The Court Theatre
World Premiere of 'Be Like Billy?'
Last night audiences at Court Theatre in Christchurch witnessed the world premiere of a new play about the legendary Kiwi entertainer, Billy T James. Be Like Billy? is written and performed by local… Audio
Hamlet: The Video Game
Video games and Shakespearean text don’t often go together, but Hamlet: The Video Game stage show at the Court Theatre brings the story into today. It combines nerf guns, confetti blood and Angry… Audio
Comedy, Drama and All That Jazz
The Court Theatre in Christchurch has just announced its 2017 lineup, including Hudson and Halls Live!, In the Next Room: or the vibrator play – about the cure to hysteria, Steel Magnolias and musical… Audio
Court's associate director moves north
After three years, the associate director of Christchurch's The Court Theatre is saying farewell to his hometown and heading north to be creative director of Centrepoint Theatre in Palmerston North.
A Blonde walked into the Bar
Broadway smash-hit musical Legally Blonde has made its professional New Zealand debut with a 60-show run at the Court Theatre over summer. But it’s not all pink, pretty and pop-music. The musical… Audio
The Little New Zealand Mermaid
The story of the Little Mermaid is being retold in a new way at the Court Theatre these school holidays. Playwright Allison Horsley has intertwined the Maori myth Pania of the Reef with Hans Christian… Audio
Perpetuating Peter Pan
Shaun D Wilson speaks to Daniel Pengelly, director of The Court Theatre's new adaptation of Peter Pan, and Professor of English Literature at Victoria University Kathryn Walls about the enduring… Audio