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Mark
Peters

Jung ones: Norman Maclean’s novel for YA readers

Sadly, Gisborne artist, teacher, scholar and writer Norman Maclean passed away before the release of his young adult read, Gobby — but it is hard not to see something of the author in the novel’s main character, Sam. Sam is a talented, aspiring...

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Heart and gusto in ‘Ladies Night’

Has any Gisborne show enjoyed such a responsive, raucous, ribald crowd as the audience at Centre Stage’s opening performance of the New Zealand comedy, “Ladies Night” ? Unlikely. The play centres on a group of jobless blokes who hit on the...

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Guided by his passion for the humanities

OBITUARY: Norman Maclean Artist, writer and teacher Norman Maclean passed away on December 1, 2023, but his name will forever be synonymous with Gisborne Unity Theatre. In his 50 years with the theatre he performed, produced, painted sets, gathered...

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Mason Ball extending his father’s legacy with biography

Tears streamed down Mason Ball’s face as he looked at the trees his father had planted on the family property’s hillside. Mason knew then he wanted to extend his father’s legacy, he told those who attended the Gisborne launch of Mason’s...

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Readers fall for romance of high country life, recipes

Among post-cyclone events organised by Farming Women Tairāwhiti was a high country cuisine workshop held on Sunday by Philippa Cameron, author of two popular recipe books. Before her workshop at the Matawhero saleyards cookhouse, the Otematat...

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Mark Peters

20 Sep 2023

News

Back, in ‘beautifully written play’

Known as a director for many Unity Theatre shows, Norman Maclean has not performed on stage for 49 years but has made a comeback for Evolution Theatre Company’s production of Love Letters. The epistolary nature of the play appealed to Maclean...

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What’s the buzz?

REVIEW: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Civil unrest, alienation, corruption at the highest level — not much has changed since AD33. So co-directors James Packman and LJ Mill have dispensed with sandals and swords for their high-energy production of Jesus...

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Roil and Lockett seal The Deal

In one of Gisborne photographer Tink Lockett’s large-scale silk prints, a model dressed in a creation by anti-fashion designer Dave Roil poses before a desolate, sun-baked service station. The setting could be somewhere around Barstow, Californi...

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Lynchpin role for Stevens

“There are no small parts, only small actors,” modern theatre innovator Konstantin Stanislavski once said. With a variety of meaty roles behind him, Gisborne actor/singer Andrew Stevens is certainly no small actor — but for an upcoming...

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The Deal brings anti-fashion to life

With a background in wardrobe for theatre, movies and commercials, anti-fashion designer Dave Roil (Ngāti Porou/Te Āti Awa) creates high-end alternative couture with an edge. A selection of his designs will be modelled as part of The Deal...

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Mark Peters

06 Apr 2023