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Hilary Halba

Hilary Halba (born ca 1962) is a New Zealand actor, theatre director and academic.[1] She is the head of the performing arts programme at the University of Otago.[2][3]

Biography

Halba was born in Milton and attended Tokomairiro High School before studying at the University of Otago.

Halba studied acting and the teaching of acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York City, and is an accredited teacher of the Meisner Technique. She was a founding member of theatre collectives Kilimogo Productions and Wow! Productions Trust.[2][4]

In 2010 she collaborated with Stuart Young to research and create a verbatim theatre production telling stories of domestic violence.[5]

Recognition

Halba won Best Female Performer in the 2012 Dunedin Theatre Awards, and was named Dunedin's best actor of 2003 by the New Zealand Listener.[2]

Theatre and television work

Theatre

Year Title Author Role Notes
2011 Hush Researcher and performer [5]
2010 Skin Tight Gary Henderson Director [2]
2010 Mo and Jess Kill Susie Gary Henderson Actor [2]
1999 Whaea Kairau: Mother Hundred Eater Apirana Taylor Producer (Kilimogo Productions) [6]
1997 Ngā Tāngata Toa Hone Kouka Co-director (with Rangimoana Taylor) [7]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1987 The Marching Girls Michelle [8]

References

  1. ^ "Hilary Halba". The Court Theatre. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e School of Performing Arts. "Hilary Halba". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 10 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Hilary Halba". RNZ. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. ^ Marc, Maufort (2007). Performing aotearoa New Zealand theatre and drama in an age of transition. ISBN 978-90-5201-359-6. OCLC 230201315.
  5. ^ a b "Audiences hushed by true stories of daily violence in NZ". Stuff. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  6. ^ Looser, Diana (31 October 2014). Remaking Pacific Pasts: History, Memory, and Identity in Contemporary Theater from Oceania. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-4775-3.
  7. ^ "Stanislavsky in Aotearoa: The System Experienced through the Māori World". Drama Online. Retrieved 10 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Screen, NZ On. "Credits | The Marching Girls | Series | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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