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D I R E C T I N G

2007

The Mystery of Irma Vep by Charles Ludlam
Silo Theatre

2006

Flying Solo closing show
Performing Arts School of New Zealand

Pygmalion and Galatea (nano opera)
Opening of sculptor Terry Stringer's exhibition at Webb's Gallery, Auckland

The House That Jack Built by Fiona Samuel
Urbis 24 Hours Deadline Theatre

2005

Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Silo Theatre

Flash of Blonde by Craig Thaine
Urbis 24 Hours Deadline Theatre

Closing show for 'Star Turn' (voice & musical theatre course)
Performing Arts School

2004

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, adapted by Dave Armstrong
Auckland Theatre Company

Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Assistant Director)
The Large Group

Arohaoteaora by Kip Chapman, James Milne, Paul Rothwell
part of Season of One (A Festival of Solo Performances)
at the Silo Theatre

2003

By Thunder by Murray Hutchinson
Unitec School of Performing and Screen Arts

Acis and Galatea by Handel
NBR New Zealand Opera

2002

Big River based on Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, music by Roger Miller
Unitec School of Performing and Screen Arts

Angel Eyes by Tom Bradley (workshop production)

Let Yourself Go - a Musical (devised and directed)
Unitec School of Performing and Screen Arts

2001

Sister Wonder Woman by Josie Ryan (one-woman show; co-directed)
Silo Theatre

  
2007:  Michael Hurst and Oliver Driver in The Mystery of Irma Vep
"With two such big show-offs starring, it's tempting to think that all director Jennifer Ward-Lealand had to do was stand back . . .  But this kind of theatrical froth requires a surprising amount of discipline and she is perfect at enforcing appropriate standards of theatrical craft" (NZ Herald)

"Under . . . Ward-Lealand's fluid direction, the cabaret worked its magic, creating a lovely sense of intimacy and spontaneity." (Listener)

 

2005: Andrew Laing in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris


(photo:  Andrew Malmo)


2004: Mark Hadlow as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (photo:  Andrew Malmo; click here for reviews, additional photos)

“ . . . (A Christmas Carol) was crisp, smart and sharp in director Jennifer Ward-Lealand's hands." (Sunday Star Times)

2004: Michael Hurst as Macbeth (photo:  Patrick Reynolds)

"In this reading, Macbeth's 'vaulting ambition' is not his moral flaw but his initial motive power, and the play charts the growth of the pure malevolence he must develop to achieve his ends. This intensely character-based approach makes for a lean and kinetic production, stripped of adornment." (New Zealand Herald)

 


2004: Kip Chapman in Arohaoteaora

" . . . the show was originally directed by Jennifer Ward-Lealand, ensuring that each concept, no matter what, is grounded in compelling truth. " (theatreview.co.nz)
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