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A night at the theatre is back on the table. The Pop-Up Globe returns next month, bringing well-loved classics to life for the first time since 2020. Audiences will be able to enjoy Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet in comfort, the company taking to the stage of SkyCity Theatre. David Lawrence, the Artistic Director for the Globe, told Tim Dower that the shows feature a lot of returning actors and the same performance style, just with comfortable seats and air conditioning. He said that the Pop-Up Globe is a populist theatre company, and they perform these plays so everyone can come together under the same roof and have a great time together. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A new AI-driven visual experience has popped up halfway down Auckland's Queen Street. HyperCinema was co-created by Dr Miles Gregory of the Pop-Up Globe, and Tarver Graham, founder of creative agency Gladeye, and it promises viewers a mix of theatre, film and digital technology. Entertainment commentator Chris Schulz says this event shows how AI can evolve to create visual entertainment. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A pop-up theatre has launched in Auckland which allows guests to see themselves as the star of the show, with the help of articicual intelligence. Participants at Hypercinema have photos taken of themselves from multiple angles, and then view their customised, short AI film across three spaces - a cinema, a gallery and a projection space. One reviewer described it both as a thought-provoking experiment on the role of AI in art - another described it as a narcassist's dream. It's the co-creation of Dr Miles Gregory, founder of the Pop-Up Globe, who after years as an artistic director and producer at various festivals, touring companies and theatres, is now embracing a new medium.
This week on Speak The Speech we are joined by Matu Ngaropo. Matu performs and unpacks Othello's speech from Act 1, Scene 3. He shares how Māori culture and language influences his approach to Shakespeare, the experience of performing at Shakespeare's Globe in traditional Māori dress and language, and the parallels between the musical Hamilton and Shakespeare's plays and much more. Matu Ngaropo is a graduate of Toi Whakaari, New Zealand's premier drama school. On stage he's played Othello for Centrepoint Theatre, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet for Downstage Theatre, Guildenstern in Hamlet, Macduff in Macbeth and Angelo in The Comedy of Errors for the Pop-Up Globe, as well as Achilles in The Māori Troilus and Cressida at the Globe Theatre in London. He's also appeared in Disney's The Lion King and performed at Rugby World Cups in New Zealand, France and Japan. His musical act, The Modern Māori Quartet, has toured to China, Australia, London, Edinburgh and New York. His screen credits Shortland Street, Korero Mai and Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby. He is currently playing George Washington in the Australian cast of the smash-hit musical Hamilton.
From sell out seasons on London ‘s West End and Shakespeare's Globe to New Zealand's own Pop-Up Globe – Emilia tells the story of one of history's unsung feminist heroes, Emilia Bassano.A professional poet in her own right, many historians believe Bassano to be the "dark lady" of William Shakespeare's more sexually charged sonnets.The play exploring her life has been an international sensation - this week the show was nominated for three Olivier awards, it's been optioned as a film and writer Morgan Lloyd Malcolm is here in Auckland for the show's international premiere in Auckland.The play is the final show by Pop-up Globe before it leaves our shores. Emilia writer Morgan Lloyd Malcolm and Pop-up Globe artistic director and founder Miles Gregory joined Francesca Rudkin to discuss the hit play.LISTEN ABOVE
While I'm on break, I decided to upload some of my favourite episodes so far. I loved this chat with actor, comedian and writer Sarah Griffin. We talked about her upbringing by a proud, second-wave feminist in Louisville, Kentucky, her experience as "Patrick" as part of the Pop Up Globe's "all male" cast of The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night's Dream and her journey to identifying as genderqueer.Sarah's recommendations:Binder: GC2bPacker: Mr LimpyFind Sarah on Twitter @TheSarahGriffinAny questions, wonderings or suggestions, find me here:Twitter: @MasterbatorsPodINSTA: @MasterbatorsPodcast
Adrian Hooke & Summer Millet (on Pop-Up Globe's 'Measure For Measure' & 'Hamlet') Interview by Henessey Griffiths on Radio One 91fm Dunedin
Adrian Hooke & Summer Millet (on Pop-Up Globe's 'Measure For Measure' & 'Hamlet') Interview by Henessey Griffiths on Radio One 91fm Dunedin
Join me this week for a chat with actor, comedian and writer Sarah Griffin, as we talk about her upbringing with a mother who made no secret of the struggles that lay ahead of her because she was a woman, her experience as "Patrick" as part of the Pop Up Globe's "all male" cast of The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night's Dream and her journey to identifying as genderqueer.Sarah's recommendations:Binder: GC2bPacker: Mr LimpyFind Sarah on Twitter @TheSarahGriffinAny questions, wonderings or suggestions, find me here:Twitter: @MasterbatorsPod INSTA: @MasterbatorsPodcast
After attending the QandA arts episode at the Pop Up Globe we hash out some of the issues raised in the episode, and some of those glossed over. Including diversity in theatre, the relevance or otherwise of Shakespeare, and arts funding and how to build audiences.
Lachie catches up with Assistant Director, Performer and now Resident Director of Shakespeare's Pop Up Globe. Lachie and Tim delve into his acting roots in Tassie, along with his move to Melbourne and they geek out over Shakespeare and Sondheim. Web:https://timpaigeactor.com/Theme Song by Jess Newman.
In the true spirit of globalisation the gang go and see Henry the V by Shakespeare, presented by London's The Globe Theatre in a POP UP staffed by Kiwi actors, down at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Our second show this month is the new(ish) Australian play by Sandra Fiona Long - Birdcage Thursdays. A tender exploration about ageing parents, mental illness and social stigma.
Actor, director and writer Miriama McDowell talks about her love of family, her craving for stability and the treasured op-shop chair which connects her to a beloved auntie.