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Industry Associations Rally Behind Energy Star Amid Threats from Federal Budget Reductions

1 week ago | urbanland.uli.org | Geoff Lewis

The commercial real estate industry is voicing strong support for the Energy Star program as the Trump administration proposes substantial budget cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency, a change that could jeopardize the voluntary program’s future or eliminate it entirely. The Energy Star program, launched in 1992, identifies energy-efficient products, appliances, and buildings for consumers.
Geoff Lewis

1 week ago | urbanland.uli.org | Geoff Lewis

The commercial real estate industry is voicing strong support for the Energy Star program as the Trump administration proposes substantial budget cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency, a change that could jeopardize the voluntary program’s future or eliminate it entirely.
Roald Dahl’s story James and the Giant Peach to be staged in Hamilton

2 months ago | nzherald.co.nz | Geoff Lewis

The two evil aunts - Sponge, played by Gabrielle de Bruijn, and Spiker, played by Kendra Boyle. Photo / Kerry Blakeney-WilliamsA giant peach - yes, that’s the juicy summer tree-fruit - but this time about 3m across - is the centrepiece of Hamilton Playbox Theatre’s holiday production of James and the Giant Peach. James and the Giant Peach is a children’s novel by Roald Dahl about a boy who enters a giant peach and goes on an adventure with magical bugs.
Frankton Thunder 2025: Motorbikes, wrestling, and steam engines to hit Hamilton

Feb 1, 2025 | nzherald.co.nz | Geoff Lewis

The 2025 Frankton Thunder event kicks off on March 9 in and around Commerce St, Hamilton. Photo / Geoff LewisHamilton’s automotive and community festival Frankton Thunder is heading into 2025 with new additions to the programme on top of its already well-loved annual features. The event will be back in and around Commerce St, on March 9, from 9am to 3.30pm.
Flashdance musical Hamilton: Riverlea Theatre stages 1980s classic

Nov 18, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Geoff Lewis

The Riverlea Theatre Flashdance troupe during a rehearsal. Flashdance – one of the most iconic romantic dramas of the 1980s – will burst on to the Riverlea Theatre stage this month under the leadership of new director Noelle Savill. Starring Jennifer Beals as lead Alex Owen, Flashdance was the third highest-grossing movie in the USA in 1983. Hamilton director Savill, an actor and singer herself, has an almost genetic connection to the movie.
One Flew Over the Cuckoos’ Nest by Hamilton Playbox explores challenging subjects

Oct 7, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Geoff Lewis

Hayden Newport (left) as Randle McMurphy and Julia Turner as Nurse Ratched. Hamilton Playbox Theatre Company’s production of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest will open at the Riverlea Theatre on Saturday. Based on the 1962 book by Ken Kesey, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest was made popular in the 1975 movie featuring American screen star Jack Nicholson.
Playbox Theatre: The Borrowers features some of Hamilton’s best young actors

Mar 28, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Geoff Lewis

From left to right, the Assistant Director Cherie Lockley, and Director Glen Mathews of the upcoming 'The Borrowers' play at the Riverlea Theatre in Hamilton. Photo / Guy LewisThe Borrowers is a play by Charles Way based on a book by Mary Norton and has been a satisfying challenge on almost all fronts according to Playbox director Glen Mathews.
Playbox borrows Cambridge actors - Cambridge News

Mar 27, 2024 | cambridgenews.nz | Geoff Lewis

Young Cambridge actors have key parts in the coming Playbox Theatre company’s production of The Borrowers which opens I just over a week. Thomas Briston, Holly Fulforth, Liam Dobson and Lyra Slaughter are among a cast which has only two players over the age of 17. The Borrowers has been a satisfying challenge on almost all fronts according to Playbox director Glen Mathews – who has also played at Gaslight in Cambridge.
A victim of cutting sattire - Cambridge News

Sep 28, 2023 | cambridgenews.nz | Geoff Lewis

Cambridge project manager Jonathan Kay finds himself leading the body count in the Hamilton Playbox’s production of the satirical thriller Popcorn. Kay, who’s real life centres on civil construction, also loves acting and most recently took the part of Harry in Playbox’s 2021 production of Mamma Mia. In Popcorn he plays Karl Brezner – an assistant producer to play lead Arthur Van Resseghem as Hollywood movie maker Bruce Delamitri – and the first victim. Does art influence reality?
Playbox Theatre: Company tackles Ben Elton’s raw and raunchy Popcorn

Sep 22, 2023 | nzherald.co.nz | Geoff Lewis

Does art influence reality? That’s the big question behind Popcorn, a production by Hamilton Playbox set to hit the stage in October. Written by British playwright Ben Elton and first performed in Nottingham in 1996, Popcorn is a dark comedy which asks the basic question - is violence in society influenced by what people see on screen or the other way around?