August « 2010 « The Tribe Cast

Antonia Shines On Campbell Live

Antonia Prebble singing for charity Shine

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 : Vagina Monologues Interview

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.

The Tribe : Series 4 : On ABC3 Australia

They’re coming Lex, the true bringers of Power and Chaos, I’ve seen them… They’re already here and they are more powerful and more deadly than any of us!

It’s series 4 time for The Tribe in Australia already! Series 3 of The Tribe began showing in July, showing daily on abc3. Well, on Wednesday 19th August 2010 @ 7:35pm The Tribe series 4 will begin!

Last time we gave you a run down of what to expect from series three of The Tribe, well here’s some of the things to come in series 4… But first a fan trailer by
Iconic09…

Continue reading…

2010 Qantas Award Nominations…

Qantas Film and Television Awards - New Zealand 2010

The Qantas Film & Television Awards are one of the biggest ceremonies honouring the New Zealand film industry. This year from The Tribe cast alumni we follow Miriama Smith and Beth Allen have both received nominations.

Miriama Smith
Miriama has been nominated for ‘Best Performance by a Supporting Actress’ for her role as Grace Gallagher in Kaitangata Twitch, which was broadcast on Maori TV.
I’m suprised she did not receive a nomination for her role in the controversial TV movie Stolen : The Baby Kahu Story, which she was fantastic in, but I’m guessing it’s because it was broadcast after/near the deadline of nomination dates.

Beth Allen
Beth has received a nomination in the ‘New Idea People’s Choice’ category. The winner of this award will be chosen by the people of New Zealand. Beth has been nominated for her role as Dr. Brooke Freeman in Shortland Street.
If you live in New Zealand please do vote for Beth by texting A to 4369 (texts cost 20 cents each). That’s A for Awesome Allen! Beth is up against Robyn Malcolm in this category. Robyn Malcolm is fabulous but we don’t want Lex’s bootcamp leader Ma’am to win, we want Beth to win! ;D

The winners will be announced at the award ceremony at the Civic Theatre in Auckland on Saturday 18 September. We wish them both the best of luck. Well whoever wins, no matter what, it all comes down to what you wear on the night. Choose those frocks wisely ladies! Continue reading…

The Vagina Monologues : Promotional Images

The Vagina Monologues : Auckland 2010 : Featuring - Fleur Saville, Beth Allen and Antonia Prebble

PLEASE NOTE: The individual images of Beth, Fleur and Toni have been taking down as the play has now finished it’s run. The photos are © Dean O’Gorman.

Check out these lovely promo images for the Auckland 2010 stage production of The Vagina Monologues. The VM features a plethora of talented New Zealand actors, amongst them Antonia Prebble (Outrageous Fortunes Loretta West/Trudy in The Tribe), Beth Allen (Shortland Street’s Dr Brooke Freeman/Tribe’s Amber) and Fleur Saville (Shortys Libby Jeffries/Being Eve/Tribe’s Ruby).

The Vagina Monologues will run from August 25th -September 11th 2010 at the Basement Theatre, Auckland. To book your tickets visit iTicket, more info can be found on The Vagina Monologues Facebook page.

The full cast of The Vagina Monologues have been been split into teams of four and when you turn up at the Basement you won’t know which four will perform the monologues for you on the night… However, the comments on this pic here reveal the nights Beth Allen will be on stage! Also Beth Allen talks about the production on Shortland Street’s website.

Beth Allen : Tribal Influences

Beth Allen - The Tribe's Amber - Shortland Streets Brooke Freeman

Many of us first came across Beth Allen as Amber in The Tribe. Our fondness of The Tribe, the storylines, tribal gear and the actors may have had some New Zealanders scratching their head wondering ‘What’s with all this Tribe malarky?’ – the series never caught on in it’s homeland.

To those in the know The Tribe was a cult TV series filmed in Wellington, New Zealand, and spanned a total of five seasons accumulating a total of 260 episodes. It had quiet a following in Europe, USA and currently in Australia.

In an interview with Nicola Russell, for The Sunday News, Beth talks about what attracted her to the up-coming theatre production The Vagina Monologues (which Beth is producing as well starring in), filming her current role as Dr. Brooke Freeman in Shortland Street and also talks about The Tribe…

Here’s some quotes from Beth Allen on The Tribe:
“It did really well. It’s inexplicable to me, because to me it was fine but it wasn’t an Emmy award-winning drama but it seemed to have found a little niche in its audiences and internationally it’s still huge.”

“They are the most dedicated fans. And it went on for years, we shot the first series and I thought, `well, that’s that’ and we shot it for another four years.”

Shortland Street publicist Rachael Keereweer is also quoted as saying, “I don’t know how they figure it out but the minute anyone from The Tribe turns up on Shortland Street they’ll email and ask for pictures”. (Lol!)

There are a few more Tribe references in the article by Nicola Russell. Read the full article here or below. More information on Beth Allen can be found on her official Facebook page and also at the fansite BethAllen.Webs.

The Vagina Monologues will be run at the Basement Theatre in Auckland, August 25th – September 11th 2010. To book tickets click here.

With thanks to Shorty fan Emma H for the article info. Continue reading…

Michelle Ang : New Agency/IMDB Photo’s

Check out these lovely, recent, agency/talent photos of the beautifully, talented, actress that is Michelle Ang. They appeared on her IMDB profile…

Michelle Ang played Tai-San in The Tribe series 1-4, she went on to star in the final episodes of Xena The Warrior Princess and then moved to Australia when she starred in the soap Neighbours as Lori Lee. She has also portrayed the character Tracy Hong in Outrageous Fortune and Lily Zee in American teen drama South Of Nowhere. Michelle also has roles in the forthcoming films The Beaver, Big Momma’s House 3 – Like Father, Like Son and Girl Meets Boy.

The photos were taken by Michelle’s boyfriend Sam Nixon, a photographer. You can read about them both in a previously posted interview with Michelle Ang.

End Game For Aidan Weekes…

Aidan Weekes (The Tribe’s Ved) has been on stage recently in the production End Game at the Downstage Theatre in Wellington.

The description for the production is as follows: “A twist of fate propels Alex (Dan Weekes) and his mother (Amy Tarleton) into a computer game — to face a land of mythical creatures and heart-stopping challenges. This is not going to be a typical school day. An ideal first Downstage experience for 8 to 14 year-olds.”

More details and pictures can be found on the Downstage Theatre’s website. This post has been back-dated. Full production details are below.
Continue reading…

Beth Allen : Officially Facebooked.

Forget the fake Beth Allen web profiles dotted around the net as Beth has now made her own official page, particularly for her fans, to follow! – Yay!

* UPDATE * Beth has now made a Facebook fan page rather than profile. Add your like to the page here to keep updated with Beth and her forthcoming projects.

Click here for Beth’s Official fan page on Facebook – there’s some awesome Shortland Street pics of her already up!
And just to clarify, I’m pretty sure this here is a fake profile for Beth.

Beth Allen currently stars in Shortland Street as Dr. Brooke Freeman, she is known internationally as The Tribe’s Amber as well as for her various appearances in the Power Ranger series. Beth is also involved in the theatre with credits in both producing and starring in productions.

Info thanks to Shortland Tweet.

Antonia Prebble : Duet For Charity CD

Antonia Prebble and Massad Barakat-Devine duet for Iconic charity Christmas album

Antonia Prebble will be lending her vocals to an amazing new charity CD being released in New Zealand for Christmas (it’s going to be released in November 2010).

The album is being put together/produced by Monique Rhodes with the OnePeopleRecords label and will be raising money in support of the charity Shine* – Safer Homes in NZ Everyday.

Antonia Prebble will be singing an original Christmas song, as a duet, with New Zealand musician Massad Barakat-Devine. Massad is only 16, has an impressive vocal range and has already released an album. Check his website out for more info and follow his Twitter for updates on his work including his duet with Antonia (which is how we found out about it). They’ll be recording the song next week hopefully.

We can’t wait to hear their tune! For more updates on the upcoming iconic Kiwi album check out this Facebook page.