"making theatre accessible"
2009 Company Members
Robert Gilbert - Director |
Robert Gilbert BA(Education), GDipTchLn. Robert has over 17 years experience as a professional actor, writer and director. He has worked at Christchurch's Court Theatre, TVNZ, and Christchurch Arts Network. He was the founder and artistic director of Whakarite Theatre Company, The Performing Arts Theatre, and Excalibur's Theatre Restaurant. For the past 12 years Robert has been Head of Drama at Aranui High School. In 2007, Robert won The Best Director Award at the International Theatre Festival in Norfolk Island. |
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Ricky Didham - Actor |
Ricky has been acting since he was six. He has appeared in television commercials and modelled for international campaigns. Recently he appeared in Robert Gilbert's production of Privates On Parade. Ricky plays the Narrator in Once Upon A Pie and Gertrude in Hamlet: The Moody Dane.
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Alex Fergusson - Actor |
Alex left Burnside High School in 2005. She has played leads in Fiona Farrell's Chook Chook and Carol Churchill's Top Girls. She also won awards in the Sheilah Winn Festival of Shakespeare, performing in Much Ado About Nothing. This year, Alex plays Cinderella in Once Upon A Pie, and Horatio in Hamlet: The Moody Dane. |
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Jayne Francis - Actor |
Jayne was educated at Villa Maria College in Christchurch where she excelled in drama and theatre studies. She relished major roles in school productions and performing in the Sheilah Winn Festival of Shakespeare in Schools. In Once Upon A pie, Jayne plays the precocious Little Red Riding Hood and she plays Ophelia in Hamlet: The Moody Dane. |
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Brett Morris - Actor |
Brett attended Rangiaora High School, but studied drama and theatre with Robert Gilbert for five years at Gilbert Productions School of Drama. Brett played leading roles in most productions and jumped at the opportunity to work with Robert this year. He plays the Baker in Once Upon A Pie and Claudius in Hamlet: The Moody Dane.
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Nicole Whalley - Actor |
Nicole finished High School at Kapati College. She has a passion for the performing arts and enjoyed drama classes and acting, singing and dancing during her high school years. This year, she joins Aranui Theatre Company to play the Big Bad Wolf in Once Upon A Pie and Hamlet in Hamlet: The Moody Dane.
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