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Aranui High School in Christchurch has once again won big at an international theatre festival, picking up multiple awards for their Kiwi inspired Shakespearean production. The drama students and their teacher, Robert Gilbert, picked up a number of awards at the International Theatre Festival on Norfolk Island, taking Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and turning it on its head. Gilbert says it's all about making Shakespeare accessible to young people. Aranui High is a low decile ...

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He's one of our most promising young actors, but his own story is one Hollywood would die for. He was a Mongrel Mob prospect until a drama teacher showed him a new world.

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He's one of our most promising young actors, but his own story is one Hollywood would die for. He was a Mongrel Mob prospect until a drama teacher showed him a new world

Tags: Pana Hema Taylor Robert Gilbert Aranui High School Theatre Drama Shakespeare Mongrel Mob

He's one of our most promising young actors, but his own story is one Hollywood would die for. He was a Mongrel Mob prospect until a drama teacher showed him a new world. Broadcast October 2007.

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Aranui success at Norfolk Island Theatre Festival

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'My Name Is Tracey' by Robert Gilbert. This is a small part of a Community Theatre performance called "Whisper Your Dream". It was directed by Simon Ferry. The production was part of the Community Theatre Post Graduate paper at Massey University. It was devised from the stories and lives of students at Creative Journeys - an arts workshop for adults with special needs. This part is a letter to Viv. Viv is Tracey's caregiver. The performance took place for those students at the Square Edge ...

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ANGELS by Tanya Muagututi'a and Joy Vaele Directed by Robert Gilbert Featuring: Sing - Bronwyn Turei Stevie - Sela Leavasa Maia - Monique Togiaso Maia - Josephine Mavaega Eleni - Joy Vaele Rosie - Cassie Baker Pastor Maiava, Sale, Kenny Lilne - Ave Sua ARANUI HIGH SCHOOL/ 16 - 18 July 2009 THE FORGE / 22 July - 15 August 2009 Reviews: "The play is full of joy and laughter. It puts a smile on your face and its essential warmth and humanity are what you take away with you. For all its ...

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Aranui High School pupil Rawiri Maniapoto won the best actor award at the New Zealand Theatre Federation's South Island festival in Dunedin last weekend. The school's adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream won best overall production and an award for lighting and sound. In the Aranui adaptation, the character Bottom is a colonial sailor who meets a variety of Maori fairies. Rawiri portrays Oberon. This show is the first time Rawiri has acted. Maniapoto and his seven fellow ...

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Award-winning production of Hamlet (in a Maori context) shown on TV 3 News, May 2006. National Sheilah Winn Festival of Shakespeare in Schools: Dymocks Award for Special Individual Performance - Te Awhiroa Kuka-Sweet as Hamlet. Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School Award for Best Technician - AJ White. Stratford Shakespeare Society Award for Outstanding Presentation from a Tragedy - Aranui High School for Hamlet. The New Zealand Theatre Federation Award for Outstanding Production - Aranui High ...

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