科宁·麦克尔
Colin McCol
科宁·麦克尔 导演
作为新西兰最杰出的戏剧导演之一的科宁·麦克尔是新西兰Taki Rua剧团的创始人之一，他还于1984年到1992年之间担任惠灵顿Downstage剧团的艺术总监。在90年代中期，他与Hone Koula 一起指导Te Roopu Whakaari剧团制作了五部原创作品。其中最出彩的一部由新西兰著名女演员南希· 布伦宁主演。他从2003年开始担任奥克兰剧团的艺术总监。
科宁曾在挪威国家剧院、荷兰国家剧院、以及多个新西兰和澳大利亚优秀剧团有过导演作品。他还是唯一一位受爱丁堡戏剧节官方邀请展示作品的新西兰导演。 他的导演作品《海达·高布乐》在1990年爱丁堡戏剧节获得了好评，这部作品同时还参加了易卜生戏剧节、奥斯陆戏剧节、伦敦凯文公园戏剧节以及1991年的悉尼戏剧节。科宁还凭借《谁害怕弗吉尼亚· 伍尔芙？》等作品数次获得Chapman Tripp 戏剧奖最佳导演奖。
科宁在奥克兰剧团导演的作品包括：《安·博林》、《莫斯科午夜》、《蝇王》、《爱华特》、《仲夏夜之梦》、《在下一个房间》、《日历女郎》、《颠倒世界》、《玛丽·斯图亚特》、《八月：奥色治郡》、《常青树》、《热铁皮屋顶上的猫》、《女性》、《曾经的归宿》、《彩虹之端》、《萨勒姆的女巫》、《企鹅之约》、《怀疑》、《耻》、《毛斐的伯爵夫人》、《恋马狂》、《戈尔蒂》、《等待戈多》、《连环杀手》、《海鸥》、《罗森克兰茨和吉尔登斯特恩已死》以及《万尼亚舅舅》。
科宁的歌剧作品包括：参与了2004年新西兰国际艺术节的《四重奏》、在威灵顿城市歌剧院上演的《波西米亚人》、《埃尔基尔的意大利女孩》、《费加罗的婚礼》、在新西兰NBR歌剧院上演的《浪子》。在2009年，他在苏格兰歌剧院制作了新版的《埃尔基尔的意大利女孩》。
在2007年的11月份，为表彰科宁在艺术上的杰出成就，第八届新西兰艺术基金会授予了他桂冠诗人奖。在2010年的6月份，他被任命为新西兰功绩勋章成员。
科宁的作品还多次参与了新西兰艺术节，其中包括布莱尔·格蕾丝-史密斯的《Haruru Mai》、维克多·罗杰的《Ranterstantrum》、由戴夫·阿姆斯特朗改编的希亚·菲吉尔的《曾经的归宿》、室内歌剧《四重奏》以及皮特·威尔的《Ricord！》（根据新西兰著名女作家凯瑟琳·曼斯菲尔德所创作的两个有关惠灵顿的故事：《前兆》和《在海湾》所改编）
Colin McColl – Direction
One of New Zealand's leading theatre directors, Colin co-founded Taki Rua Theatre in 1983 and was Artistic Director of Downstage Theatre in Wellington, 1984 - 1992. In the mid-90s, together with Hone Kouka, he led Te Roopu Whakaari, producing five original works, of which Ngā Tangata Toa, starring Nancy Brunning, was the highlight. He has led Auckland Theatre Company as Artistic Director since 2003.
Colin has directed for the Norwegian National Theatre and the Dutch National Theatre, as well as leading New Zealand and Australian theatre companies, and is the only New Zealand director to be invited to present his work at the official Edinburgh Festival. His production of Hedda Gabler, played there to great acclaim in 1990 and was also presented at the Ibsen Festival, Oslo, the Covent Garden Festival, London and the 1991 Sydney Festival.
Colin has also won Best Director at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards several times - including for his 2002 production of Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
His many productions for Auckland Theatre Company include: Anne Boleyn, Midnight In Moscow, Lord Of The Flies, Awatea, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, In The Next Room (Or The Vibrator Play), Calendar Girls, On The Upside Down Of The World, Mary Stuart, August: Osage County, The Pohutukawa Tree, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, The Female Of The Species, Where We Once Belonged, End Of The Rainbow, The Crucible, Hatch Or The Plight Of The Penguins, Doubt, Disgrace, The Duchess Of Malfi, Equus, Goldie, Waiting For Godot, Serial Killers, The Seagull, Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead and Uncle Vanya.
Opera directing credits include Quartet (New Zealand International Arts Festival 2004), La Boheme (Wellington City Opera), The Italian Girl In Algiers, The Marriage Of Figaro and The Prodigal Child for the NBR New Zealand Opera. In 2009 he remounted his production of The Italian Girl In Algiers for the Scottish Opera.
In November 2007, Colin was honoured for his artistic achievements and excellence at the eighth annual Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Awards and was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in June 2010.
Colin’s past work with the NZ Festival includes premiere productions of Briar Grace-Smith’s Haruru Mai, Victor Rodger’s Ranterstantrum, Dave Armstrong's adaptation of Sia Figiel’s Where We Once Belonged, the chamber opera Quartet, and Peter Wells’ Ricordi! (a large scale re-imaging of Katherine Mansfield’s two great Wellington stories – Prelude and At The Bay).
