Do you know of anyone eligible for a NZ Theatre Service Honours medal? This is a new initiative beginning this year in association with the NZ Theatre Awards. Please read the information carefully and make contact with us via the e-mail provided in the body of the information. Fortune are proud supporters of this initiative. New nationwide initiative will award honours to long time theatre practitioners. Auckland/Wellington, NZ; Service Honours to be awarded to theatre practitioners at ceremonies throughout New Zealand Practitioners who have reached milestone achievements by participating in 25, 50 or 100 professional shows are eligible to receive the honours. These honours will be presented annually at the regional theatre awards and end of year celebrations. Much like the rugby capping ceremony the awards intend to celebrate commitment and longevity. Auckland Theatre Awards director Kip Chapman is extremely excited about the intuitive “I believe as New Zealander’s we dont make a big enough deal about our successes. I hope this idea will add colour to our formal theatre occasions and be a very visible acknowledgement of excellence and commitment.” For practitioners to receive honours please make sure you qualify and then attend your local celebrations. The honours are self-regulated and here are some guidelines to help you... The honours are for all theatre practitioners engaged in professional shows. To clarify, a professional production is generally one where the crew and actors are paid and/or is performed at an established venue or produced by an established theatre company. If the production received funding from the government or council this would classify it as professional. Tertiary and drama school shows will not be included, and the same goes for short plays, workshops, dance productions, stand up comedy. Multiple seasons of the same show will be counted as one. You must have been involved as a core creative team member in the production. For example: working for a few days on a show will not qualify. Company administrators must be heavily involved in the show to qualify. These guidelines are to ensure that the reaching of 25, 50 and 100 shows are important achievements that required a huge commitment from the practitioner. If you are unsure if you qualify please email your citys awards or theatre. Contact details: Auckland Theatre Awards- Rachel Forman; hackmantheatreawards@gmail Wellington: Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards – Tim Gordon; cttawards@gmail Palmerston North: [email protected] Christchurch: [email protected] Dunedin: [email protected] The New Zealand Theatre Service Honours are generously supported by: The Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards, with BATS and Circa Theatre (Wellington) The Wallace Foundation The Auckland Theatre Awards Roger Hall CNZM, QSO Raymond Hawthorne ONZM The Court Theatre (Christchurch) Centrepoint Theatre (Palmerston North) And Fortune Theatre (Dunedin)
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