Vagina Monologues 2010 « The Tribe Cast

Vagina Monologues : In Review

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

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 : On The Vagina Monologues

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.

Fleur Saville : On The Vagina Monologues

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 : 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 Vagina Monologues : Promotional Images

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.

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Fleur, Beth & Antonia : Talk ‘Vagina’…

Fleur Saville, Beth Allen and Antonia Prebble in Vagina Monologues

Fleur Saville, Beth Allen and Antonia Prebble are just three (of the many) top New Zealand actresses to appear in The Vagina Monologues at the Basement theatre.

The Facebook page here has more info (also pasted below).

Antonia Prebble in Vagina Monologues - promotional image News comes via @Jebrill from (the recently updated) Tribe-Cast.com (the Fleur Saville pic can be seen in better detail there).

As previously mentioned, Beth Allen is also producing as well featuring in the production and all three actresses are definitely no strangers to the stage. If you’re in the area head on down, the Vagina Monologues will run during August 25th -September 11th 2010 at the Basement Theatre, Auckland.
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