About… This blog follows the careers of the cast of Cloud 9's teen drama series The Tribe. The series was filmed in New Zealand in 1998 to 2004 and had a spin-off series The New Tomorrow. More info about this blog can be found here. |
 Jessie Gurunathan, who was Dawn in The Tribe, has landed a role in The Almighty Johnsons. Which sees her return to acting – yay!
The 10 part series is currently being filmed in New Zealand. Jess will be playing ‘Leah’, a girlfriend of one of “The Almighty Johnsons”. Tweeting about the role Jess said, ” I play a raunchy crazy girl with revenge on my mind……stay tuned (;” – We will! – Sounds like a fun role she’ll be playing too.
Not that you’ll need another reason to watch it, but Antonia Prebble will also be appearing in The Almighty Johnsons. Antonia has a guest role as the character ‘Sonja’. The Almighty Johnsons is by some of the team behind Outrageous Fortune which starred Antonia as Loretta West.
Keep upto date with Jessie Gurunathan via her Twitter. Keep up to date with The Almighty Johnsons series as it is being made by Twitter and Facebook. Photo of Jessie from Nova.
 In a new article Beth Allen talks to Zoe Walker of the New Zealand Herald about fashion. Beth sure is a style icon in our books, you just gotta check the various pics of her out and about! Read Zoe’s article here to find out about Beth’s style choices, from labels to accesories.
My highlight:
Who or what inspires you?
Our costume designer, Nicola Newman, for her grace and professionalism. My mum and dad, who are so wise and funny and cute. My husband-to-be, who has such remarkable drive and enthusiasm. Older actresses who haven’t messed with their faces and get more powerful on and off the screen and stage: Helen Mirren, Judi Dench, Meryl Streep.
Click here to read the article in full.
It doesn’t seem so long ago I was writing a post about about Fleur Saville leaving Shortland Street, but now it looks like she’ll be heading back! Maybe for one last time? Read the article from New Zealands TV Guide for the goss!
Fleur will be returning as the character Libby Jeffries, her storyline will see her character getting married, but the name of groom has not been revealed as of yet… Check the article out for the goss! Many thanks to Emma H for providing the scans to the article. You can chat to Shortland Street fans at Ferndale Talk also visit the official site here.
Fleur Saville played Ruby in The Tribe series 5.
There are lovely reviews on 3news.co.nz and Stuff.co.nz on The Vagina Monologues, in particular, they mention both Beth Allen’s and Antonia Prebble’s performance in the production.
Here’s what 3news.co.nz said about Antonia Prebble:
With sass and spunk Antonia Prebble delivered a great monologue on the angry vagina. She listed her character’s reasons and summed up that a more vagina-friendly world would eliminate tampons, g-strings and the chilling unpleasantness of visits to the gynaecologist.
And on Beth Allen:
Beth Allen deftly portrayed pain, confusion and panic during one of her monologues when her character feared she’d lost her clitoris. There was a happy ending to the tale however and again Allen captured the elation and joy of her character’s freedom and empowerment.
Gabrielle Henderson, Jodie Rimmer and Rachel Nash are also mentioned in the review as they feature in the same ‘shift’ as Beth and Antonia in The Vagina Monologues.
The Stuff.co.nz review said the following: “Last night I was lucky enough to stumble upon Brooke from Shortland Street (Beth Allen) with the bonus of Loretta from Outrageous Fortune (Antonia Prebble). Both were very engaging, as were the other ladies who joined them – Gabrielle Henderson, Rachel Nash and Jodie Rimmer”.
With thanks to Jess of AntoniaPrebble.com for the info and to BethAllen.Webs.
For more details on The Vagina Monologues, currently running at the Basement Theatre in Auckland, click here.
Beth Allen (Shortland Streets Brooke Freeman/Tribe’s Amber) has given an insight to her opening night of The Vagina Monologues on Facebook:
Had my opening night for The Vagina Monologues last night, and it was AWESOME. Lots of lovely women in the audience who were so kind to us all on stage. After hours (and hours) of legwork, I was reminded of why we put this production together; giving myself (and others) the thrill of being on stage! It’s addictive. :) …
If you are a member of Facebook make sure you ‘Like’ Beth Allen’s official page to get the latest updates on her career. Were not going to copy and paste all her musings, so make sure you sure you sign up to the page yourself for the latest.
 Antonia Prebble has landed the role of Sally Bowles at The Court Theatre, Christchurch, in their future production of Cabaret – perfect casting!
Antonia Prebble will be singing, dancing and acting. Talk about a triple threat!
The news came via their Twitter account, follow them to keep updated.
Jacob Tomuri (who was Lieutenant Luke in The Tribe) was looking awesome in Spartacus : Blood And Sand. Currently Jacob is filming the prequel to the STARZ series; Spartacus : Gods Of The Arena.
You can keep updated with Jacob on the filming of the series by following him on Twitter. Previous musings of his were:
“My G string is killing me. Ladies, I don’t know how you do it. Seriously. #Onsetofspartacus” (26th August)
“‘We need blood… urgently!…. a lot of it!’ #Thingsyouhearonspartacus” (5th August)
Jacob specialises in stunt work. Though it seems he is currently learning archery, could this be a sign of things to come in Spartacus? Filming for Spartacus : Gods Of The Arena began early in August 2010.
In an interview with the Auckland City Harbour News, by Rhiannon Horrel, Fleur Saville speaks about the upcoming theatre production of The Vagina Monologues. You can read the article online at Stuff.co.nz or below…
Key quote from Fleur: “Come along, it’s a great play for groups of women to get a bottle of vino and relate to.”
- So you better get on down! Full details on the production, running from Wednesday 25th August 2010 to Saturday 11th September 2010, can be found here. Photo of Fleur Saville is by Jason Oxenham.
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Antonia Prebble had a second TV appearance on TVNZ today ( the first one is here) this time she was on TV3′s Campbell Live news strand appearing in a pre-recorded interview about her work on the charity album being released for the charity Shine ( previously mentioned here).
The news article reported about the album and the charity with Antonia speaking briefly about her involvement. Check out the video:
Antonia duets on a track with Massad Barakat who also wrote the track they performed! The track plays in parts of the video.
Antonia Prebble is famous in New Zealand for her role as Loretta West in Outrageous Fortune, though we know and love her as The Tribe’s Trudy. The charity album for Shine is due for release in November this year, though I’m sure alot of exciting will be happening to promote till the release date!
Antonia Prebble appeared live today on TVNZ’s Good Morning. In the interview she talked about the up-coming stage production The Vagina Monologues as well as the future direction for her career… Check it out:
She looks pretty fab as usual! According to Antonia she will be on stage in The Vagina Monologues the same nights that Beth Allen will be on, so you’ll definitely be in for a treat if you go on those nights (see here via Jebrill). Though any night you go will be a treat as the production features a truly talented line-up of New Zealand’s female actors. Further details can be found on this post here.
In the interview there is also a mention of expanding her career outside of New Zealand, going towards Australia and USA, perhaps even farther afield? Well you have plenty of fans supporting you all the way Antonia! All the best.
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New Tomorrow 
"Saaay whaaaat?"... The Tribe spin-off series The New Tomorrow is currently showing on channel Five in the UK around 5:00am in the morning!
Check out: TVguide.co.uk.
DVD Deal… Miriama Smith (The Tribe's Moz), Tom Hern and James Napier (Tecno boy's Ram and Jay) have lead roles in Dino Thunder. The series also guest stars Dwayne Cameron (Bray) and Antonia Prebble (Trudy). Own the complete series now in this 7 disk DVD set!
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