Story: Theatre companies and producers

More links and websites

• Auckland Theatre Company

  Auckland’s professional theatre company, established in 1992.

• Centrepoint

  Palmerston North-based Centrepoint is New Zealand’s only professional theatre company outside the main centres.

• Court Theatre

  Christchurch’s Court Theatre was set up in 1971 and was still running in 2014.

• Indian Ink Theatre Company

  Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis founded Indian Ink in 1997.

• Performing Arts Network of New Zealand

  This organisation supports the performing arts sector.

• Taki Rua

  The long-running Māori theatre company.

More suggestions and sources

• Carey, Rosalie. A theatre in the house: the Careys’ Globe. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 1999.

• Downes, Peter. Shadows on the stage: theatre in New Zealand: the first 70 years. Dunedin: J. McIndoe, 1975.

• Harcourt, Peter. A dramatic appearance: New Zealand theatre 1920–1970. Wellington: Methuen, 1978.

• Maufort, Marc, and David O'Donnell, eds. Performing Aotearoa: New Zealand theatre and drama in an age of transition. Bruxelles; New York: P.I.E. Peter Lang, 2007.

• Smythe, John. Downstage upfront: the first 40 years of New Zealand’s longest-running professional theatre. Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2004.

• Wilson, Linda, and Grant Tilly, eds. Circa Theatre, 1976–1986, the first ten years. Wellington: Circa Theatre, 1987.