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SNAP

In September 2020, while the rest of the world suffered through the COVID pandemic, New Zealand for a time was normal and Anne Manchester directed SNAP - a classic whodunit based on the novel “Photo Finish” by Ngaio Marsh – the New Zealand Queen of the genre. An extremely temperamental Callas-style operatic diva, Isabella Sommita, has been hounded around the world by an odious member of the paparazzi. Her manager takes her to a grand but remote lodge on a South Island lake and invites the London-based portrait painter Troy Alleyn (and her detective husband, Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard) to paint her portrait. We

The Winter’s Tale

As its 25th annual Shakespeare production the Troupe presented The Winter's Tale for the second time in February / March 2021 (the first production was 21 years earlier). It was directed jointly by John Marwick and Elspeth Cotsilinis. Allen Burne won an Antoinnette Award for Excellence in Acting in the Wellington District Theatre Federation's Full Length Play competition. Watch on YouTube Cast Allan Burne Leontes Anne Manchester Paulina Colin Orchiston Old Shepherd & Jailer Emma Littlefair  Lady in Waiting & Servant (Sc5) Hayden Rogers Camillo Heather Gordon Cleomenes & Mopsa Jasmine Stock Perdita Jimmy Allcock Mamillius John Smythe Antigonus Laurence Ward Old shepherd Leoni McKelvey