Napier Repertory Players

16/06/2026

🎭 MEET THE CAST OF BADJELLY THE WITCH 🧙‍♀️

Adapted by 𝑻𝒊𝒎 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒚 from the book by 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒏
Directed and Music by 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒍 𝑴𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒐
Production Season: 11th - 19th July 2026

Step into a wildly imaginative world where anything can happen. 𝑩𝒂𝒅𝒋𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉, the beloved and delightfully absurd story by 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒏, is brought to life in this vibrant 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐇 stage adaptation by New Zealand children’s theatre pioneer 𝑻𝒊𝒎 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒚.

Aeris Munro & Alva Rhodes - Rose/Mummy
𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒆 is a five-year-old girl who goes with her big brother Tim to find Lucy the cow. She notices when the forest gets too dark, when the journey has gone on too long, and when an old woman in the snow may not be as helpful as she seems. Rose may be small, but she has a very useful habit of being worried at the correct moments.
𝑴𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒚 keeps the little cottage warm with fresh bread, cuddles and trombone music.

🎟 Tickets are now on sale here:
https://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2026/jul/badjelly-the-witch
🤩 DON'T DELAY, YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS SHOW!
Photos courtesy of Hayley Munro Photography

07/06/2026

Starting rehearsal doing some theatre sports with Jonathan. Did you know that we have a full kids cast AND crew for our production of Badjelly the witch?

Book your tickets through iTicket!

https://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2026/jul/badjelly-the-witch

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03/06/2026

🎭 TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR OUR YOUTH PRODUCTION! 🎭

"Badjelly The Witch"
Adapted by Tim Bray from the book by Spike Milligan
Directed by Daniel Munro
Production Season: 11-19th July 2026

Our wonderful youth cast and crew are working hard to bring Napier Repertory Players production of "Badjelly The Witch" to life. Come along and support our youth! A wonderful outing for the School Holidays.

🎟 Tickets are now on sale here:

Step into a wildly imaginative world where anything can happen… Badjelly the Witch, the beloved and delightfully absurd story by Spike Milligan, is brough

03/06/2026

🎭 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 🎭

Napier Repertory Players' 2026 Production of "Taking Off" 🛫

Written by Roger Hall 🤩
Directed by Sharyn Hildreth
Production Season: 11-22 November 2026

This poignant, funny, sensitive play follows four kiwi women who are given a new lease on life as they head off to the other side of the world.

Congratulations to the cast:
Eleanore McLean - Jean
Kirsty Daly - Ruth
Sarah Graham - Noeline
Stacey Nelson - Frankie

Photo: The Director and Cast at the theatre tonight for their first get-together. Rehearsals will be underway in August and watch this space for details on how you will be able to get tickets.

08/05/2026

𝑨𝑼𝑫𝑰𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑵𝑶𝑻𝑰𝑪𝑬 🎭✨

We have auditions for our end of year show 'Taking Off' by Roger Hall! Auditions will be held on the 𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐲 from 𝟐𝐩𝐦. To book your audition time email 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞@𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥.𝐜𝐨.𝐧𝐳

This poignant, funny, sensitive play follows four Kiwi women who are given a new lease on life as they head off to the other side of the world.

𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐞, wins second division Lotto and decides to leave her boring husband.
𝐑𝐮𝐭𝐡, having slogged hard for years bringing up a family and supporting her husband on their farm, leaves him after she discovers he is having an affair.
𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧, a loyal corporate employee is made redundant after 20 years service.
𝐍𝐨𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞, having nursed her terminally ill husband for years, decides to take the trip they had planned together.

05/05/2026

19/04/2026

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02/04/2026

We had such a big turn out for auditions for Badjelly the Witch that it was a very hard decision for our production team and we were very impressed with the level of actors that came to audition. We are very excited to announce our cast and we can't wait to get started with rehearsals next week!

A further post will give details for what shows our Tim and Rose casts will be performing for when tickets go on sale.

04/03/2026

🎭 MEET THE CAST OF RADIO WAVES BY THE SEA!

Written by John Cocking
Director: John Cocking
Production Season: 4 - 8th March 2026

February 1933. A theatre troupe get lost on their way to be part of the New Napier Carnival.
Broken down and stuck out in the middle of nowhere all idea of performance seems to be lost until they meet a couple of the locals who may be able to save the day...

Daisy - Hayley Munro
Daisy, the untrained daughter of Daphne. She might be the stage manager and baggage handler but she has some tricks up her sleeve for entertaining the locals!

🎟 Tickets are now on sale here:
https://www.iticket.co.nz/.../mar/radio-waves-by-the-sea
🤩 DON'T DELAY, YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS SHOW!
Photos courtesy of Hayley Munro Photography