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So good to work with Andrew Malmo, tour producer for Tour Makers, who writes here about his experience tracking the environmental footprint of the UPU tour. Click the link in our bio to read. @playmarketnz @performingartsnetworknz

We were delighted to have Tanemahuta Gray and Toa Waaka on board to advise on tīkanga and mātauranga Māori. @tanemahutagray also wrote a brilliant article on planning tours with @takirua and balancing sustainability with hauora. Check it out on the Green Theatre Touring Guide website. Link in the bio. @playmarketnz @performingartsnetworknz

Kicking off the week with another great article from @marcuskmcshane on sustainable projector design, featuring pics from work at @qtheatre, @theperformancearcade / @te_papa, and @Ur@urbandreambrokerage. Click the link in our bio to head to the Green Theatre Touring Guide website. @playmarketnz @performingartsnetworknz @footnotenzdance

@marcuskmcshane’s article on green lighting design is packed with practical tips, and draws on his long history of bringing a sustainable ethos to shows like Heat at @circatheatre and The Impossible Has Already Happened @footnotenzdance Give it a read on the Green Theatre Touring Guide website through the link in our bio. @playmarketnz @performingartsnetworknz

@hamartsfestival programme is out and we’re going to be there with Suitcase Show! Can’t wait to be back in Kirikiriroa and @riverleatheatre which was the first stop on our first tour with The Road That Wasn’t There way back in 2013. SUITCASE SHOW Fri 28 Feb 7:00pm Sat 1 Mar 6:30pm Details and tickets through the link in the bio. @performingartsnetworknz

In the next article from the Green Theatre Touring Guide, @lee.woodman writes about designing and building sustainable sets for touring productions, including practical tips out of his design for Tenths at @nelson_arts_festival, and this ingenious miniature set in a box he made for The Nutcracker @theatreroyalnelson. Click the link in the bio to read. @playmarketnz @performingartsnetworknz

Fascinating article from Steven Junil Park of @6x4online about sustainability in costume design and making, alongside some stunning photos of his designs for Frankenstein @courttheatrenz and Scenes from A Yellow Peril @aucklandtheatreco Click the link in our bio to read the article. @6x4online @playmarketnz @performingartsnetworknz

Next up from the Green Theatre Touring Guide, @bingeculture director, @joel_baxendale writes about a new performance exchange model as an alternative to traditional touring. Click the link in our bio to give it a read. @playmarketnz @performingartsnetworknz

So excited to finally have this thing out in the world. As part of the Green Theatre Touring Guide, we asked artists to write articles from their different disciplines. First up is one from @thomendling on creating new work with a green approach. Click the link in our bio to give it a read. @thomendling @playmarketnz @performingartsnetworknz

We wrote a book! Very excited to launch The Green Theatre Touring Guidebook at the @playmarketnz accolades yesterday, as well as the website which is now live at www.greentheatre.co.nz. Take a look online or order a copy through the Playmarket bookshop. This thing has been a long time in the works, and we couldn't have made it without a bunch of people. Many thanks to Playmarket, @performingartsnetworknz, and @manatutaonga making this all possible; @tanemahutagray, and @toa_waaka for advising on tīkanga and mātauranga Māori; @antoniastripey of @artsontour for licensing content from their own excellent guide and @aimee_bree for her environmental expertise; @sustainable.theatres.aus, Paddy Dillon, @gnyebutler and Chris Mercer / Theatre Green Book; Upu touring company for gamely tracking their data on tour; Murray Lynch, Theresa Crewdson, Sorelle Cansino, @feeyeh_neo, and @rebekahderoo for their work on the guidebook and accompanying resources; Brent Dickens of @poladesignworks for his work on the website; and everyone around the country who completed the survey and shared images, ideas, and perspectives. Stoked to include articles from a bunch of of practitioners sharing insights into their own practice – thanks to Andrew Malmo, @joel_baxendale / @bingeculture, @tanemahutagray / @takirua, Sally Richards / @tahifestivalnz, Marcus McShane, Steven Junil Park /@6x4online, @thomendling, and @lee.woodman. Failed to get a photo of the two of us at the launch, so here is a highly professional shot of us in front of our lemon tree.

We're bringing #SuitcaseShow to @aklfestival next March! Tāmaki Makaurau, it has been far too long. Can't wait to be back at @qtheatre and part of this line up. Details below, and link in the bio. SUITCASE SHOW Loft, Q Theatre 6-9 Mar, 2025

Last stop for #SuitcaseShow in 2024 and we’re over the moon to be back at @nelson_arts_festival. Tonight is sold out, but you can jump on the wait list and there are a handful left tomorrow. Photo: @lewisferris_

Off running errands around the city on Wellington’s sweet growing bike path network (keep it comin’ @wgtncc) and looking forward to #SuitcaseShow in Ōtautahi next week. If you want to skip car park $$ and traffic there, here’s a wee map of bike stands and bus stops near @littleandromedachch.

Off on tour with #SuitcaseShow this weekend, and just got these pics from @lewisferris_ which are a VIBE. First stop @taurangafestival, then @littleandromedachch and @nelson_arts_festival. Get in quick / see you there.

Get yourself to #SuitcaseShow @teauaha next week by bus or by bike on the sweet network of cycle lanes that’s coming together around the city. Here’s a guide to the bus stops and bike parks nearby.

Thrilled to announce that we've added one more stop to our tour, and will be bringing #SuitcaseShow back home for a run @teauaha at 7pm 3-4 October. The show's a different beastie to the first bash at New Zealand Fringe Festival back in March. If you saw it then – come back again, and if you missed out – hop to it. Link in bio. [Thanks to @karinlindsay for catching us fresh-faced in first week of Edinburgh Fringe.] "Weaves a bright, dark magic" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Scotsman “The technical wizardry is breathtaking… You’re in for a total treat.” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Wee Review "Cunning, impressive & downright fun, 'Suitcase Show' is not to be missed by fans of innovative, dark & delicious storytelling." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Quintessential

Heading home to to take a little tour around the motu. Very excited to announce that we'll be returning to @taurangafestival, @littleandromedachch, and @nelson_arts_festival this October. TAURANGA ARTS FESTIVAL Oct 18-19 @baycourt.tauranga ŌTAUTAHI / CHRISTCHURCH Oct 25-26 Little Andromeda NELSON ARTS FESTIVAL Oct 29-30 Suter Theatre Full details on the show page. Link in bio.

@edfringe 2024 over and out. Such a delight to be back, to put on old mate #TheBookbinder in such a charming setting, and have such a sweet response to scrappy doo young pup #SuitcaseShow. So good to catch up with old friends, make a few new ones, and fill our cups seeing a bunch of work. Huge thanks to @summerhallery; to Josh, Kate, and all the team at @tillsbookshop for having us; @creativenz and everyone who supported us to get there; @qlocks for the technical wizardry, calm vibes, and good company, and to @laupnod, Ed and the tech team at Summerhall for making the seemingly impossible such smooth sailing; @rebekahderoo, @taneub and @filamenteleven11 for making these things with us and supporting from across the seas; @katequackin for stepping in to help us while we figured out our changeovers; and @hannah_kel1, @joel_baxendale and the whānau who made this whole thing feasible (takes a village eh). Congrats and thanks to the NZ posse at Summerhall @ebkmco @bingeculture @javadancetheatre for killin it at Fringe and providing such fine company; particular shout out to our Old Lab neighbours @learysimon and @karinlindsay. Hope to be back again (sooner than last time).

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