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.
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.
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.
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. Continue reading…
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.
This week it came to our attention that the awesome Damon Andrews has been working on Shortland Street as a series writer! As part of the talented writing team of the New Zealand drama, Damon gets involved in writing the storylines for the Shorty characters. Doing a google search, I’ve found his writing credits in Shorty date back to 2007.
Sadly we don’t see him on screen, and we wouldn’t have known about it until we saw this video, where Damon talks about Shortland Streets feature length episode (broadcasting on Monday in NZ):
Ooh do not trust that charming smile people, ’tis really The Guardian! Run people! Run!
With thanks to Jebrill and tribeHeaven’s Twittering.
Earlier this year Fleur Saville left her role as, the much loved, Libby Jeffries in Shortland Street. New Zealands Woman’s Weekly spoke to her about her final day on set. Unfortunately for Fleur the last day of filming was doubly emotional as her beloved cat Miso had passed away hours before she was on set…
If you can’t read the text you can read the article, by Michelle Coursey, online at the Woman’s Weekly website. With many thanks to Emma H for the scans and informing us of the article :)
Fleur Saville played Ruby in series 5 of The Tribe. You can read more about Fleur’s departure from Shortland Street and view video clips here. Who knows, maybe one day Libby will return to Ferndale? Continue reading…
The news comes as her Shortland Street character Dr. Brook Freeman faces a similar situation on the TV drama. In the article (left) Beth talks about how it has affected her and how she involved her personal cancer scare with her character in Shorty St.
With many thanks to Emma H for sharing the article scans.
For more info about Beth Allen, check out BethAllen.webs.
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On Tuesday 13th July 2010, More FM Manawatu broadcasted an interview they did with Antonia Prebble relating to Outrageous Fortune as the sixth season of the series premiered that evening, have a listen to it below…
Viewing figures for episode one of Outrageous Fortune season 6 had the highest TV viewing figures of the night. Not only that, it also now holds the highest rating ever for TV3, the channel it airs on. More info on that here.
The cast and crew of the series got together at Robyn Malcolm’s house for the series premiere, I wrote about it previously for AntoniaPrebble.com – you check it out there for more info.
Beth Allen news, from BethAllen.Webs. Beth has been in the quick fire line, being asked a series of questions by The Dominion Post. In the interview we learn to keep her away from our ginger crunch and, er, Cate Blanchett. The interview is below.
There is also another mini article over at BethAllen.webs where Beth mentions about working with Louise Wallace, who plays her mother on Shortland Street. You can read it here.
The new pics in the post are from Beth Allen’s talent profile. Click here to check it out.
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Back in March, New Zealand’s Woman’s Day magazine did a feature about Megan Alatini (The Tribe’s Java/Meryl & Monique Cassies older sister). It is a lovely article, truly inspirational, as Megan talks about the ups and downs in her relationship with husband Pita Alatini and how they renewed their wedding vows after 10 years of marriage.
The lovely Mary M, has sent in scans of the article, there’s some pretty gorgeous pictures of the couple in there! As well as a transcript of the article, you can read it below…
Some key quotes:
“When I first met Pita he was a shy skinny little Tongan boy from Otara, both of us 13 years old”, Megan Alatini.
“I am so blessed that you are my wife, best friend and companion and may this continue for at least another 20 years”, Pita Alatini.
“We are such a close and tight family, so it means quite a lot to do something special like this. It’s special for all of us”, Tonica Alatini (Pita and Megan’s eldest daughter).
"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.
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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