When and where Wednesday, 29 October 2025 St James Theatre, Wellington Principal CastClaraCadence Barrack Nutcracker Doll / PrinceJoshua Guillemot-Rodgerson Sugar Plum FairyAna Gallardo Lobaina Auntie DrosselmeyerGretchen Steimle KoroTaiaroa Royal * Mrs StahlbaumBreyah Takitimu ‡ Mr StahlbaumCalum Gray FritzPatrick Bexley ^ Mouse KingCallahan Laird Storm MasterDane Head Pohutukawa FlowerJemima Scott The PartyParents Clara's Friends Fritz's Friends Oakley Simmons ^ Quinn Laurenson ^ Luna Reid ^ Sophie Cammish-Humphreys ^ Annabella Miller ^ Keira Hadley ^ Birds KereruDane Head The BattleFerrets Stoats Charlotte Willis † Possums Soldiers The Land of the SnowSnowflakes Charlotte Willis † Lyn Lin † Breyah Takitimu ‡ The Land of the SweetsChocolate Fish Hokey Pokey Lolly Slice Pavlova Flowers KōwhaiHilary An-Roddie KōwhaiJennifer Ulloa KōwhaiTessa Karle KōwhaiCharlotte Willis † MānukaLyn Lin † MānukaBreyah Takitimu ‡ MānukaEmma Gavan MānukaOlivia Platt New Zealand Symphony Orchestra  First Violins Vesa-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 Violins Andrew 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 Voilas Julia 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 Cellos Andrew 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 Basses Oscar Luque | Acting Associate Principal Matthew Cave Oleksandr Gunchenko Alanna Jones Malcolm Struthers Flutes Bridget Douglas | Section Principal Kirsten Eade | Associate Principal Piccolo Johanna Gruskin | Principal Oboes Robert Orr | Section Principal Helen Clinton | Associate Principal Cor Anglais Michael Austin | Principal Clarinets Patrick Barry | Section Principal Ellen Deverall | Associate Principal Bass Clarinet Aaron Klein | Guest Principal Bassoons Justin Sun | Section Principal Jessica Goldbaum | Guest Associate Principal Horns Manuel Escauriaza | Guest Section Principal Alexander Hambleton | Associate Principal Sebastian Dunn | Sub-Principal Shadley van Wyk | Sub-Principal Rebecca Luton | Guest Sub-Principal Trumpets Michael Kirgan | Section Principal Mark Carter | Sub-Principal Trombones David Bremner | Section Principal Matthew Allison | Associate Principal Bass Trombone Shannon Pittaway | Principal Tuba Andrew Jarvis Timpani Laurence Reese | Section Principal Percussion Thomas Guldborg | Associate Principal / Assistant Timpani Sam Rich | Sub-Principal Harp Carolyn Mills | Guest Principal William Nichols | Guest Principal Celeste Noelle 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. |