Well, she’s the lass who played that ‘evil’ chick Susannah in The Tribe, one of the Nomads, who kidnapped Dal and Sasha. They thought they were cannibals, only they turned out to be slave traders!

You can read the interview here. In the interview Chantelle takes a look back pretty much exactly 10 years and speaks about her character on The Tribe, what it was like to play such a duplicitous character, her thoughts on the issues dealt with in the show and what it was like working on the show, albeit for a brief time.

Those of you who visit Chantelle’s blog or are familiar with her on facebook may have already read it. I hope you enjoy it, as an insight into one of the many bit players of The Tribe. Feel free to post your views in the comment box below. Hopefully there’ll be more interviews up soon.

Chantelle has more recently featured in  ‘The Wayfarer’  a documentary, by Jess Firth, about the Baha’i religion. More info and the trailer about the documentary can be found here and here. The German translation for the interview is here.

And finally, Happy New Year everyone!!!

Click here to view the embedded video.

It appears to have been filmed in 2007 and edited/shown in 2008. A bit more info and a .mov download of it is  here.

The video also featured Astra Mclaren and Brian Manthenga, was directed and edited by Benjamin Rood, photography by Richard Harling.

PS, hope you had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!

Beth and I had a very good working relationship. One of the first scenes we had was a big pashing scene, and it can be difficult with a complete stranger, but Beth is a great actress and we had a lot of fun.

Beth Allen plays the character Brooke Freeman. There’s a little more in the article where Owen mentions Beth, it has been pasted below, the full article can be read here.

Surely Black is jesting as a red-blooded Kiwi male, it must be a dream come true to be lip-locked with tiny blonde Allen and Toni Potter, who plays Alice. But he admits it’s not as exciting as the viewers think.

“When it comes to the time, you’re both nervous,” he says. “There’s a roomful of 30 people all looking at you and you’re under all these lights, so you really gotta trust each other. You have to talk about it and say `OK, are you cool with this, are we on the same wavelength?’ [Allen] and I have that chemistry and it’s easy for us, but you’re still aware of everybody around you. You don’t pash in rehearsals. And unless you’ve been on set you don’t realise what a choreography it is the cameras are moving all the time and you have to be careful not to let your head get in the way.”

Antonia Prebble, who plays Loretta West in the much loved drama, was interviewed with fellow Westies Siobhan Marshall (Pascalle West) and Frank Whitten (Ted West). Antonia talked about working on the show and the character Loretta. The interview was held on set in the Rusty Nail Tavern - a  local hot spot in the show.

The video clip of Antonia’s interview is on youTube here.

So, the storyline is Gabby is training in dance with Lily - the Yellow Ranger (played by Anna Hutchison)… Gabby ends up being talked into entering a dance competition by Lily and she ends up winning second place. Lily though missed her performance at the competition. (The links are to the scenes on youTube).

With her dancing skills and flexibility, who knows, maybe Vicky will join Ari in Power Rangers R.P.M (Racing Performance Machines) as previously some actors  with minor roles in PR later became major players in future seasons… Well it happened with Dwayne Cameron and Antonia Prebble!

Vicky Rodewyk featured in Power Rangers : Jungle Fury : Episode 23 : Fear And Phantoms. With thanks to Jebrill for the lead, cheers.

The person was filming the video screen which was broadcasting the show.

The track was What Time Is It? from the High School Musical 2 Soundtrack. It was performed by Meryl Cassie, Drew Neemia, Catherine Campion, Anthony Utama, Cameron Douglas & Jodie Clarke. You can definitely make out Meryl in the vid, she’s wearing the pink top.

The event was Coca-Cola’s Christmas In The Park concert, held in Auckland’s Domain park on 13th December 2008. More info on the event is here. Antonia Prebble also performed at the concert.

[EDIT: 17Dec08] I’ve updated the photos to ones without watermarks - Clare.

Beth Allen is wearing a design by Hailwood, the girl always looks fantastic in those sequinned numbers. Meanwhile Antonia Prebble was sporting a design by WORLD. Get it, she’s sporting it? Because it’s sports wear… Oh never mind. Antonia was accessorised with a stunning Swarovski crystal-encrusted soccer ball also by WORLD, or maybe the ball was accessorised by the Prebble? Either way it’s a shame the photo is poor quality.

Yeah the photos are crappy in quality, you may find better ones given time, but this is it, I don’t think I’ll be posting anything more to do with the adiCouture ‘08 KidsCan fashion show.

Case closed. Images thanks to Fashion NZ.

What will they sing?

Meryl Cassie will be performing What Time Is It? (from High School Musical) with Drew Neemia, Catherine Campion, Anthony Utama, Cameron Douglas & Jodie Clarke. She features in the first act starting from 7.30pm. Btw, Drew Neemia guest starred in The Tribe series 3 as the trader Fisheye.

Antonia Prebble will be performing Twist And Shout with Shane Cortese, Tammy Davis, Siobhan Marshall, & D.I.V.A. They perform in the second act which commences at 9pm.

Out of the two I have to say Meryl’s is the one I’d love to see! Hope the girl does good. More info can be found on the website here and the souvenir programme for the show here which I’ve mirrored here.

Still not found any photos of Antonia Prebble.

If you keep an eye out on their site you may find some soon.

I’m not sure who Beth is pictured with, she kinda looks like Martine McCutcheon! Though I’m sure it ain’t.