When and where Thursday, 30 October 2025 St James Theatre, Wellington Principal CastNutcracker Doll / PrinceLaurynas Vėjalis Sugar Plum FairyMayu Tanigaito Auntie DrosselmeyerKirby Selchow KoroMoana Nepia * Mrs StahlbaumOlivia Platt Mr StahlbaumJoshua Guillemot-Rodgerson FritzAdam Fairul Izad ^ Mouse KingLuke Cooper Storm MasterKihiro Kusukami Pohutukawa FlowerKate Kadow The PartyParents Clara's Friends Fritz's Friends Dean Russell ^ Killian Gallen ^ Anja Carr ^ Harriet Collins ^ Bella Ros-Son ^ Ila Scrase ^ Birds KereruShaun James Kelly The BattleFerrets Stoats Possums Soldiers The Land of the SnowSnowflakes The Land of the SweetsChocolate Fish Hokey Pokey Lolly Slice Pavlova Flowers KōwhaiHilary An-Roddie Lyn Lin † KōwhaiRuby Ryburn KōwhaiCharlotte Willis † MānukaRose Xu MānukaGretchen Steimle MānukaEmma Gavan MānukaJemima Scott 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 Violas 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 the each act of the performance.
Smoke, haze and lighting effects will be used during this performance. |