Welcome to the website of Peter Feeney, actor, writer, teacher, and director
Welcome to the website of Peter Feeney, actor, writer, teacher, and – whatever takes my fancy creatively. As Stephen Fry said, I am not a noun! I am what I happen to be doing. An NZ Pakeha of Irish heritage, I was a working actor for three decades from 1993 in UK, US, Australian and NZ Theatre, TV & Film. I still work as an actor but feel more like a creative entrepreneur, working around story telling in all its weird and wonderful forms. So in 2025 I directed 2:22 A Ghost Story at Circa theatre and started StoryLab, a community storytelling initiative which I am PASSIONATE about. I run an Acting school, the Actors Lab Studio and I’m a regular teacher at the Muholland Acting School in Amsterdam. I’m a published author of two books: my handbook on acting, ‘Acting and How to Survive it,’ was published in 2021 and my novel, ‘Blind Bitter Happiness,’ is now a limited TV series that he made as a Covid project – you can see it on RNZ. In 2005 and 2006 I directed and played the title role in the Auckland Seasons and national NZ tour of Michael and Margery Forde’s stage play, ‘Milo’s Wake.’ I am now adapting the play as a TV series with Jonathan Brough (Australia based NZ director). Watch that space.
I’ve performed at most NZ theatres, and some in Australia as well. My one person show A Night with Beau Tyler toured all over NZ for several years. . I’ve worked or trained at different times with the likes of Cicely Berry (Royal Shakespeare Company), Bob Benedetti (US Emmy Award winning TVproducer and Broadway Director), Rob Marchand and Dean Carey. Credits highlights over a long career include the Kiwi zombie film hit Black Sheep; Ash vs Evil Dead and the telemovie Abandoned – winner at the NZ Film Awards. I have a 1st Class Honours degree in Politics & History from the University of Melbourne and a Diploma in Drama from the University of Auckland. My claim to fame: I was Nominee for Best Actor in the 2003 NZ Film Awards – and lost to a ten-year-old James Rolleston!
https://www.actorslab.co.nz/
https://www.actorslab.co.nz/storylab/
https://www.rnz.co.nz/bbh
https://www.instagram.com/blindbitterhappiness
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0270356/