SGCNZ ALUMNI
Nethmi Karunanayake (SGCNZ NSSP 2013, SGCNZ YSC 2014)
Since being selected for SGCNZ NSSP 2013 and SGCNZ YSC 2014, Nethmi Karunanayake had the privilege of winning the Johnson-Kelly Award for Performer of the Year at Western Heights High School. With the closing of that year, she also received her final Trinity Guild Hall Grade 8 Speech and Drama examinations with Distinction. The skills and confidence […] Read More
Thomas Gowing (SGCNZ NSSP 2011, SGCNZ YSC 2012)
Thomas Gowing attended Whangarei Boys’ High School and was selected as part of the SGCNZ Young Shakespeare Company 2012. After travelling to London and performing Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare’s Globe, he completed a Bachelor of Design Innovation at Victoria University of Wellington in 2014 with a Major in Media Design and a Minor […] Read More
Carrie Green (SGCNZ NSSP 2002, SGCNZ YSC 2003)
From Palmerston North, Carrie Green (Ngāti Porou) attended SGCNZ NSSP in 2002 and was a member of the 2003 SGCNZ Young Shakespeare Company. Carrie graduated from Toi Whakaari – NZ Drama School in 2012. Since then she’s worked with Circa Theatre, Capital E, Centrepoint Theatre, The Court Theatre, Radio New Zealand, Tawata Productions and World of Wearable […] Read More
Idam Sondhi (SGCNZ NSSP 2012, SGCNZ YSC 2013)
Idam Sondhi was part of SGCNZ NSSP 2012 and was selected to be a part of the SGCNZ Young Shakespeare Company 2013. He was chosen at the age of 16 whilst attending Macleans College in Auckland. The SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn ShakespeareFestival was a life-changing and creatively fulfilling experience for Idam as he […] Read More
Felicity Tomkins (SGCNZ NSSP 2013, SGCNZ YSC 2014)
Felicity Tomkins attended Tauranga Girls’ College and participated in the SGCNZ Bay of Plenty Regional UOSWSF. In 2013 she entered a student-directed excerpt from All’s Well That Ends Well, playing the Countess of Roussillon, which won the five-minute student-directed scene. Attending the SGCNZ NSSP 2013 in Wellington, Felicity was selected as a member of the […] Read More
Melissa Reeve (SGCNZ NSSP 2003, SGCNZ YSC 2004)
After majoring in Theatre and Film at Victoria University of Wellington, Melissa Reeve graduated from Toi Whakaari (2010) with a Bachelor of Performing Arts Majoring in Acting. She went on to begin the audition circuit of Auckland and Sydney where she had a cameo in Shortland Street, played Karen Soich in Underbelly, and was cast […] Read More
Ryan Cundy (SGCNZ NSSP 2012, SGCNZ YSC 2013)
Ryan Cundy is currently completing a Masters in Teaching and Learning at Victoria University of Wellington, having completed a Bachelor of Arts Majoring in English Literature and Theatre, with Honors in English Literature. His studies focussed on scriptwriting and classical performance, as well as Renaissance and Science Fiction Literature. Ryan has established Horse With No […] Read More
Fran Olds (SGCNZ NSSP 2007, SGCNZ YSC 2008)
Fran Olds is a Wellington-based actor and writer. She is an alumnus of SGCNZ National Shakespeare Schools Production 2007, SGCNZ Young Shakespeare Company 2008 and Long Cloud Youth Theatre Company under director Willem Wassenaar. In 2011 Fran trained in mask, bouffon and clowning at John Bolton Theatre School. Her recent credits include short film Actually […] Read More
