Antonia Prebble has a role in a new New Zealand TV movie (telemovie/telefeature) called Spies And Lies. The movie is “set in 1942 wartime New Zealand” and “is a ripping yarn based on a true story of conspiracy, incompetence, and an extraordinary hoax that challenged the highest levels of New Zealand government”.

So, expect to see Antonia in 1940’s costume!.. The leading man in the movie is Antony Starr, who stars alongside Antonia in Outrageous Fortune as twins Van and Jethro West. More info on Spies And Lies can be found here, the full cast list is below. The telemovie is being filmed in Auckland. Continue Reading »

News from BethAllen.Webs, there’s a new interview up with Beth Allen on New Idea NZ. In the interview the Shortland Stree star talks about being the great-great niece of Sir Frederick Truby King, who founded the children’s welfare society Plunket in 1907.

Check out the interview section of the site here or click here to visit New Idea NZ to read the interview.

In an article in NZ paper Western Leader, Tom Hern talks about producing the film I’m Not Harry Jenson and working with James Robertson Napier. The guys starred together in The Tribe series 4 & 5 as Techno’s  Ram & Jay and alongside each other in Power Rangers Dino Thunder as Devin Del Valle and Conner McKnight.

On working with James on I’m Not Harry Jenson, Tom said the following:

After years of doing television together we decided to start working on a script – something we’d be proud of. So we decided we’d do it 100 percent independently, outside of the normal funding routes such as the New Zealand Film Commission.

Tom ends the interview by saying he has currently got three scripts in development! Busy guy. I’m Not Harry Jenson premieres on July 22nd, more on that here. Well done to Tom and James on the film and all the best with the premiere guys! The full article/interview with Tom Hern can be read here and below.

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Beth Allen (Brooke Freeman in Shortland Street / The Tribe’s Amber) was looking her usual glam self when pictured by theAlist partying with her fellow Shortland Street co-star Harry McNaughton (Gerald Tippet).

The picture was taken at the launch party of Vodafone’s new HTC Magic Google Smartphone. The party’s theme was ‘Black and White Magic’ and was held on June 24th in Auckland.

[edit] Shortland Street star Fleur Saville (Libby Jefferies / The Tribe’s Ruby) was also pictured at the same party. Check out the pic of her with Beth Allen on the right. This cool image is from FrontRowDiary.com. According to the site: “Beth Allen wears MAW and Fleur Saville wears Miss Crabb”. With thanks to Kate from BethAllen.Webs for pointing out the Fleur pic, always a great source.

Daniel Weekes Hannah, known as Ved to  The Tribe fans, is back on stage in his final year at New Zealand’s top performing arts school Toi Whakaari. Fans can go along and support him in the stage production Go Solo where the final year year students get on stage to give solo performances to showcase their skills learnt during their time at the drama school.

The full details, times and dates that Dan is performing can be found here. He is in group A, so if you want to catch him make sure you visit on the right date and time he is listed under. The production will run between Monday 20th July to Saturday 1st August at various times at Toi Whakaari’s SEEyD Space.

[edit] The facebook page for the event is here (as well as the topless pic of Dan!) – Info thanks to Jebrill & Tribe-Cast.com.

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Remember wee ‘young and hungry’ Charlie in The Tribe? He was Mouse’s brother and disappeared a few episodes into series 4… Well Charley Murphy Samau who played Charlie is set to go on stage, as part of Auckland’s Young and Hungry Festival.

Charley will be on stage in the production Urban Hymns at the Basement Theatre, Auckland. The show is running from 11th July to 25th July daily at 9.30pm.

More info on the production can be found below and here. Urban Hymns is also showing in Wellington, but Charlie Samau is only on stage in the Auckland showing of the production. Continue Reading »

Felicity Milovanovich, who was Zora in The New Tomorrow, was recently performing on stage with the Long Cloud Youth Theatre in their production of The Crucible. The production ran from June 26th to 28th at the Brierley Theatre – Wellington College. Full details are below and here.

Felicity is also known for her roles in NZ series The Killian Curse and more recently Time Trackers. Oh and here’s a random fact about Felicity; in 2006 she was in screen acting class which was tutored by Charlie Bleakley… He was Troy in The Tribe!…

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On Sunday 25th June 2000  Cloud 9 opened their doors to the public for a dual Open Day and Tribal Gathering, inviting people to get a glimpse into the television industry, meet stars of their shows and also win an on-screen part in The Tribe. The day was promoted with Burger King New Zealand, who as a tie-in for the Tribal Gathering displayed promotional posters (as pictured) and Tribe placemats in Burger King restaurants.

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You might recognise the pictures – they were previously on the website GAKYA (Gummidge’s Aussie and Kiwi Young Actors ), which has been closed for a long time. The pics were rescued from their archives, they were originally supplied by ‘Lorraine’ (I’m trying to track her down!) some of her pics are also featured on the Kieren Hutchinson website. The video below was shot by Tribeworld/Cloud 9 at the event…

Though it’s 9 years since the event (not 10!), I thought I’d put it up as it was an interesting event held by Cloud 9, during one of the busiest years for The Tribe. Prior to the event Dwayne Cameron (Bray), Caleb Ross (Lex), Michelle Ang (Tai-San) and Meryl Cassie (Ebony) were on a promotional tour in England/Europe and returned to New Zealand on the 24th June, ready for the Tribal Gathering/Open Day for the following day, the cast had finished recording the album and were preparing for the filming of series 3 the following month!

According to Cloud 9 over 20,000 people attended the event, without a doubt making it a success. Continue Reading »

Antonia Prebble (The Tribe’s Trudy) is currently ranked No. 1 on New Zealand social scene website theAlist. The website features events around New Zealand and paps the people in the happening joints. Antonia Prebble’s popularity comes as no suprise, she has become a household name in NZ following her role in the popular TV series Outrageous Fortune (in which she plays Loretta West). She is also known for her stylish dress sense, down-to-earth sensibilities and her continual honing of her acting craft through TV and theatre.

This post serves as a dual purpose as I also wanted to put up this promo pic for her next stage play, Station To Station. More details of which can be found here. More on Antonia Prebble, her career, interviews can be found in her category here. For pics of Antonia Prebble featured on tribeHeaven, click here.

[edit] Just a quick edit – there are some exclusive pics of Antonia Prebble in Station To Station on AntoniaPrebble.com, check them out, they’re huge! – Clare

A sweet pic of Michelle Ang (The Tribe’s Tai-San, Neighbour’s Lori Lee, Xena’s Akemi, South Of Nowhere’s Lily Zee, Outrageous Fortune’s Tracy Hong – to name a few of her well known characters!) has appeared on crude boy’s website Street Boner’s/TV Carnage. They comment on her outfit, calling it shitty, but hey it looks like Michelle’s chilling in her down time, let the girl be!

I spotted the news originally on the Michelle Ang fansite (check it out!). This post has been backdated.

Just a quick edit, Michelle Ang is wearing an Erykah Badu – {2008 AD} – ‘The Vortex Tour’ T-Shirt. You can check the design out on this poster image here.