Prospect Park Productions

Website: prospectpark.co.nz

Contact person - Producer, H-J Kilkelly.

Email: h-j@prospectpark.co.nz

Prospect Park Productions was established in 2016 by producer, H-J Kilkelly, and writer, Emily Duncan, to create and produce original NZ theatre, and collaborative projects that reach into other art forms. In 2019 they launched the Ōtepoti Theatre Lab, a development platform for new and emerging playwrights. Over a year, they offer free programmes and workshop opportunities that are delivered both in-schools and off-site.

Improsaurus

Improsaurus is a Dunedin based improvised theatre troupe who currently runs the annual Dunedin high school theatresports competition. We run education workshops at a high school level, open workshops at a tertiary level, and corporate events for a host of different occasions. Our style of improvised theatre revolves around building confidence in failure, trusting your intuition on stage, and working fluidly as a team.

Website: https://www.facebook.com/Improsaurus/

Email: corporate@improsaurus.co.nz

Contact person: Gray Gibson graycgibson@gmail.com

Dunedin Unesco City of Literature

Dunedin is a magnificent example of a small city that lives, breathes and connects through its people, its culture and its intense love of literature. Situated in the South Island of New Zealand, Dunedin has a population of approximately 120,000 people and although a rather young city in worldly terms, it is well known as a university town of excellence in research and learning, and a city where writers, books and literature thrive.

Dunedin became New Zealand’s first UNESCO Creative City when it was awarded ‘City of Literature’ status in 2014. The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) is designed to develop international co-operation among cities and encourages partnerships that deliver on UNESCO’s global priorities of culture and development, and sustainable development. There are seven different Creative City themes in the Network: folk art, gastronomy, media arts, design, film or music and literature.

UNESCO Cities of Literature work together to build strong global partnerships: encouraging literary exchanges, creating cross-cultural initiatives and developing local, national and international literary links. Each City is dedicated to pursuing excellence in literature on a local level, engaging citizens in a dynamic culture of words.

Website: www.cityofliterature.co.nz

Social media:

• www.facebook.com/cityofliteraturenz/

• twitter.com/acityofstories

• www.instagram.com/acityofstories/

Contact: Nicky Page, Director City of Literature

Email: nicky.page@dcc.govt.nz

WOW! Productions

Wow! Productions is Dunedin’s premiere theatre collective. It was formed in mid-1996 as a co-operative of actors, directors and other theatre & creative practitioners with a shared vision to provide a professionally-constituted creative forum. Wow! is overseen by a Charitable Trust and presents an eclectic programme of plays and events which respond positively to the theatrical climate of Dunedin.

Website address: www.wowproductions.nz

Contact Martyn Roberts (Board Chair): martyn.roberts@otago.ac.nz/

Phone: +64 3 479 8825

Arcade Theatre Company

Arcade is an award-winning theatre company which strives to provide a platform supporting vibrant and diverse voices in the Dunedin theatrical scene. Arcade was established in 2018 to provide a platform for emerging Dunedin theatre makers to practice and display their craft. Arcade exists to remove the barriers of entry into the Arts industry by taking over financing, production and marketing with the aim of enabling artists to generate work. Our company actively targets the under 35 market, a group who are underserved by the other providers in the city by creating fresh and exciting work. For this reason, we keep our ticket prices affordable as we acknowledge a subsidy is necessary to keep our audience engaged with the theatre. Arcade won 'Company of the Year' at the 2018 Dunedin Theatre Awards.

Contact: Alex Wilson (Artistic Director)

Email: hello@arcadetheatre.co

Website: arcadetheatre.co

Facebook: www.facebook.com/arcadetheatreco

Instagram: www.instagram.com/arcadetheatreco/

Playhouse Theatre

The Playhouse Theatre is Dunedin’s little theatre with a big heart. It is home to the Dunedin Repertory Society, which has been staging quality amateur productions for over 75 years. We present a children’s theatre production every school holidays, as well as an intriguing mix of adult’s theatre each year. We are also proud to host other productions and festivals in our theatre.

Contact: Jemma Adams jemma.adams@hotmail.co.nz

Website: www.playhousetheatre.co.nz

Email: playhousedunedin@gmail.com

Secretary, Claire Wood

Stage South

The Aims of Stage South are to:

• collaborate with theatre practitioners to facilitate theatre in Otago and Southland

• manage and maintain all assets for the benefit of the local and regional arts community

• foster and promote the growth and development of professional theatre in Otago and Southland

• facilitate skill-sharing in all aspects of professional theatre practice by offering information, advocacy, advice and resources

• build and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders and funders

• make theatre sustainable in the region

• support high quality theatre for the widest possible audience across the Southern region

• promote inclusion, equal opportunities and diversity

• advocate for the best possible working conditions

As a Stage South member, I recognise that:

• the performing arts have the power and potential to change lives

• the performing arts should be available to the many not the few

• the performing arts thrive when people are put before profit

• the value of contributing to a community of performing arts professionals

As a Stage South member, I agree to:

• uphold Stage South’s purposes, aims and principles

• actively engage with Stage South

Email: stagesouth@gmail.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/stagesouthnz

Dunedin Fringe Festival

The Dunedin Fringe Festival is an annual showcase of innovative and experimental contemporary art and ideas. The Fringe provides a platform for Dunedin artists to present new and exciting work. The Fringe also brings talented emerging and established artists from throughout New Zealand and other countries to inspire Dunedin artists and audiences. The Fringe is a stepping stone environment for many artists who go on to present work on in other festivals or develop other professional opportunities.

The DFF is timed to align with an Australasian circuit of like minded festivals including Fringe World (Perth), Adelaide Fringe, Auckland Fringe, NZ Fringe (Wellington), and Melbourne International Comedy Festival. The DFF is proudly open access and undertakes many activities to support artists such as funding, producing showcase events, reviews, prizes, workshops, and operating a venue.

Website: www.dunedinfringe.nz

Contact: Gareth McMillan: director@dunedinfringe.nz

Office: +64 3 477 3350

Physical Address: 26 Princes St, Dunedin 9016

Suitcase Theatre

Suitcase Theatre is a small Dunedin theatre group focused on producing great theatre for the theatre’s sake.

We are passionate about producing theatre that is supportive of and directly meaningful to the community we exist within. In order to facilitate this we have become a charitable trust – woohoo!

Therefore – we produce a collection of both meaningful and silly theatrical things for your viewing pleasure. We are also recruited to contribute to and collaborate on other projects. For example – A theatrical reading of the hunting of the snark, rehearsed readings at the Dunedin City Library and performing in “Hostage” a radio play created by Dunedin writers “The Playgroup”

Its been a busy year for the suitcase team, we’ll need a wee nap but will be back soon with more exciting antics.

Website: https://suitcasetheatredunedin.wordpress.com/

Contact: Sofie, Helen & Laura

Email: suitcasetheatredunedin@gmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Suitcase-Theatre-1002769019749188/

Afterburner

Founded in 2001 by lighting designer Martyn Roberts, afterburner is a collective of artists, performers, designers and theatre makers who create works for stage, galleries and site specific locations. Beginning with Man on the Moon in 2001 afterburner has gone on to create The Telescope, Fog and Mirrors, Ink, The Singularity, Apollo ReDux, Hubble, assisted with the first Nag, a totally sustainable work powered by two cyclists created by Marcus McShane who is a regular afterburner artist. Other works include The Last Resort Café and Fission which explored the interface between theatre and physics. Recently afterburner has been showing Dark Matter, an immersive lighting work. Awarded 'Best of Fringe' at the NZ Fringe 2017, Dark Matter has also been awarded Best Design and Best Multimedia by the Dunedin Fringe 2016. Dark Matter has been transformed into a VR experience and was presented at the Prague Quadrennial 2019 as part of the NZ exhibition.

Contact: Martyn Roberts afterburner.nz@gmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/afterburner-758538540872533/

theta

Vision: Stronger resilient communities.

Mission: The Theatre in Health Education Trust (THETA) uses applied theatre to promote well-being, equity, self-determination and to inform and strengthen communities.

The Theatre in Health Education Trust provides innovative and challenging health education programmes to the rangatahi/youth of Aotearoa-New Zealand through the experiential medium of theatre.

Our interactive theatre-based programmes use a combination of traditional theatre, educational drama, structured role play and decision-making activities to engage students in the exploration of issues relevant to their lives.

Operations Manager

Grant Millman: manager@theta.org.nz

Artistic Director

Evan Hastings director@theta.org.nz