Live Performances
Whakaaturanga mataora
LIVE PERFORMANCES
PROJECTS
2023| Celebrity guest, Salute to Xena Convention 2024, Burbank, California (26−28 January)
2022| Awards presenter Auckland Live Showdown Awards (3 November)
Interviewee for Auckland Theatre Company Behind The Curtain Forum
(May 22)
2020| Interviewee on The Single Object for Objectspace; watch online (19 June)
2019| Performer, Delicious Oblivion, Spiegel Fest, Taranaki (21-22 November)
Awards presenter, Auckland Live Showdown Awards (1 November)
Performer, Delicious Oblivion, Auckland Live Cabaret Season (11-15 June)
2018| Guest artist in Club Mystique II fundraiser for NZ Dance Co. (11 November)
Performer, Armistice Centenary National Ceremony (Wellington; 11 November)
Awards presenter, iTicket Showdown Awards (3 November)
2017| Awards presenter, Auckland Theatre Awards (4 December)
Guest artist in Club Mystique II fundraiser for NZ Dance Co. (4 December)
Performer in The Upside Down. Puawau Festival (30 November)
Awards presenter, New Zealand Television Awards (30 November)
Awards presenter, AMI Showdown Awards (26 October)
Performer in The Landing. Akaroa French Fest (7 October)
Ambassador in Māori Language Week Parade. Wellington (11 September)
Molly Bloom in The Jews Brothers’ Bloomsday. The Thirsty Dog Tavern & Cafe (16 June)
Guest artist in Great Silo Fundraiser (1 June)
Guest artist in Actors’ Benevolent Fund Afternoon Gala (2 April)
2016| Awards presenter, Auckland Theatre Awards (5 December)
Guest artist in Club Mystique fundraiser for NZ Dance Co. (1 December)
Awards presenter, iTicket Showdown Awards (2 November)
2015| Singer in From Broadway to La Scala (Auckland, 18 September; Christchurch Arts Festival, 20 September)
Guest artist, An Evening with George Henare (fundraiser for Newmarket Stage Company; 23 May 2015)
Jan (né James) Morris in Nepal Memories fundraiser for Himalayan Trust’s Rebuild Appeal (reading; 17 May)
Guest artist, Launch of Te Pou–The Auckland Home of Māori Theatre (11 April)
Performer in Black Dog Relief – A Cabaret for Robbie Tripe (1 March)
Celebrity guest, Official Xena Convention 2015, Burbank, California (22 February)
2014| Award presenter, Zonta Club of East Auckland’s Annual Awards Evening (31 October)
Guest artist, Seating You fundraiser for Circa Theatre (31 August)
Playing Mum and Sandy in live script read of Braindead, New Zealand International Film Festival (22 July)
Guest artist, Concert for the Birds, TAPAC (14 June)
Chair, Actors’ Equity event, In Conversation: Working with a Coach (13 April)
Celebrity guest Xena Convention, Los Angeles, CA
2013| Guest artist, New Zealand German Business Association 30th Jubilee Gala-Dinner (1 November)
Guest artist, Westpac Women of Influence Gala Award Dinner (23 October)
Guest artist, NZ Labour Party Spring Dinner and Auction (21 September)
Guest artist, Lakeside Rotorua 2013 – Come Together (9 March)
2012| Guest artist, Cherie Moore’s fundraiser for her Actors’ Program fees (14 December)
Performer at Hackman Theatre Awards ceremony, Wintergarden at The Civic (10 December)
Guest artist with Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra.
Q Theatre (15-16 February)
Celebrity guest and cabaret performer, Official Xena Convention 2012, Burbank, California
2011| Guest artist, Silo Theatre launch (7 December)
Guest artist, Auckland Pah Homestead Fundraising Gala for The Court Theatre
Awards presenter, AMI Showdown Awards
Celebrity guest for “Actors Read Their Favorite Authors”, Auckland Art Gallery Readers Lounge
Guest artist, Concert for the Birds, Glen Eden Playhouse (17 June)
Launched book Inside Stories: A History of the New Zealand Housewife 1890-1975 by Frances Walsh, Unity Book Shop, Auckland
Panel member for Truth, Biography and Drama, Festival of Colour, Wanaka
Interviewed Sam Neill for Actors Equity event
Guest artist, Q Theatre event, Waiheke
Official guest, SAG Awards, Los Angeles, California
Celebrity guest, Official Xena Convention 2011, Los Angeles, California
2010| Awards presenter, The Outlook for Someday Awards
Awards presenter, AMI Showdown Awards
Guest interviewee for Film, Television and Media Studies students, current affairs production course, University of Auckland
Guest artist, Strum-Raiser, Juice Bar, Parnell
Guest presenter, Walters Prize tour, Auckland Art Gallery
Celebrity Waiter, Dress for Success Fund-Raising Dinner
Debater, The Good Word Debate (moot: “Off the Shelf and Into the Hard-drive: The Book is Dead”)
2009| Guest artist, Sexy Recession Cabaret, TAPAC
Guest reader, Launch of Jill Marhall’s books Doghead and Kave Tina Rox
Awards presenter, AMI Showdown Awards
Guest artist, Epsom Girls Grammar School Gala Auction
Guest reader, Reading with the Stars Celebrity Storytime
Guest artist, Sassy Songs and Sexy Shakespeare
Guest artist, A Charmed Life: A Tribute to Russ Garcia
Celebrity Waiter, Dress for Success Fund-Raising Dinner
Guest reader for Shakespeare’s Birthday, Auckland City Library
Guest artist singing with La Clique, Auckland Festival (13 March)
Celebrity guest and cabaret performer, Official Xena Convention 2009,
Los Angeles, California. See images here
2008| Award presenter, Qantas Film and Television Awards and Qantas Film and Television Craft Awards Luncheon
Guest artist, Feast for Famous Chefs Dinner
Cabaret performer (with Michael Hurst), “A Night in Berlin” benefit for Waiheke Art Gallery
Celebrity Waiter, Dress for Success Fund-Raising Dinner
2007| Guest artist, Wellington International Ukelele Orchestra at The Classic Comedy & Bar
Soloist in Showstoppers! concert, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Chair of Opening Night Global Reach, Auckland Writers and Readers Festival
Guest artist, Tim Beveridge’s Casablanca Mother’s Day concert
Guest artist singing with La Clique, Auckland Festival
Guest artist at The Famous Spiegeltent showcase, Auckland Festival
Playing Danielle in an excerpt of Mike and Virginia, Auckland Theatre Company new season launch event
Celebrity guest and cabaret performer, Official Xena Convention 2007, Burbank, California. See images here
2006| Performed in Oxford and Chambers on Wine by Gerald Bryan, Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award Members Gala Preview Event, Waiheke Art Gallery
Opening of sculptor Terry Stringer’s exhibition at Webb’s Gallery, Auckland
Director and performer in Pygmalion and Galatea (mini-opera)
Interviewed casting director Di Rowan. Women in Film and Television Networking Brunch, Auckland
Interviewed Irish actress and president of WIFT Ireland Rynagh O’Grady. Women in Film and Television Networking Brunch, Auckland
Celebrity guest and cabaret performer Official Xena Convention, Burbank, California. See images here
2005| Launch of Max Cryer’s Cat Miscellany, Time Out Bookshop, Auckland
Celebrity guest, Official Xena Convention: The 10th Anniversary Celebration, Burbank, California
2004| Guest artist, Christmas in the Park, Auckland
2003| Guest artist, Christmas in the Park, Auckland & Christchurch
Guest artist, Sisters are Doing It, fundraiser for Rainbow Youth
Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland performance piece, America’s Cup Ball, Auckland
2000| Performed in Oxford and Chambers on Marriage by Gerald Bryan, Masfen wedding at Kellihers on Puketutu Island
1999| Performed in Oxford and Chambers on Wine by Gerald Bryan, Launch of Montana wine “Tom” at Tom McDonald Cellar, Hawkes Bay
1998| Guest artist, Christmas in the Park, Auckland & Christchurch
1997| Guest artist, Christmas in the Park, Auckland
1995| Guest artist, Christmas in the Park, Auckland & Wellington
Guest artist, The Cast of Cats Charity Concert
1994| Guest artist, Christmas in the Park, Auckland
Soloist in From Bizet to Broadway, Hero Festival
1993| Narrator in Facade by Edith Sitwell/William Walton, Bay of Islands Arts Festival
1992| Supporting artist for Sir Harry Secombe, Aotea Centre
1991| Guest artist, Watershed Variety Concert
1990| Performer, John Gibson and Friends, The Gods, Mercury Upstairs
Guest artist, Aotea Alive: The Beginning!
1987| Guest artist, Public Works Performing Arts Centre Benefit Concert
1986| Guest artist, Ladies at Le Bom
SINGING WITH JUBILATION
PROJECTS
2023| Spark Arena (August 31)
Grey Lynn RSC ANZAC Day service (April 25)
2022| Pt Chevalier RSA (11 December)
Grey Lynn RSC ANZAC Day service (April 25)
2021| Aretha APO (24 July)
Choral Connections Concert at the Dorothy Winstone Centre (15 July)
The Pumphouse (23 May)
TAPAC (18 April)
Grey Lynn RSC ANZAC Day service (April 25)
The Pumphouse, Auckland Fringe Festival (28 February)
2020| Grey Lynn RSC ANZAC Day service (April 25)
20 years of Jubilation: Shout & Never Get Tired (TAPAC; 8 March)
2019| The Pumphouse (20 October)
Grey Lynn RSC ANZAC Day service (April 25)
TAPAC (24 February)
2018| The Pumphouse (28 October)
Grey Lynn RSC ANZAC Day service (April 25)
2017| Uxbridge Arts and Culture (18 November)
TAPAC (29 October)
Grey Lynn RSC ANZAC Day service (April 25)
2016| Artworks Theatre (1 October)
Kiwis on Board (fundraiser for Syrian refugee settlement; 23 January)
2015| The Vic (14 November)
Q Theatre (7 November)
A Strange Day’s Night (fundraiser for Play it Strange Trust)
2014| Silo Theatre 2015 Season Launch
2011| Christchurch Arts Festival
Benefactor’s Dinner, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki Re-Opening
Q Theatre Opening Party
Fundraiser for MAINZ in Christchurch, The King’s Arms Tavern, Auckland
Unitarian Church, Ponsonby
2010| Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber
Artworks Community Theatre, Oneroa, Waiheke
Montecristo Room at Toto Restaurant, Auckland
2009| Titirangi War Memorial Hall
Prime Ministers Social Heroes Awards, Robin Hood Foundation,
St Matthews in the City, Auckland
Montecristo Room at Toto Restaurant, Auckland
The Centre at Kerikeri
2008| The Bluestone Room, Auckland
Auckland City Music in Parks, The Culture Garden Series, Wintegardens, Auckland Domain
2007| Leigh Sawmill Cafe
Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber
Women in Film and Television New Zealand Awards event
St. Lukes Presbyterian Church, Remuera
Southern Lakes Festival of Colour, Wanaka
AK07, The Famous Spiegeltent
Auckland City Music in Parks Summer Concert Series, Parnell Rose Garden
2006| Auckland Town Hall Concert Chamber
APRA Silver Scroll Awards, Auckland Town Hall
St. Paul’s Church, Devonport, Auckland
Unitarian Church, Ponsonby
Kingsway School, Auckland
Alleluya Cafe in St. Kevin’s Arcade, Auckland
Leigh Sawmill Cafe
2005| Alleluya Cafe in St. Kevin’s Arcade, Auckland
Going West Books & Writers Festival, Titirangi
Titirangi Festival of Music
WOMAD Festival, Taranaki
2004| Alleluya Cafe in St. Kevin’s Arcade, Auckland