When and where Sunday, 2 November 2025 St James Theatre, Wellington Principal CastNutcracker Doll / PrinceZacharie DunSugar Plum FairyJemima ScottAuntie DrosselmeyerAna Gallardo LobainaKoroTaiaroa Royal * Mrs StahlbaumOlivia PlattMr StahlbaumCallahan LairdFritzAdam Fairul Izad ^ Mouse KingStorm MasterBranden ReinersPohutukawa FlowerKirby SelchowThe PartyParents Clara's Friends Fritz's Friends Dean Russell ^ Killian Gallen ^ Anja Carr ^ Harriet Collins ^ Bella Ros-Son ^ Ila Scrase ^ Birds KereruJake GisbyThe BattleFerrets Stoats Charlotte Willis † Possums Soldiers The Land of the SnowSnowflakes The Land of the SweetsChocolate Fish Hokey Pokey Lolly Slice Pavlova Flowers KōwhaiKōwhaiLyn Lin † KōwhaiTessa KarleKōwhaiCharlotte Willis † MānukaRose XuMānukaBreyah Takitimu ‡ MānukaHannah ThomsonMānukaOlivia PlattNew Zealand Symphony Orchestra  First ViolinsVesa-Matti Leppänen | Concertmaster Donald Armstrong | Associate Concertmaster Anna van der Zee | Acting Assistant Concertmaster Yuka Eguchi | Principal Emma Barron Ursula Evans Malavika Gopal Pam Jiang Haihong Liu Anne Loeser Alan Molina Gregory Squire Rebecca Struthers Beiyi Xue Kristina Zelinska Second ViolinsAndrew Thomson | Section Principal Amy Brookman | Associate Principal Jessica Oddie | Assistant Principal David Gilling | Sub-Principal Emeritus Janet Armstrong | Assistant Sub-Principal Emeritus Julia Broom Simeon Broom Elspeth Gray Andrew Kasza Megan Molina Katherine Rowe Christine Wang Vivian Stephens | Guest ViolasJulia Joyce | Section Principal Alexander McFarlane | Associate Principal Nicholas Hancox | Assistant Principal Sophia Acheson Lisa Boyes Anna Debnam Beatrix Francis Jenaro Garita Victoria Jaenecke Lyndsay Mountfort Belinda Veitch Eli Vincent CellosAndrew Joyce | Section Principal Ken Ichinose | Associate Principal Ian Greenberg | Assistant Principal David Chickering | Section Principal Emeritus Brigid O’Meeghan | Assistant Sub-Principal Emeritus Eleanor Carter Sally Isaac Joseph Kelly Annemarie Meijers Rowan Prior BassesOscar Luque | Acting Associate Principal Matthew Cave Oleksandr Gunchenko Alanna Jones Malcolm Struthers FlutesBridget Douglas | Section Principal Kirsten Eade | Associate Principal PiccoloJohanna Gruskin | Principal OboesRobert Orr | Section Principal Helen Clinton | Associate Principal Cor AnglaisMichael Austin | Principal ClarinetsPatrick Barry | Section Principal Ellen Deverall | Associate Principal Bass ClarinetAaron Klein | Guest Principal BassoonsJustin Sun | Section Principal Jessica Goldbaum | Guest Associate Principal HornsManuel Escauriaza | Guest Section Principal Alexander Hambleton | Associate Principal Sebastian Dunn | Sub-Principal Shadley van Wyk | Sub-Principal Rebecca Luton | Guest Sub-Principal TrumpetsMichael Kirgan | Section Principal Mark Carter | Sub-Principal TrombonesDavid Bremner | Section Principal Matthew Allison | Associate Principal Bass TromboneShannon Pittaway | Principal TubaAndrew Jarvis TimpaniLaurence Reese | Section Principal PercussionThomas Guldborg | Associate Principal / Assistant Timpani Sam Rich | Sub-Principal HarpCarolyn Mills | Guest Principal William Nichols | Guest Principal CelesteNoelle Dannenbring | RNZB Company Pianist Performance ScheduleApproximately 1 hour and 40 minutes including one 20 minute interval.
A 15 minute lockout period applies to each act of the performance.
Smoke, haze and lighting effects will be used during this performance. |