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Annual General Meeting 2024

NOTICE OF 2024 Annual General Meeting.Notice is hereby given that the 86th Annual General Meeting of Invercargill Repertory Society will be held on Wednesday 27th March 2024 at 8:00pm will be held at Repertory House corner of Esk and Jed Streets, Invercargill. All paid members are entitled to attend the AGM and will have the right to vote. Non-paying members are welcome to attend the meeting. However, you will not be eligible to vote. We will be opening Rep House one hour before the start of the...

12 OSTA Nominations for Repertory Invercargill 2023!

The 2023 Otago, Southland Theatre Award (OSTAs) Nominations have been announced. We are pleased to announce that Repertory Invercargill productions have been selected in 5 categories for a total of 12 nominations.       Blackadder, Butler to the PrinceBest Lead Male - Caleb Bell and Craig WaddellBest Supporting Female - Sarah McCarthy and Maggie PirieBest Supporting Male - Luke Bottger and Sebastian FabreBest SetMum's the WordBest Lead Female - Sarah McCarthy, Lauren Payne, S...

Sleeping Beauty Panto Opens this Thursday!

Sleeping Beauty Panto directed by Nigel Edwards opens this Thursday till Saturday for 5 performances only. Booking office opens 2 hours prior to each performance at Repertory House for Door sales only. Great festive fun for all the family....

2023 PANTO AUDITIONS THIS SUNDAY 2PM REP HOUSE

We are pleased to announce that open auditions for our end of year pantomime production 'Sleeping Beauty' will be held THIS SUNDAY the 15th October at 2pm, Rep house. This year's panto will once again be directed by Nigel Edwards and staged from November 30th - December 3rd.CAST REQUIREMENTS (16 years and over)Billy (The Royal Butler)King NorbertQueen Dorothy (Dame)Kitty (A pretty, very feminine cat)Fairies x 4 (Peaceful, Graceful, Beautiful & Thoughtful)Carabosse (A wicked fairy)Spindl...

AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT

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2024 Directors and/or Production Applications Wanted

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Life Membership Awarded to Malcolm McDonald

It is with great pleasure that at the 2023 Annual General Meeting in April the Prestigeous Honour of Life Membership of Repertory Invercargill was bestowed on Malcolm McDonald. Set designer and artist extraordinaire nominated by Nola Calvert, for his years of voluntary service to the society. Congratulations and thank you, Malcolm! Repertory Invercargill Patron, Jonathan Tucker presented Malcolm with his Life Membership at the June executive committee meeting last week....

Repertory Invercargill AGM Notice 2023

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Mum's The Word Audition Info

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2023 Performance Season Bookings Open 1st February

Tickets go on sale for Repertory's three main productions February 1st.This year online bookings for our three major productions are going on sale at the same time! This gives patrons and supporters plenty of time to purchase tickets before our productions sell out. Not only that, but Repertory for the first time ever is offering SEASON TICKETS. By purchasing a Season Ticket, you can book for our three main shows at the same time for a reduced price than if you booked all our shows separately.&n...

Repertory's OSTA nominations 2022!

Repertory Invercargill are pleased to announce that the 2022 Otago Southland Theatre Awards (OSTAS) have nominated three of our productions for contention at next year’s awards ceremony. Congratulations to everyone involved, it’s been a great year for the Society in trying times. A big thank you to all our volunteers, members and patrons who continue to support the performing arts in Invercargill and Southland. Our nominees are: ‘Wanted! - One Body’ Best Lead Male - Jason FraserBest Lead...

Life Member Gussie Johnson's passing.

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2023 Performance Season Announcement!

Repertory Invercargill are excited to announce our 2023 performance season. Blackadder, Butler to the PrinceAutumnBy Richard Curtis & Ben Elton, Directed by Jason FraserMom’s the WordWinterBy Linda A. Carson, Jill Duam, Alison Kelly, Robin Nichol, Barbara Pollard & Deborah Williams.Directed by Anya Bowman The Shape of ThingsSpring By Neil Le Bute, Directed by Neil McDonald More details to follow so keep an eye on all our Social Media Platforms as we look forward to an exciting 2023 for our pat...

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS CAST ANNOUNCEMENT

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Repertory presents another World Premiere!

After the success of the World Premiere of Killer Boobs by Tim Hambleton and directed by Gussie Johnson, Repertory is living up to it's mission to provide, promote and foster the local performing arts. This time however, Repertory will be producing the brand new musical 18 Eden Avenue by Roger Gimblett and Sally Bodkin-Allen. Roger and Sally are both born and bred Southlanders and even though Roger now lives in Australia they both have still found time to collaborate on many projects over the ye...

Applications closing soon for 2023 Repertory Productions

2023 PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS CLOSING SOONJust a reminder we are looking for applications for prospective Directors and Productions for 2023. Applications must be submitted this month by Sunday 31st July. We are looking for a diverse range of material and genres and if possible, some Polynesian elements. Repertory’s mission is to Provide, Promote and Foster Performing Arts and as Invercargill is a very diverse city, Repertory is always looking to reflect this in our content. If you ar...

Repertory Rumblings Issue 11 2022

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Killer Boobs Auditions

Killer Boobs Audition Call.Directed by Gussie Johnson Auditions to be held at Repertory House, 2.00pm Saturday 14th May 2022  Show will be staged 25th - 30th July 2022 SYNOPSIS A breast cancer support group meets once a month in a small town community hall. The eclectic group of women discover a potentially life-saving but very expensive drug is not being funded by the government. The support group try everything they can, whether above board or not, to convince the officious Pharmac CEO of...

2022 Notice of Annual General Meeting

Thursday 24 March 2022  The AGM of the Repertory Society will be held at Repertory House, corner Esk and Jed Streets, on Thursday 24 March 2022 at 7.00 pm. Financial members may nominate candidates from current membership for the committee. Candidates will be asked to introduce themselves at the meeting.  Election of Officers required:  Treasurer (two year term)  Secretary (two year term)  Ten Committee members (one year term)  All nominations must be lodged wi...

Repertory wins big at the OSTAS

Repertory's production of Blackadder, The Golden Age won 5 OSTAS at this year's award ceremony. A big congratulations to all the winners and a thank you to everyone involved with the production. All of you should be proud of your efforts and these awards acknowledge all the hard work that the entire Cast and Crew put into this AWARD WINNING Production.WINNERS:Best Male in a Leading Role (Play) Callum FowlerBest Female in a Leading Role (Play) Maggie PirieBest Supporting Male in a Leading Ro...

Youth Drama Registrations Saturday 12th February

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Repertory

Well, what a year we have had shows cancelled and delayed through Covid, then injury, limited number with spacing, but with the dedicated committee members the shows went ahead.A big thank you to all the committee members who helped during the year to manage Repertory Invercargill, our volunteers who put the shows on, the set designers and builders, costume, props, cast, sound, lighting and the directors.   A very big well done.Next year we will be putting on more shows so keep a lookout on...

Sign up for our Newsletter

As part of our ongoing commitment to promote the performing arts in Southland, Repertory Invercargill is updating our database and membership details for 2022. We are doing this to keep all our supporters informed and 'in the loop' with our going's on. Our membership co-ordinator has sent out a newsletter this week to let those of you on our mailing list information and news about our plans for 2022. So if you think you should be on our list please check your inbox or spam folder. If you wish to...

Repertory production nominated for 3 OSTAS!

Repertory's production of Blackadder, The Golden Age has been nominated for 3 OSTAS awards for 2021. There is also a possibility that the show may also pick up a further 4 awards for acting which will be announced on the night. Unfortunately due to the COVID pandemic effecting our other shows this year they were unable to be considered, which was a real shame. Hopefully in 2022 we'll be able to nominate more shows for contention. Blackadder, The Golden Age was staged by Repertory at SIT Cen...

OPEN CALL AUDITIONS

Repertory Invercargill are proud to announce the audition date and our first production for 2022.Wanted - One Body is a Comedy Thriller Farce by Charles Avery and will be directed by the legend that is, Jonathan Tucker to be staged at Repertory House from April 5th-9th 2022. An open call group audition for this production will be on Sunday 12th December at 2:00pm at Repertory House. We are seeking to cast 4 Female and 5 Male characters. Click on link for audition details Wanted-One Body the...