Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ

Kia Ora - Greetings. Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand (SGCNZ) needs your help after a government agency cut our funding. We want to keep transforming lives for New Zealand students from all backgrounds - irrespective of their families' means, and personal situations.

SGCNZ was founded in 1991, and as of October 2022, 140 000+ Kiwis have taken part in our festivals, productions, and associated activities. We are passionate about providing educational and creative opportunities for people of all ages – primary, secondary, tertiary, emerging and professional theatre practitioners, teachers, the corporate sector, and all lovers of Shakespeare. SGCNZ helps lift Shakespeare from the page to performance and other highly imaginative manifestations.

As a ‘cultural United Nations,’ SGCNZ traverses our country's ethnic and socio-economic boundaries, by providing inclusive opportunities for all to realise their potential: through our festivals, flow-on activities, and competitions in costume, graphic art design, and musical composition and lyric writing. Interns from universities around the globe and local volunteers gain invaluable arts administration work experience with us.

SGCNZ encourages people to relish the richness of language (some of the most exciting performances we have had included translations of the Bard's works into Te Reo Māori and Pasifika languages), while also having fun with figures of speech, exploring literature, understanding the human condition, and letting their imaginary forces loose on the stage and behind the scenes. Our students learn and hone a vast array of transferable skills which are applicable to any career: teamwork, leadership, innovation and creativity, time management, self-presentation, confidence and capacity building, the ability to react and interact, close-reading and developing curious and entrepreneurial minds.

We would be grateful for your support, so we can continue to do our important mahi [work]. As a registered charity, CC23945, your donations are tax deductible for New Zealand tax residents and a one-third rebate is available on all donations of NZ$5 and more.

"You great benefactors, sprinkle our society with thankfulness. For your own gifts make yourselves praised." Timon of Athens, Act III, Scene 6. Thank you for your support.