Here you will find information about up-coming shows, our weekly rehearsals and other interesting projects we are involved with.
'The Lonely and the Lovely' 29th Nov - 1st Dec
Josie Noble playing Dr Kate Hunter and Ben Morris as Dave Knobs.
Josie Noble as Dr Kate Hunter exclaims "Its four o'clock in the morning!" having been woken by Dave Knobs played by Ben Morris.
Peter Reese stands over Andrew Dever in a scene from The Lonely and the Lovely.
Sign language applause from the cast of The Lonely and the Lovely.
Glen Burrows smiles in the opening tango of The lonely and the Lovely.
Last night was opening night for 'The Lonely and the Lovely' everything went well except with the weather, the rain beat hard on the roof of the theatre throughout the show, a freak storm which unfortunately coincided exactly with our performance.
The seven performers who are travelling to Sydney to represent Different LIght.
7th July Follow Tony as he Travels onwards from Ludus Festival in TRAVELBLOG2
21st June Follow us at Ludus Festival on the TravelBlog!
From the Christchurch Press.
Sunday 17th June 2012
The last group rehearsal before Ben, Glen and Isaac leave for the Ludus Festival in Leeds, UK.
Radio New Zealand National Interview 17th June 2012
Click on the player below to listen to the interview broadcast 17th June 2012 on Radio new Zealand National 'One in Five'.
"One in Five meets A Different Light – a mixed ability theatre company – who leave for England this week to show their latest production at a contemporary performing arts festival.
The show – Still Lives – was written and developed by the Christchurch actors and is based upon their own experiences of living with a disability. The company has won Creative New Zealand funding to take the show to the Ludus Festival in Leeds.
A Different Light has been working together for eight years and last year performed the Society for Disability Studies Conference in San Jose, California.
The company's director, Tony McCaffrey, says by allowing the actors the time to express themselves, they are developing new voices and writing their own material.
He says A Different Light has also been invited to make a keynote presentation/performance of its new soap opera, The Lonely and the Lovely, at an Arts Access Australia Conference in Sydney in October.
Katy Gosset dropped in on the actors during one of their final rehearsals."
"One in Five meets A Different Light – a mixed ability theatre company – who leave for England this week to show their latest production at a contemporary performing arts festival.
The show – Still Lives – was written and developed by the Christchurch actors and is based upon their own experiences of living with a disability. The company has won Creative New Zealand funding to take the show to the Ludus Festival in Leeds.
A Different Light has been working together for eight years and last year performed the Society for Disability Studies Conference in San Jose, California.
The company's director, Tony McCaffrey, says by allowing the actors the time to express themselves, they are developing new voices and writing their own material.
He says A Different Light has also been invited to make a keynote presentation/performance of its new soap opera, The Lonely and the Lovely, at an Arts Access Australia Conference in Sydney in October.
Katy Gosset dropped in on the actors during one of their final rehearsals."
Sunday 27th May 2012
Ben, Glen and Isaac work on Still Lives while everyone else prepares scenes for the soap opera.
Sunday 20th May 2012
Workshopping ideas and new scenes for the soap.
Sunday 13th May 2012
Isaac provides live animation for a scene from Still Lives.
Sunday 6th May 2012
Trisha from IHC came in to do some interviews whilst rehearsals continued in the background.
Wednesday 18th April 2012
Katy Gosset interviewed Ben Morris, Isaac Tait and Tony McCaffrey for the Radio New Zealand National program "One in Five" about their experiences of working in mixed ability theatre and the upcoming trip to the Ludus Festival in Leeds, UK.
Sunday 22nd April 2012
Andrew Dever, Josie Noble, Caroline Quick and Natalie Walton rehearse a scene for the upcoming soap opera.
Sunday 15th April 2012
Devising new scenes and developing the script for the soap opera.
Sunday 1st April 2012
Devising and developing the soap opera.
Sunday 25th March 2012
Rehearsing for Still Lives Leeds and devising for an upcoming project. (Click on an image to see a larger version)
Sunday 11th March 2012Trisha Ventom came in to talk to us about her work at IHC
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RehearsalsDifferent Light Theatre Company meets every Sunday morning at the CPIT NASDA Theatre, on Madras St, in Christchurch New Zealand. We Rehearse from 9:30am - 12:30pm. If you are interested in finding out more about us please fill in the form on our Contact page.
SDSHit play on the audio player below to hear the paper Tony McCaffrey gave at the Society for Disability studies conference held in San Jose California 2011
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After the Feb 22nd Earthquake we met at the Buddhist Centre on Riccarton Road.
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