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Warwick
Broadhead's Wish List
Curriculum Vitae
Summary
Born in 1944
in the year of the Monkey.
Written, acted,
directed and produced in over fifty performances
throughout New Zealand.
Including:
Alice in Wonderland
- Vermont Street School, Ponsonby, Auckland
National Geographic - Auckland and Punakaiki
Starry Nights under the Big Top - Auckland.
Full
| Name |
Warwick
Broadhead |
| Contact |
(09) 372 4222 |
| Address |
58 Crescent Road West Extension
Palm Beach
Waiheke Island, Auckland 1081 |
| Year
of Birth |
1944
Auckland
New Zealand |
BIOGRAPHY
2009 |
Three special performances at Tivloli Bookshop, Waiheke
1) Having a Life & Being Idle
2) Thee Moon, Romance & Lunacy
3) Grass on the Slats Again - a Rinsing Lecture
Having a Life & Being Idle developed as a home show, for touring Auckland, September - December |
| 2008 |
Bought land and built a house on Waiheke |
| 2007 |
Filming Rubbings from a Live Man by Florian Habicht continued. Working on Monkey, another home show |
| 2006 |
Writing and developing The Resting Show in Auckland, for presentation in 2007. Filming Rubbings from a Live Man by Florian Habicht began. |
| 2005 |
After 505 performances
in New Zealand and internationally, The Hunting of the Snark has been gifted to Toi
Whakaari for archival and student use. The Selfish Giant was terminated
after 113 performances in New Zealand. |
| 2002 |
-
4 heart attacks and a triple bypass. Recovery. Back to performing. |
| 2000 |
- Meditation
and Study, Wangapeka, Nelson |
| 1998 |
- Snark
Tour, England, America, Copenhagen |
| 1994 |
- Ecology
course, Namibia and Zimbabwe (2 months) |
| 1993 |
- Arts
studies in India (9 months) |
| 1990 |
- Ecology
course Alaska, Canada's Arctic Circle
- Arts studies in Europe (9 months) |
| 1989 |
- Meditation
and Study, Wangapeka, Nelson |
| 1987 |
- Ecology
course, Queensland
- Arts course, Tauhara, Taupo |
| 1984 |
- Study
Trip to Paris, Germany, America, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia |
1979-
1982 |
-
Theatre workshops, Auckland |
| 1977 |
- Study
of dance for one year in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga |
1973-
1974 |
-
Therapy and related studies, Auckland |
| 1971
|
- Angels
of Light Theatre Troupe, San Francisco |
| 1970 |
- Anna
Halprin's San Francisco Workshop |
1965-
1966 |
-
Margaret Barr Dance Drama Group, Sydney, Australia |
| 1964 |
- Graphic
Arts Course, Auckland Technical Institute |
PERFORMANCES
Conceived and Directed by W Broadhead
| 2005 |
Opening
ceremony for Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island. Creative director
of Papatoetoe Santa Parade. |
| 2004 |
Memorial
Party for Galvan James Macnamara (James Mack), The Dowse,
Lower Hutt |
| 2004 |
-
final performances of The Hunting of the Snark
and The Selfish Giant
-
4 month tour around New Zealand - 505 Snarks for 12,000
people over nine years, 93 Giants for 3250 people over
2 years
- played God in Wild Cabbage at The Silo, Auckland.
Text by James Beaumont, directed by Ben Crowder
|
| 2003 |
-
The Selfish Giant and The Hunting of the Snark.
Ongoing performances. |
| 2001 |
- The
Selfish Giant, NZ Tour, Auckland. Ongoing performances. |
| 2000 |
- The
Hero Parade, Auckland, Artistic Director
- The Hunting of the Snark. In and around Auckland.
|
| 1999 |
- A
Delicate Quest. Written & performed by people with
mental heath problems. Centennial Theatre, Auckland
- Let it out. Live it up. Aotea Square, Millenium Eve. |
| 1998 |
- The
Hunting of the Snark, England, America |
| 1995 |
- The
Hunting of the Snark. Performed in peoples homes throughout
New Zealand. Ongoing performances. |
| 1993 |
- Peter
Pan a La India, Papamoa Hills Garden, Te Puke |
| 1992 |
- Out
of de Basement, The Watershed, Auckland |
| 1991 |
- A
Far Eastern Tale, Papamoa Hills Garden, Te Puke
- Sleeping Beauty, Dunedin College of Education |
| 1989 |
- The
Long Night, The Passing Night, Dunedin |
| 1988 |
- National
Geographic (a forest symphony), Punakaiki, West Coast
- Through the Look Glass and What Alice Found There,
Baycourt, Tauranga
- The Yellow Dwarf, Maidment, Auckland |
| 1987 |
- National
Geographic (a symphony of sound, sight and movement) Maidment,
Auckland |
| 1986 |
- W
S B Rolls Out His Mat, Solo Performances around New
Zealand
- The Tempest, Downstage, Wellington |
| 1985 |
- Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland, Ponsonby, Auckland
- Devonport Centennial Celebration Opening, Auckland |
| 1983 |
- The
I Quing Beach Show, Auckland Beaches
- The Woman Who Rode Away, Parnell, Auckland |
| 1982 |
- One
Moment, Auckland
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Auckland
- Harbour Lights, Queen Street, Auckland |
| 1981 |
- Starry
Nights Under the Big Top, Auckland Maori Community Centre
- The Hornpipe, One Tree Hill Domain, Auckland
- Futuristic Fable of Billy Kiki, Wellington Rose
Gardens |
| 1980 |
- Jack
in the Box, Auckland and Wellington |
|
1979
|
- Coloured
People, Auckland Railway Station, St Mary's Cathedral,
Ponsonby Intermediate School, Albert Park, Michael Joseph
Savage Memorial
- Dances of Chance, Auckland |
| 1978 |
- The
Futuristic Fable of Billy Kiki, Geers Warehouse, Auckland
- Love Trilogy, Auckland |
| 1976 |
- The
Fisherman and His Soul, St Matthews Cathedral, Auckland |
| 1975 |
- The
Buckthorn Guppy Revue, community centres around Auckland
- Mums on Uranus, Ponsonby, Auckland |
| 1972 |
- Full
Moon Follies presented: The Vegetable, Jack of Hearts,
The May Show, June Varity, The Land of Sass, Oh It's Nothing
Really |
SELECTED
OTHER WORKS
| 2007 |
- DIY Sacrifice at Pastisse in the Auckland CBD |
| 2005
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-
Lavish decoration and performance for Annie Coney's 50th in Parnell |
| 2003
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-
Auctioneer for Gully Lounge, K Road, Auckland |
| 2002 |
- Role of Hugo the Dump Boss in Florain Habicht's Woodenhead, premiering in the NZ INternational Film Festival and subsequently international release and DVD.
-
Dramatic turn in Rotorua - show stopper [see Bio 2002] |
| 2001 |
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Reverse strip in late night cabaret, Comedy Club, Auckland |
| 2000 |
- Opening
piece for Terry Stinger's sculpture park |
| 1999 |
- The
Underwater Melon Man. Booklaunch at Leftfield Café,
Auckland
- The Cabaret, Comedy House, Auckland |
| 1996 |
- Silver
Splash, Dowse Art Museum, 25th Anniversary |
| 1992 |
- The
Hungry City, The Watershed Theatre, Auckland |
| 1990 |
- Costumes
designed for Michael Parmenter dance work International
Festival of Arts, Wellington |
| 1989 |
- Autumn
Fires Variety Show, Auckland |
| 1987 |
- Storytelling
for the opening of a National Park, Department of Conservation,
West Coast |
| 1986 |
- Flying
Kiwis Arts Festival, Wellington
- Rose Moon Variety Show, Freeman's Bay, Auckland |
| 1985 |
- Round/Round
Song/Dance. Choreographers' Workshop, Auckland |
| 1982 |
- Opening
Piece for Ian McMillan's exhibition, Denis Cohn Gallery,
Auckland
- Opening Piece for the NZ Potters; Convenction, Auckland
War Memorial Museum
- Heaving Caterpillar, NZ Psychodrama Assn Conference, Auckland
Medical School
- Limbs Show, Ponsonby, Auckland |
| 1981 |
- Opening
piece for the new wing of the Dowse Art Gallery, Lower Hutt |
| 1980 |
- Opening
piece for Ed Ruscha Exhibition, Auckland Art Gallery
- Limbs Show, Auckland |
| 1979 |
- Limbs
Concert, Grafton, Auckland |
1978-
1980 |
- Opening
Piece for Dick Frizzell's exhibition, Barry Left Gallery |
GRANTS
AND PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
| 2005 |
- Creative
New Zealand development grant for The Resting Show |
| 2000 |
- Creative
New Zealand and New Zealand Film Commission |
| 1994 |
- QEII
Arts Council of New Zealand |
| 1992 |
- QEII
Arts Council of New Zealand |
| 1991 |
- QEII
Arts Council of New Zealand |
| 1989 |
- QEII
Arts Council of New Zealand (2) |
| 1988 |
- QEII
Arts Council of New Zealand (2) |
| 1987 |
- QEII
Arts Council of New Zealand |
| 1985 |
- QEII
Arts Council of New Zealand
- Devonport Borough Council Centenary Commission
- Choreographers and Dancers Workshop, Auckland |
1982-
1983 |
- Director
of Artworks Project Employment Programme |
| 1981 |
- QEII
Arts Council of New Zealand
- Wellington Arts Centre |
| 1980 |
- Youth
initiatives for tour |
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Broadhead's Wish List
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