belarus Free Theatre; Behind the Mask with Debora Correa (Peru); Crossing the Line, DAH Theatre (Serbia); Theatre of Festivity, Albugaa Theatre (Sudan).

Burmese Art Exhibit, La MaMa E.T.C. Galleria, curated by Richard Streiter.

To reserve your place at the Conference and for all information, please call +1-212-620-0703 or emailConference@theatrewithoutborders.com.

Attendance is free. There is a suggested donation of $25. For more information or to make a donation to make this conference possible, please refer towww.theatrewithoutborders.com.

New Zealand Playhouse Primary Schools Tour 2010 /2011

Susan Battye — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:24:39 +0000

Drama New Zealand member New Zealand Playhouse announces its 2010 Primary Schools Tour and 2011 programme. Michal Bush says “We’re pleased to present two brand new shows for 2011 – for both High School and Primary School - Our 2010 national tour is underway. Most centres have sold out but we have a few spaces left.” More…

AUDITION FOR THE NICA 2011 CERTIFICATE III IN CIRCUS ARTS

Susan Battye — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:32:00 +0000

Combine circus training at NICA with secondary studies at the Australian Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School! The National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) is seeking young people entering Year 11 or 12 next year to audition for the Certificate III in Circus Arts. This is an exciting opportunity for students who wish to pursue a career as a circus performer.

Quantum Leap for the Arts in Education in Australia

Susan Battye — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:24:48 +0000

An article in the Sydney Morning Herald 30 August 2010 decribes how all students in years K to 8 will have the opportunity to experience all five art forms and then choose the form, or forms, in which they have a passion and would then like to specialise in during their senior years. Drama New Zealand congratulates the Arts Education community in Australia on this acheivement.

Porirua Drama Cluster will be held at Aotea College on September 10th.

Susan Battye — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:57:03 +0000

September 10, 2010
3:00 pm	to	6:00 pm

In terms of the “support with” stuff I think it would be best to get the ball rolling before the meeting so here’s mine:

- (seeing as I started it on drama net) – if you have developed your own exam questions around beats for the level two exam AND/OR for 1.6 or 3.6 then please bring them along.

Add your requests by emailing and please RSVP directly to tiffany.franks@aoteacollege.school.nz so I know how many snacks to get. And please pass this on to other teachers in our region.

Tim Bray Productions presents Badjelly the Witch by Tim Bray, adapted from the book by Spike Milligan.

Susan Battye — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:52:15 +0000

September 13, 2010 5:00 pm

September 25, 2010 5:00 pm

Cheer as Tim and Rose sey off to search for Lucy. Laugh with Dinglemouse, Mud-wiggle and Binkle-bonk.

And then…BOO at Badjelly the Witch as she captures Tim and Rose. Will she turn them into sausages? Will they escape? Who will save them?

Where: PumpHouse Theatre, Takapuna, North Shore City

Bookings phone 09-489-8360 or www.pumphouse.co.nz

When: School & pre-school season Monday 13 September – Friday 25 September 2010

How Much: Discounted tickets from $8 each

One free teacher’s ticket per 20 children Plus Free Teachers’ Resource Guide

Public season

Monday 27 September – Saturday 9 October 2010

10.30am & 1pm daily

Bookings phone 09-489-8360 or www.pumphouse.co.nz