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February 27th 2010
TWACAS closed tonight. Gonna miss it - it was a fun show.

February 23rd 2010
Excellent reviews for TWACAS in The Herald and on Theatreview.

February 17th 2010
TWACAS opened tonight to a full house. So cool.

Janruary 31st 2010
Short+Sweet Auckland 2010 Gala Final tonight - the season has been a huge success. Very Happy. Also have started rehearsals on TWACAS for Catalyst this last week.

Janruary 19th 2010
Short+Sweet Auckland 2010 opened tonight to excellent response. Been very busy!
December 11th 2009
The season for Short+Sweet Auckland 2010 was announced yesterday. Go and check it out at called this link.

December 5th 2009
Look out for Catalyst theatre's new work TWACAS in february - check out the event page on Facebook and have a look at the photos.

November 23rd 2009
Tonight was the closing night of Auckland Theatre Company's Oliver which I enjoyed immensely.

November 10th 2009
A City of Souls film has been put on hold indefinitely due to a berevement on the family of key production staff.

October 31st 2009
Tonight was Oliver's opening night. What a great show and well recieved.

September 28th 2009
I began rehearsals for Auckland Theatre Company's Oliver today. What an awesome cast.

August 21st 2009
I have been cast in the Chorus of Auckland Theatre Company's Oliver which opens at Sky City Theatre in late October.

August 17th 2009
Started shooting for A City of Souls the film today. Exciting!

July 28th 2009
I've just been confirmed as Artistic Co-ordinator of a new short play festival going on in Auckland in January 2010. Go and check it out its called Short+Sweet.

July 1st 2009
A City of Souls the film is going to be made. Finally the bullet has been bitten. Shooting starts on 17th of August. Hopefully the finished product should arrive in time to be submitted for next years film festival.

June 28th 2009
Today we confirmed that Catalyst Theatre's next play TWACAS will be opening at the Musgrove Studio on 17th February 2010. It will feature myself, Sam Berkley and Ben Van Lier plus some others.

April 25th 2009
I just built a new website. Slightly more attractive than the last one. Hope you enjoy it.

April 12th 2009
My solo show Slow Train in Auckland Fringe went very well. Despite the difficult time slot the workshop production received a postive review from Theatreview. I continue to work on and develop the piece and hope to stage a larger prodcution and tour in the future.

I appear in a Tower NZ ad which is due to screen soon on NZ TV. I also appeared in a Oatibix commercial in Great Britain.

18th March 2009
Slow Train opens tomorrow at 5pm and runs til 21st. The Basement, Lower Greys Ave. CBD.

1st March 2009
New photos have been added to the photo link. Not long now til Slow train.

13th February 2009
I have been busy writing my one man show, Slow Train. A workshop season will premiere and run during Auckland Fringe 2009 from 19th to 21st of March. I will also appear in Ben Van Lier's debut film Primary School which screens during Auckland Fringe on March 8th.

7th January 2009
Its a new year and a wee while since the last update. I have been working to put plans into place for a couple of new projects. I also appeared in the final Flip The Script for STAMP at The EDGE(R) in November.

In the new year expect to see me performing a one man play which I've been writing for a while. Slow Train will appear in the Auckland Fringe Festival 2009 in March. Also in that festival is Ben Van Lier's debut feature Primary School in which I also feature.

Catalyst are also in the process of developing a new show for late in the year and a film adaption of A City of Souls.

Happy new year to you all - hope you had a great break.

28th October 2008
A City of Soulscloses after a successful season. The show garnered good reviews and Catalyst are now looking at the future of the work. I however am having a well earned rest.

13th October 2008
The first review for A City of Souls is out today thanks to The NZ Herald and it is very positive feedback on the show.

10th October 2008

Tonight Catalyst opens A City of Souls the result of the best part of a year's work.

5th October 2008
Jonathan just closed Daddy's Home at The Basement last night. The show was well recieved with a couple of good reviews from Theatreview and Lumiere Reader . He is now full time into tech week for the Catalyst Theatre project A City of Souls also at The Basement.

24 September 2008
Jonathan has just opened Daddy's Home at The Basement last night to a very nice reception. He is now nearly two weeks into rehearsals for A City of Souls and is loving working on his own play. Producer duties still seem to swallow up most of his spare time too.

12 September 2008
Jonathan is about to start rehearsals of A City of Souls next week for catalyst theatre - book at the link now for a chance to win and 8GB iPod. Jonathan also shot a rather entertaining shower commercial for Rheem (Australia) in the last week too. Ah joy.

23 August 2008
Jonathan has been cast in the play Daddy's Home written by Laurence Dolan, directed by Tony Forster and featuring Aaron Ward, Ruby James, Li Ming Hu and Elizabeth McGlinn - which is due to open at the Basement Theatre in mid September.

He is also still hard at work producing A City of Souls.

21 August 2008
Jonathan appeared at The Back Lit Productions fund raiser to perform excerpts from A City of Souls. He wishes the girls from Back Lit well!

15 August 2008
Tickets for Catalyst Theatre Company's production of A City of Souls are on sale at The EDGE.

1 August 2008
The Catalyst Theatre Website is up - go look!

31 July 2008
Catalyst conclude a successful workshop process with a great reading. Very well recieved. Final draft is very close.

14 July 2008
Jonathan has just come off tour with Ugly Shakespeare Company in NZ and Australia and is glad to be home.