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We Want You! Call for Submissions
We're doing something different and very exciting for our first show of 2021, and we want YOU to be a part of it! Life, Love and the Choices We Make is a celebration of the spoken, sung, and written word. Exploring what it means to be alive today, we are curating a...
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We are committed to protecting the health and safety of our patrons, cast, crew and front of house personnel. What you need to know 16th Avenue Theatre has implemented a Covid-19 response plan consistent with Ministry of Health guidelines and...
read morePride Night Out – 2 Nights only
Black Box Theatre is proud to be supporting the Tauranga Moana Pride with a Pride Night Out, to be presented in 16th Ave Theatre's Green Room. The evening's entertainment will be a short play and monologues (both by local members of 16th Ave Writers Group) and songs....
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UPCOMING EVENT
Black Box Theatre is proud to be supporting the Tauranga Moana Pride with a Pride Night Out, to be presented in 16th Ave Theatre's Green Room. The evening's entertainment will be a short play and monologues (both by local members of 16th Ave Writers Group) and songs....
read moreOPEN AUDITIONS
ITS AUDITION TIME! Open auditions for our June 2020 production of… NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH written by Alan Ayckbourn and directed by Denis Smith. SEASON RUNS: June 12-25th 2020 AUDITIONS: Sunday, March 8th, 4pm-6pm @ 16th Avenue Theatre – Green room. For further...
read moreWhen The Wind Blows
FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY Penny and David Guy are presenting this Rehearsed Reading in the auditorium Friday 9th August at 7.30pm to coincide with the 74th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima Door sales from 7 pm - $5 Limited to 80 seats This play tells the story of a...
read moreJan Preston Trio
Jan Preston is known as Australia's Queen of Boogie and she is coming to perform in Tauranga, right here at 16th Avenue Theatre She is a magnetic performer and astonishing piano player with a rich resonant voice. Her original songs and compositions captivate...
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ITS AUDITION TIME! Open auditions for our September 2019 production of... LAST LEGS written by Roger Hall and directed by Julie Lankshear. He’s back with a (cardio-)arresting comedy. There’s nothing retiring about a retirement village, and aging is not...
read moreAppointment of Officers 2019/20
COMMITTEE APPOINTED FOR 2018/19 At the Annual General Meeting, held at 16th Avenue Theatre on April 15th, the following members were elected to the committee for the current financial year. Office Holders: Heather Graham - President Sarah Oemcke - Vice President Merv...
read moreActors required for “The Black Box” theatre
We are excited to announce that we are launching "The Black Box Theatre”, where edgy, original, local, new stories are going to be told. We have 9 short plays (between 5 to 15 minutes long), that are going to be in our first show. This will be in mid November and we...
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