Alex Tarrant (SGCNZ NSSP 2008, SGCNZ YSC 2009)

Alex Tarrant hails from Auckland, New Zealand, Aotearoa and is of Māori, Samoan and Niuean descent. He is a 2012 graduate of New Zealand’s prestigious drama school Te Kura Toi […] Read More

Erin Harrington (SGCNZ NSSP 1997 & 1998, SGCNZ YSC 1999)

Erin Harrington is an academic, writer and critic. SGCNZ NSSP (1997, 1998) and SGCNZ YSC (1999) were transformative and foundational experiences for her as a creative practitioner (performer, director and critic) […] Read More

Alana Henderson (SGCNZ NSSP 2007, SGCNZ YSC 2008)

Alana Henderson has spent the last decade working professionally in film and theatre across a variety of roles. Originally from Kapiti College, Alana won direct entry into SGCNZ NSSP with her […] Read More

Jonathon Hendry (SG IAF 2003)

Award-winning actor and director Jonathon Hendry has enjoyed many opportunities since graduating from Toi Whakaari:NZ Drama School in 1988. From exploring Marae based theatre in the early 90s, touring shows […] Read More

Antony Aiono (SGCNZ NSSP 2011, SGCNZ YSC 2012)

Antony Aiono’s first experience with Shakespeare was at Hillcrest High School, when he was asked to step in and play Gratiano in The Merchant of Venice a week before opening […] Read More

Angela Zhou (SGCNZ NSSP 2008, SGCNZ YSC 2009)

After graduating as a Robertson Scholar from Duke University with a degree, Angela Zhou moved to Los Angeles to pursue something rather different – acting. She had discovered her love of […] Read More

Jonathan Price (SGCNZ NSSP 2009, SGCNZ YSC 2010)

Jonathan Price grew up in coastal Christchurch. While attending high school at St. Andrew’s College, Jonathan directed and performed in a 15 minute excerpt from A Midsummer Night’s Dream in […] Read More

Jenna Kelly (SGCNZ NSSP 2011, SGCNZ YSC 2012)

Bachelor of Performing Arts Management – Toi Whakaari. Jenna has made a career for herself stage managing for various companies around New Zealand, including working for three years as the resident […] Read More

Ania Upstill (SGCNZ ETPP 2015, mentored &directed SGCNZ PPWS 2014 & 2015)

Ania Upstill is a theatre practitioner and Artistic Director of The Lord Lackbeards Touring Company. She studied Shakespeare Through Performance at the University of Texas at Austin, and believes in […] Read More

Brianne Kerr (SGCNZ NSSP 1998)

Brianne Kerr was born in Thames and raised in the mighty Timaru. She studied acting in Christchurch at the National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Arts (NASDA), graduating in 2001 […] Read More