Focus Wakefield

31/08/2026

31/08/2026

31/08/2026

Rosie Hollands runs 160km for hospice

27/08/2026

📢 Survey closes tomorrow! 🗒🔊📣

Let us hear your views. 📢
📣Your Steering Committee needs a steer 📢💡Your voice matters.
Recently, the Wakefield Community Hub Project Advisory Group (PAG) has been considering several options for our future community hub.

The previously preferred option of a single entity hub on the Wakefield Reserve near the existing football grounds, is now just one of a few ideas.

The steering committee urgently needs your feedback on the proposed future hub options so we can accurately represent the community’s wishes in the planning process before the end of August.

Wasn't able to attend the drop-in session? No worries:

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Contact us for a chat:
💻 email; [email protected]
☎️ phone; 021 047 1092

20/08/2026

"Some musicals are very serious..."
This one... not so much! Can you spot our poor tech crew wondering what the heck they signed up to when they offered to work with this cast?

But in actual seriousness, we are incredibly blessed to have many hard working people behind the scenes. The techies have spent LONG hours setting up their super fancy gear, programming everything in so we have really cool lighting, perfect sound balance and cues, and (very importantly!) mics are on and off at the right times for every single actor on and off stage.

We have 3 stage crew in the wings with us, ready to move set pieces and making sure everyone is where they need to be at the right time.

The entire stage was designed, constructed and painted thanks to Sarah and Shaun who just about live at the Wakefield Village Hall NZ. Personal lives put on hold for a few months because they are extremely dedicated to Something Rotten! They are also the last to leave the hall every single rehearsal - making sure all it's clean and ready for the next group to come in and checking that lights are off and doors and windows are all locked. Many long days and late nights - then early mornings for parenting/farming/general life.

We've got costume creators who were still making last minute changes and adjustments at our final dress rehearsal last night.

I'm sure their are many people I'm missing, and there will be more that help out during the show season. Wakefield Country Players is eternally grateful for all of our volunteers that make our theatre company such a wonderful group to be a part of.

✨✨1 SLEEP UNTIL OPENING NIGHT!!✨✨

Email [email protected] or phone 541 9046 (email is preferred)

Don't fall for the scammers in the comments claiming to have tickets. If you've bought tickets and can no longer attend, get in touch with us directly.

SEE THE COMMENTS BELOW FOR SHOW INFORMATION

SOMETHING ROTTEN!
Book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell
Music and Lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick
Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia)