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What's newWebsite last updated on Saturday 17 December 2011
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Welcome to Wellington Repertory Theatre
Our next production will be
Written by Richard Curtiss and Ben Elton
Auditions 23 January 2012. See Audtions page for more info.
The third series is based in the Regency period with Blackadder now butler to the witless Prince Regent and Baldrick raised to the position of dogsbody and general
kitchen hand. The four episodes that will make up the show are: More information will be available soon, but for more information contact Ross on 233 1842 or email him on kotuku.media@xtra.co.nz
Production dates 28 April - 12 May 2012
at the Gryphon Theatre, Ghuznee Street, Wellington
Bookings – see Current production for booking online
Download the January 2012 Newsletter Wellington Repertory Theatre - its beginnings...About 1913, when Leo du Chateau was associated on the business side with Gregan MacMahon's Repertory Company in Australia, he promised himself that one day he would form a similar company in his home town, Wellington. His opportunity came in 1925, after a tour of the Far East with Sir Harry Lauder, with the intention of giving one year to funding and establishing a Repertory Society which would measure up to the best standards abroad. Once back in Wellington du Chateau communicated his enthusiasm to Vivian Rhind, W.M. Page and Mrs E.W.G. Coleridge. Although they were not entirely sanguine about his scheme, these three encouraged du Chateau to persevere. Mrs Coleridge convened a meeting of those interested while Mr du Chateau arranged head-quarters for the proposed society. At the same time, he and his friends canvassed for foundation members. On February 26 1926, a public meeting was called at the Society's premises and Repertory was launched. The first production was Shaw's Pygmalion, produced by Leo du Chateau himself, and was presented in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall from May 20 to 26 1926. Four further productions were staged during that year. At first the society was known as the National Repertory Society; but in 1932 this was changed to Wellington Repertory Theatre. The foundation members of the Society were Sir Charles Skerrett, W. Gray Young, E. Anderson, E.S. Baldwin, C. Clabburn, D.M. Findlay (the first President), J.H.Lee, Mesdames Pike, E.L. Riddiford, J. Hannah, W.E. Herbert, K. Kirkkaldie, and Misses T. Baldwin and L. Hall.
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