Afterthoughts
In the first of a series of 'Afterthoughts' posts, Jeff Clark shares his experience during the quake inside the Arts Centre and the journey towards "getting back to the business of entertaining the...
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In his latest ‘Afterthoughts’ blog, Jeff Clark talks about performing in the first Scared Scriptless in Christchurch since the quake, relocating to Dunedin for a temp job at Fortune Theatre, and The...
View ArticleAfterthoughts: Intervals
Jeff Clark blogs about The Court’s fortieth birthday and the space between damage and recovery in Christchurch. He says it's like 'the anticipation at the end of an interval'."Please return to your...
View ArticleAfterthoughts: Watershed
By Jeff Clark in ChristchurchWe gathered and stood in a giant shed.It was a Sunday. I had driven back from Dunedin with my family the day before but received a text that there was a Court Theatre...
View ArticleAfterthoughts: 4.6
By Jeff Clark in ChristchurchNumbers have a new meaning in Christchurch. People can say “we had a 4.6 last night” without getting a perplexed expression - the Richter scale is part of the vernacular...
View ArticleAfterthoughts: A changing mood?
By Jeff Clark in ChristchurchWell, that buggers the blog I was writing last week. Like it or not, aftershocks can be a powerful editing tool and I felt obliged to write a new version that more...
View ArticleAfterthoughts - Bright Spots
Jeff Clark flew to Auckland and back last weekend. Apart from an eardrum rupturing, he had a great time and has seen some bright spots in Christchurch during the last few days – the brightest being a...
View ArticleAfterthoughts - Flurries
By Jeff Clark in ChristchurchThe cold snap may have dropped a huge amount of snow on Christchurch, but several groups are ploughing on with productions to warm things up in the garden city. The Court...
View ArticlePerspective
It has been six months since everything changed for Christchurch. Jeff Clark looks back, looks around and looks forward to the future for the city, people and arts scene."Those first few weeks were...
View ArticleLuftballon
In his latest Afterthoughts blog, Jeff Clark highlights the growing support from NZ and around the world for The Court Theatre in Christchurch - including new patron of the fundraising appeal Dame...
View ArticleThe Finish Line
The Court Theatre will reopen in a new part of town on December 10. Jeff Clark talks about reaching that goal and the ones that still lie ahead for the theatre and Christchurch (while touching on...
View ArticleGetting it together
As the last details of The Court Theatre’s opening season brochure are finished, Jeff Clark looks at putting together the support material to promote a new season of plays in Christchurch at the same...
View ArticlePopping Up
Things are starting to change around Christchurch city, says Jeff Clark in his latest Afterthoughts blog."Small shoots of normality – or at least, the 'new normal'– are starting to break through the...
View ArticleAfterthoughts: Opening
By Jeff Clark in ChristchurchThe Court Theatre is open to the public. Typing those words is a great feeling. Last week we finally cast the doors wide and welcomed the people who are the life blood of...
View ArticleAfterthoughts - One Year On
Within days of fleeing the Christchurch quake on 22 February 2011, and still in shock, Jeff Clark responded the only way he knew how – by organising a fundraising Court Jester performance in Nelson....
View ArticleAfterthoughts - Icons
Jeff Clark tries to stay away from politics or sport as much as possible and apologises for tackling both in his latest blog (some puns intended)."In a 2006 survey in Canterbury, one respondent defined...
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