The 2021 season
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Tiny Beautiful Things
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My Cousin Rachel
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Hilda's Yard
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Formed in 1954, Howick Little Theatre is one of Auckland's leading community theatres and a leading company in New Zealand. Each year five main-house plays are staged, many of them premieres, to thousands of people who come from all over Auckland as well as parts of the upper North Island. There are also short-season HLT Studio productions and playreadings.
HLT Studio
The Studio is a bold initiative to showcase talented new directors, emerging actors and new playwrights to be seen.
Delivering edgy, contemporary plays in a more intimate environment, The Studio offers the same great quality entertainment as you have come to expect from Howick Little Theatre.
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Latest theatre news
More newsAUDITIONS FOR HOWICK LITTLE PLAYS
Auditions for “Howick LITTLE Plays 2021” will be on Saturday, August 14, 10am -12.30pm. Venue: CMTS, 120 Vincent Street, Howick. Howick Little Theatre presents Howick Little Plays, an eclectic mix of perfectly formed short plays celebrating invention and imagination. For our inaugural year, we ...
“SUPERB ONE-LINERS” IN “THE VIEWING ROOM”
Read the BroadwayWorld review that starts with: “Structurally, it's a series of family emotionally-motivated confrontations ... full of emotional angst and redemption, with revelations and surprises, and punctuated by superb comic one-liners.” And ends with: “Congratulations to Ian Milnes with this play, ...
GRANT FROM HOWICK LOCAL BOARD
Many thanks to the Howick Local Board for a $15,000 grant towards our operational costs. In these Covid-affected times, extra funding is a big help to the theatre.
CONGRATULATIONS, VOLUNTEERS
Congratulations to the following members whose work for the theatre was acknowledged by the Howick Local Board today at its Volunteer Recognition Awards ceremony: Trevor Hynes, Doug Johnston, Linda Lehrke and Laurie Mills. Well done and thank you.
SEEKING SET BUILDERS AND PAINTERS
Are you a handyperson with time to lend a hand with some set building and/or painting? We have all the tools and you don’t need to be an expert. We produce high-quality stage sets through the year and any help would be ...