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Kathryn Rawlings & Associates.
Winter Update
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
CHARLES MESURE will begin shooting another 13 episodes of the US television series V, shooting in Canada. The Current series is now showing on NZ television.
HANNAH MARSHALL joins the Core Cast of AustraliaÕs hugely successful series PACKED TO THE RAFTERS.
CLAIRE CHITTHAM has picked up a supporting role in Australian feature film THE CUP. A local feature about the Melbourne Cup.
FILM
WIFT 2009 winner ROSEANNE LIANG has written & directed GIRL MEETS BOY, produced by SPP & features JOHNNY BARKER & HWEILING OW.
Hot on the heels of the success of Second Hand Wedding, Paul Murphy directs his next film LOVE BIRDS. Supporting cast includes MICHEALA ROONEY.
The international Yogi Bear feature PICNIC BASKET shot at the end of 2009 & into 2010. Featuring STEVEN A. DAVIS.
TELEVISION
OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE SIX is about to hit our screens. SOPHIE HENDERSON is playing a new core cast character and TYLER-JANE MITCHEL & PATRICK WILSON make guest appearances.
GO GIRLS second series has kept us entertained for the last few months and the third series is due to start shooting shortly. BRONWYN TUREI & ESTHER STEPHENS star as two of the flawed yet lovable Go Girls and major guest cast includes ANNIE WHITTLE.
SHORTLAND STREET just keeps on trucking. JACQUELINE NAIRN is now gracing our screens as the feisty Wendy Cooper. SOPHIA JOHNSON has made a big impact as the troubled teen Loren Fitzpatrick. ALISON QUIGAN continues her warm & compassionate performances as Yvonne Jeoffries. SIA TROKENHEIM as the duplicitous Jane Perry. Also making guest appearances are MARGARET-MARY HOLLINS, MATT HALLIDAY & CAT FAWCETT.
LEGEND OF THE SEEKER has sadly come to an end. Second season cast include KEVIN J. WILSON, JAMES GAYLYN, GLEN DRAKE, CELIA NICHOLSON, GINETTE MCDONALD, GILDA PROIETTI, MATT HALLIDAY, HELEN CORRY & SOPHIE HENDERSON.
SPARTACUS will film a Prequel shortly followed by the second series. First season guests include KEVIN J. WILSON, JOHN RAWLS, CATHERINE BONIFACE & MARK MITCHINSON.
THIS IS NOT MY LIFE will be hitting our TV screens later this year. The show stars CHARELS MESURE as Alec Ross a man trying to piece together his life after a case of Amnesia . . . The core cast includes STEVEN A. DAVIS as ÔGordyÕ. Making guest appearances are PETER FEENEY, CELIA NICHOLSON, SIA TROKENHEIM, RICHARD THOMPSON, SOPHIE HENDERSON, SAMUEL WALSH & COLIN GARLICK.
SPPÕs latest offering THE ALMIGHTY JOHNSONÕS begins shooting in July. Core Cast includes RACHEL NASH & EVE GORDON.
KORERO MAI is up & running for itÕs eighth series. Cast include AMBER CURREEN, ROB WILLIAMS, JAIME PASSIER-ARMSTRONG & TAHEI SIMPSON. TAHEI also appeared in Cinco CineÕs new production BROWN BRUTHAS.
TELE-FEATURES
Historical Tele-features are the rage at the moment. Four have been shot in the last 12 months. FIONA SAMUELÕs tribute to the early life of Kathrine Mansfield, will begin shooting in July. BLISS features SARAH GRAHAM. STOLEN shot earlier this year and featured STEPHEN LOVATT & WILLIAM WALKER. BLOODLINES also shot recently, staring MARK MITCHINSON as the manipulative South African doctor Bower. Before this MARK was busy filming Gibson Groups disaster Tele-feature ERUPTION.
Earlier in 2010 we had a spate of German Tele-features shooting in & around Auckland. Cast included JAIME PASSIER-ARMSTRONG, KEVIN J. WILSON, CATHERINE BONIFACE & TAHEI SIMPSON.
PRESENTING
LANA GARLAND continues to be a regular feature in NZ homes, with her warm heart-felt approach to presenting WATTIES FOOD IN A MINUTE. TAINUI TUKIWAHO has been filming the informative O WHAKAARO, a show looking at voicing Maori issues.
VOICE RACHAEL DÕAGUIARÕs voice is still a feature of the WHITCOULLS TVCÕs. MARISSA STOTT & HAYLEY DALLIMORE are providing voice & motion capture for JOKETOONS designed for the mobile phone market.
THEATRE Our actors continue to flourish in the theatre scene across New Zealand. We have actors working from Auckland to Dunedin. Well done to all of our Thespians! WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING, Silo – Stephen Lovatt STEPPING OUT, ATC – Sia Trokenheim, Jason Te Mete & Goretti Chadwick SWEENEY TODD, Peach Productions – Greg Padoa HOUSE OF BERNADA ALBA, TAPAC – Nisha Madhan, Dir. Margaret-Mary Hollins RAISING THE TITANICS, Smackbang – Bronwyn Turei, co-created by TAINUI TUKIWAHO SUBURBAN MURDER, Outfit Theatre – Andrew Ford, Sarah Graham & Matthew Baker BURLESQUE AS YOU LIKE IT, Dust Palace – Eve Gordan, Nisha Madhan & Ascia Maybury I HEART CAMPING – Sophie Henderson & Michelle Blundell NGA MANURERE – Lana Garland, Dir. Rachel House ECHELON PRODUCTIONS, School Tour – Jordan Mooney THE MAN WHOÕS MOTHER WAS A PIRATE – Denise Snoad & Courtney Chittenden GREEDY CAT – Courtney Chittenden COURT THEATRE CHCH – Jonathan Martin, Jon Pheloung & Claire Dougan
Upcoming productions include: ROMEO & JULIET, ATC – Kip Chapman AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTRY, ATC – Alison Quigan CABARET, ATC – Eve Gordon & Sia Trokenheim
Welcome to new & returning actors
TVCÕS – The following actors have been cast as leads in television commercials since our last update. LUKE BIRD, CLAIRE CHITHAM, ANDREW FORD, COLIN GARLICK, HWEILING OW, MICHEALA ROONEY & CHRIS TEMPEST. |