Wow! Productions
| Formation | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Type | Theatre group |
| Location | |
Membership | Lisa Warrington, Cindy Diver, Martyn Roberts, Alison Finegan, Hilary Halba, Donna Agnew, Peter Chin, Courtney Drummond, Liesel Mitchell |
| Website | https://wowproductions.nz/ |
Wow! Productions is a professional theatre co-operative based in Dunedin, New Zealand.
The co-operative began in 1996 and is run by a charitable trust, whose membership is Martyn Roberts, Cindy Diver, Alison Finigan, Hilary Halba, Lisa Warrington, Donna Agnew, Peter Chin, Courtney Drummond, and Liesel Mitchell.[1]
non-theatre spaces chosen deliberately
Erina Daniel's Party with the Aunties (see theatreview)
The Flick
The End of the Golden Weather
"Ordinary people made fascinating" Theatreview 4/12/07
(note that Arcade productions probably notable also)
Production history
| Date | Production | Author | Director | Venue |
| Sept 1996 | Saving Grace
(NZ) |
Duncan Sarkies | David O’Donnell | Fortune Studio Theatre |
| Nov 1996 | Dancing at Lughnasa (Ireland) | Brian Friel | Lisa Warrington | Transport Gallery, Otago Settlers Museum |
| May 1997 | Twelfth Night
(England) |
Shakespeare | Lisa Warrington | Allen Hall Theatre |
| October 1997 | Unidentified Human Remains & the True Nature of Love (Canada) | Brad Fraser | Richard Huber | Manhattan Theatre space, Moray Place |
| November 1997 | Tzigane
(NZ) |
John Vakidis | Hilary Norris | Otago Settlers Museum foyer |
| June-July 1998 | Arcadia
(England) |
Tom Stoppard | Lisa Warrington | Dunedin Public Art Gallery (as part of Science Festival) |
| August 1998 | Two Weeks With the Queen
(Australia) |
Mary Morris/ | Hilary Norris | Mary Hopewell Theatre, Dunedin College of Education |
| August 1998 | “Dun/Edin” photo exhibition (NZ) | Paul Trotman, photographer | [Paul Trotman] | Streets of Dunedin and Edinburgh |
| October 1998 | Goldie (NZ) | Peter Hawes | David O’Donnell | Rehearsed reading in Dunedin Public Art Gallery during Goldie exhibition |
| February 1999 | Dance of the Dark Soul (video) (NZ) | Richard Huber | Richard Huber | First screening launched at Temple Gallery, Dunedin |
| March 1999 | One Flesh
(NZ) |
Fiona Samuel | Lisa Warrington | Fortune Theatre mainstage |
| June-July 1999 | Whaea Kairau: Mother Hundred-Eater (NZ) | Apirana Taylor | Richard Huber | Otago Museum Special Exhibitions Gallery
(Partnership with Kilimogo) |
| February 2000 | The Beauty Queen of Leenane
(Ireland) |
Martin McDonagh | Richard Huber | Fortune Studio Theatre |
| May 2000 | Horseplay
(NZ) |
Ken Duncum | Gary Henderson | Fortune Theatre |
| October 2000 | An Unseasonable Fall of Snow
(NZ) |
Gary Henderson | Rachel More | Ruby in the Dust, Octagon, for the Inaugural Otago Festival of the Arts |
| September 2001 | Collected Stories
(USA) |
Donald Margulies | Patrick Davies | Carnegie Gallery, Moray Place |
| September 2001 | Autowalk
(NZ) |
Barbara Carey, Antony Partridge & Stayci Taylor | Directed by the devisors | Arc Cafē |
| Nov- Dec 2001 | Blue Smoke
(NZ) |
Rawiri Paratene & Murray Lynch | Lisa Warrington | Ruby in the Dust, Octagon |
| September 2002 | Hitting 50
(NZ) |
Sue McCauley | Tony McCaffrey | Court 2 Christchurch & Fortune Studio Theatre |
| April-May 2004 | Miss Julie
(Sweden/NZ) |
August Strindberg, translation by Ted Nye | Hilary Norris | Playhouse Theatre Dunedin |
| Sept-Oct 2004 | Cherish
(NZ) |
Ken Duncum | Lisa Warrington | Dunedin Public Arts Gallery, for Otago Festival of the Arts |
| Sept- Oct 2006 | Lines of Fire
(NZ) |
Gary Henderson | Lisa Warrington | Dunedin Railway Station, for Otago Festival of the Arts & 10th anniversary WOW! celebration |
| December 2007 | Hairway to Heaven
(NZ) |
Sarah McDougall | Lisa Warrington | Otago Polytechnic Hairdressing salon |
| March 2008 | Tracey and Traci
(NZ) |
HiIary Halba, Barbara Power, Clare Adams | Clare Adams | Polson Higgs Accountancy Offices |
| October 2008 | The Cape
(NZ) |
Vivienne Plumb | Simon O’Connor | Playhouse Theatre, as part of Otago Festival of the Arts |
| Sept/Oct 2009 | Glorious (NZ) | Richard Huber | Patrick Davies | Fortune Theatre Studio[2] |
| October 2010 | Backwards in High Heels (NZ) | Stuart Hoar | Richard Huber | Sundry community halls around Dunedin for the Otago Festival of the Arts |
| March 2014 | Milk Milk Lemonade (USA) | Joshua Conkel | Anna Henare & Patrick Davies | St Paul’s Cathedral Crypt, Octagon. Part of the 2014 Dunedin Fringe Festival.[3] |
| 28 Aug/6 Sept
2015 |
Farley’s Arcade: The Wildest Place in Town
(NZ) |
Richard Huber & others | Richard Huber/Lisa Warrington | Sundry spaces in the Athenaeum Building, Octagon[4]. Won 2015 Promotion of the Year at the Dunedin Theatre Awards.[5] |
| Jan 2018 and ongoing | Journey of the Jura
(NZ) |
Emily Duncan (dramaturg, with cast)
|
Anya Tate-Manning | Held in ‘Across the Ocean Waves’ exhibit at Toitu[6] |
| July 2019 | The Flick | Annie Baker | Lara Macgregor | At Allen Hall Theatre[7] |
| Nov 2020 | The End of the Golden Weather (NZ) | Bruce Mason | Lisa Warrington | Starring Matt Wilson. At various locations around Dunedin, Oamaru, Mosgiel, Waitati[8] |
References
- ^ "About | Wow Productions". Wow Productions | Premiere Dunedin Theatre. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ "Glorious - Glorious, like that woman in that film with Katherine Hepburn". www.theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "MilkMilkLemonade - Bizarrely original, darkly edged comedy". www.theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "FARLEY'S ARCADE: The Wildest Place in Town - A truly remarkable achievement". www.theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ Harwood, Brenda (10 Dec 2015). "Theatre awards given on 'night of the stars'". The Star.
- ^ "1862 'Jura' ship trip experience". Otago Daily Times Online News. 2018-02-04. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "PRODUCTION INFORMATION: THE FLICK - Theatreview". www.theatreview.org.nz. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
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