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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 newsHLT UNDER COVID-19 LEVEL 3
The Government’s announcement today that Auckland will move to alert Level 3 from 11.59pm tomorrow night, and stay in level 3 for at least two weeks is welcome news. However, HLT cannot open under alert Level 3. The theatre will remain closed ...
HLT UNDER LEVEL 4 LOCKDOWN
Howick Little Theatre is observing the Level 4 lockdown from midnight on August 17. The theatre will remain closed until the Government allows us to reopen under Level 2. The office manager, Charmaine Chapman, is working from home during normal office ...
AUDITIONS FOR ‘HILDA’S YARD’
We’re looking for six committed actors, aged from early 20s to mid-50s, for HLT’s first play of 2022, the NZ premiere production of Hilda’s Yard, a comedy by Norm Foster. Director Penel Keegan will be holding auditions as soon as Auckland reaches ...
“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.