Table Reads

Bringing Writers, Directors & Actors together. Writers & Directors hear their feature film script performed live by professional actors.

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Upcoming Table Read

The next Table Read will be on the date shown below. This is a fantastic development tool to bring your script to life. Note that membership of NZWG and DEGANZ respectively is required. If you have a script with a director attached (this can be you – the writer) you can go in the draw for the next Table Read.

2024 Table Read Four

Date:
November 16, 2024
Submit by:
November 6, 2024

Eligibility

Six actors, a writer and director team or a writer/director will work together for a virtual TABLE READ of a feature film script. These feature film scripts must have undergone some prior development work.

Writers must be a member of NZWG

Directors must be a member of DEGANZ

Actors must be a member of Equity NZ - Sign up here

Note - once your script is in the draw, it will remain there for the next draws. If you are not selected for the current Table Read, you may still be selected next time.

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Meanings

  1. Virtual Table Read: A virtual table read is when actors perform a script together with a Writer and a Director, via an online video call.
  2. The Script Has Undergone Prior Development: This indicates that the script has already undergone some level of refinement or development work. It's not in its initial stages but has been worked on to some extent to improve its quality or clarity.
  3. Actors: Refers to the actors who will be involved in the Table Read. There will be a maximum of six actors in each read.
  4. Writer and Director Team OR a Writer/Director: This refers to the creative team behind the script. There are two options:
    • Writer and Director Team: This means there will be both a writer and a director working together on the script and the project.
    • Writer/Director: This indicates that the same person serves as both the writer and the director for the project. In this case, one individual wears both hats.

Past Table Reads

Explore all of our past Table Reads.

Aug 24, 2024
Joseph Taylor
Joseph Taylor
Kandula
Senica Calder, Hamish Boyle, Harmony Day, Natasha Daniel, Bruce Hopkins, Rimu Donovan
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May 18, 2024
William McKegg
William McKegg
Opo
Bruce Hopkins, Monika Alden, Rupert Green, Serena Cotton, Miles Muir, Anna Lee
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Mar 2, 2024
Benn Jae
Benn Jae
Phoenix
Larisa Marie Allen, Awa Puna, Hayden Bryant, Otis Herring, Serena Cotton
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Nov 18, 2023
Nick Ward
Josh Frizzell
Every Day is Christmas Eve
Laura Hill, Hamish Boyle, Paul Ballard, April Phillips, Steve Barr, Stephen Papps
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Aug 19, 2023
David Gunson
David Gunson
Mangroves
Vanessa Rhodes, Hamish Boyle, Jeff Szusterman, Bruce Hopkins, David Ciurlionis, Bethany Miller
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Jun 17, 2023
Rafa Yam
Rafa Yam
For Thom
Amy Cotter, Alaina Wilks, Zac O'Meagher, Isla Sangl, Kate Laidler, Prashanth Gunasekaran
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Apr 1, 2023
Alex De Vries
Alex De Vries
Pinky
Becky Kuek, Sahil Arora, Hamish Boyle, Florence Hartigan, Talia Hazelwood, Renee Sheridan
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Nov 5, 2022
David Hay
David Hay
The High Road
Kalyani Nagarajan, Mark Matthews, Olivia Monks, Meg Sydenham, Matt Wilson, Alice May Connolly
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Aug 13, 2022
Bob Moore
Kath Akuhata-Brown
Amy
Tim Carlsen, Claire Chittham, Esmee Myers, Hamish Boyle, Matt Ruglys, Chloe Brash
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May 28, 2022
Aruna Po-Ching
Aruna Po-Ching
You Know You Got It
Romy Hooper, Esmee Myers, Keporah Torrance, Becky Kuek, Hamish Boyle, Kirsty Bruce
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Mar 12, 2022
Kelly Kilgour
David Stubbs
Released
Peter Feeney, Grant Roa, Jamie McCaskill, Romy Hooper, Timmie Cameron, Grace Feltham-Roa
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Nov 20, 2021
Rebecca Tansley
Rebecca Tansley
Persistence
Kirsty Hamilton, Ella Hope-Higginson, Kirsty Bruce, Caleb Wells, Maté Lagae, Chantal Claret
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Sep 18, 2021
Alex Galvin
Alex Galvin
Before the Darkness
Tim Carlsen, Helen Murphy-Reid, Tai Berdinner-Blades, Frith Horan, Mark Clare
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Jul 3, 2021
Daryl Belbin
Anton Steel
Escape
Grant Beban, Stephen Lyell, Tim Carlson, James Crompton, Jodie Hillock, Stephen Papps
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May 15, 2021
Tim Tsiklauri
Tim Tsiklauri
Tamada
Hilary Norris, Hamish Boyle, Jamie Irvine, Mate Lagae, Jo Clark
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Nov 14, 2020
Fiona McKenzie
Fiona McKenzie
Caroline
Amy Bowie, Annica Lewis, Loren Black, Amalia Calder, Tim MacDonald, Joseph Cooper
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Aug 8, 2020
Alex Lodge
Alex Lodge
A Lake with no Name
Haydn Carter, Carisse Utai, Marilyn Ollett, Jonathan Briden, Sherry Zhang, Dryw McArthur
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May 16, 2020
Nick Ward
Kath Akuhata-Brown
The Card Game
Hilary Norris, Lawrence Wharerau, Will Hall, Steven Lovatt, Stephen Butterworth, Claire Chitham, Victoria Abbott
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Nov 30, 2019
Linda Niccol
Linda Niccol
Poppy
Tim Carlson, Clare Marcie, Jamie Irvine, Ryan Dulieu, Jocelyn Christian, Ashleigh Hook
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May 18, 2019
Jason DeBoer
Jason DeBoer
Dehydro
Fiona Armstrong, Kirsty Bruce, Lucy Wigmore, Ariki Erby, Jonathan James, Mana Davis
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Feb 23, 2019
Tim Tsiklauri
Tim Tsiklauri
Love Forty
David Capstick, Serena Cotton, Jamie Irvine, Ruth Wyne, Simon Ward
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Nov 10, 2018
Rochelle Bright
Zoe McIntosh
Petrol Head
Alex Ellis, Genevieve Kent, Melissa Lawlor, Ana Corbett, Neill Rea, Caleb Wells
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Aug 18, 2018
Dean Hewison & Richard Falkner
Dean Hewison
Tough Crowd
James Roque, Keporah Torrence, Lucy Wigmore, Greg Smith, Olivia Mahood, James Crompton
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May 19, 2018
Siobhan Marshall & Anna Nuria Francino
Bara
Aaron Ward, Antonia Prebble, Serena Cotton, Donogh Rees, Jeff Szusterman, Dan Musgrove
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Feb 24, 2018
Cian Elyse White
Cian Elyse White
Daddy's Girl
William Davis, Romy Hooper, Simone Walker, Laura Hill
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Dec 9, 2017
Catherine Bisley
Catherine Bisley
December
Ella Gilbert, Claire Chitham, Romy Hooper, Mel Odedra, Joe Dekkers-Reihana, Neill Rea
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Jul 8, 2017
Michele Powels & Alyx Duncan
Alyx Duncan
The Underwood
Sarah McLeod, Romy Hooper, Stuart Shacklock, James Crompton, Lucas Haugh, Renee Sheridan
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May 13, 2017
Pip Hall
Peter Burger
Ache
Renee Lyons, Tim Carlsen, Shoshana McCullum, Luanne Gordon, Joel Toebeck, Colin Moy
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Mar 11, 2017
Kirsten Gauthier & Lee Tolley
Kirsten Gauthier
The Last Caribou
Miryam Jacobi, Romy Hooper, Jarrred Blakiston, Colin Moy, Neill Rea, Genevieve McClean
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Nov 5, 2016
Paula Jones
Paula Jones
Sins of the Mother
Brenda Kendall, Kimo Houltham, Krystal-Lee Brown, Tahei Simpson, Borni Te Rongopai Tukiwaho, Barry de Lore
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Aug 6, 2016
Joe Lonie
Joe Lonie
Flagfall
Peter Elliot, Aidee Walker, Morgan Albrecht, Anapela Polataivao, Dominic Ona-Ariki, Italia Hunt
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Apr 30, 2016
Barbara Sumner (Sumner Burstyn)
Thomas Burstyn
How to Make a Baby
Neill Rea, Steven Lovatt, Lucy Wigmore, Ban Abdul, Renee Sheridan
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