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Case study

Auckland Theatre Company

Taking theatre campaigns off the screen and onto bus shelters, magazine pages, media walls and programmes.

Client
Auckland Theatre Company & ASB Waterfront Theatre
Years
2019–2024
Projects
A Fine Balance, Hyperspace, O le Pepelo, Future Tense and more
Role
Campaign design and roll-out across print, outdoor, press and social
A Fine Balance campaign artwork for Auckland Theatre Company
The brief

One campaign, a dozen different shapes.

A show campaign has to work everywhere at once: a two-metre lightbox, a half-page magazine ad, a social post, a programme cover. Every format has its own proportions, print specs and deadline.

My job was to make each one feel like the same show, and get it out the door on time.

My approach

Same show, every format.

I start from the show’s campaign artwork and rebuild it for each space, rebalancing type, image and sponsor logos so nothing feels squeezed or stretched. Then I prep everything print-ready, from Next Gen lightboxes to Dramatic magazine half-pages.

  • Lightboxes & posters
  • Magazine & newspaper ads
  • Media walls
  • Programmes
  • Social content
  • Education & annual reports
Hyperspace

Launch into the 90s and pump up the jam.

A neon-soaked campaign for Albert Belz’s Hyperspace, rolled out to a Next Gen lightbox, a full-page Mindfood ad and social.

Hyperspace lightbox poster in a bus shelter on the Auckland waterfront at dusk
Next Gen lightbox · 1175 × 1775mm
Hyperspace full-page Mindfood magazine advert
Mindfood · Full page
Hyperspace social media post
Social · 4:5
O le Pepelo

Big enough for a media wall.

O le Pepelo, le Gaoi, ma le Pala’ai: taken from a 3.75-metre media wall down to magazine pages and social.

O le Pepelo media wall artwork
Media wall · 3750 × 2250mm
O le Pepelo full-page Mindfood magazine advert
Mindfood · Full page
O le Pepelo social media post
Social · 4:5
Around the theatre

Education, ads and annual plans.

Smaller jobs, same care: youth theatre posters, Dramatic magazine half-pages and the ASB Waterfront Theatre 2024 annual plan.

Future Tense and The Trials double bill A2 poster
Future Tense · A2 poster
Peter Pan half-page Dramatic magazine advert
Peter Pan · Half page
Creative Learning 2024 half-page Dramatic magazine advert
Creative Learning · Half page
ASB Waterfront Theatre 2024 annual plan cover
ASB Waterfront Theatre · Annual plan
A Fine Balance

From the foyer to the city.

A Fine Balance ran from the theatre’s own foyer screens to campus screens, press ads and a Mayoral Drive banner.

A Fine Balance campaign artwork on a screen in the ASB Waterfront Theatre foyer
A Fine Balance · Foyer screen
Start a project

Got a show to promote?

Theatres, festivals and events: tell me what’s coming up and I’ll come back with ideas, a timeline and a clear quote.

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