Robin Hood the Panto Written and Directed by Lauren Ford-Jones 17 November – 10 December 2022 All is not well in Plimmerton! The wicked Sheriff is growing rich on the many taxes he is forcing the poor townsfolk to pay and he is just about to become even richer. Maid Marian is about to turn […]
Robin Hood the Panto Read More »
[Title of Show] Music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen, book by Hunter Bell / Directed by Paulette McIndoe 25 March – 9 April 2022 [title of show] began life in 2004 as an entry into New York’s Musical Theatre Festival. It follows the struggles of the author and computer / lyricist who are joined by
Mabel Written by Campbell Smith / Directed by Sue Miller 1 – 11 September 2021 The play follows the life of Mabel Howard, an early woman trade unionist andMP, and New Zealand’s first woman Cabinet Minister. Mabel was the daughter of trade unionist and Member of Parliament, TedHoward, and was elected to Parliament for Christchurch
Death & Taxe$ Written by April Phillips / Directed by Marion Rosner 9 – 19 September 2020 This dark comedy takes place in the office of a life assurance company. It is set in New Zealand around 2010. Gareth Burke is Destiny Life’s top agent for 3 years in a row, and wants to
Dancing in Lughnasa Written by Brian Friel / Directed by Ewan Coleman 6 – 16 July 2022 Set in the Irish village of Ballybeg in the county of Donegal, in the late summer of 1936, around the festival of Lughnasadh, a Celtic harvest festival, five unmarried sisters (Kate, Maggie, Agnes, Rose, and Chris) struggle to
Dancing at Lughnasa Read More »
Black Adder the Third Written by Richard Curtis & Ben Elton / Directed by Ross Miller 18 November – 5 December 2020 Black Adder the Third is loosely set during the Georgian period, with E Blackadder Esquire the principal butler to the foppish and incompetent prince regent, George Prince of Wales, and Baldrick remaining the
Blackadder The Third Read More »
Book Now The Incredible Vanishing Written by Denise Coffey / Directed by Pat Knight 23 November – 1 December 2024 “The Incredible Vanishing” by Denise Coffey is based on the poem “Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti. It tells the story of a clash between two worlds – the upper world of humans vs the underworld of
The Incredible Vanishing Read More »
The Miser Freely adapted by Sean Foley & Phil Porter / Directed by Nick Edwards 31 July – 10 August 2024 Welcome to austerity… For the first time in NZ, see Sean Foley and Phil Porter’s Olivier-nominated adaptation of Moliere’s classic comedy. Harpagon hoards his money from his spendthrift children, while planning to marry
The Father Written by Florian Zeller / Directed by Sue Mortimer 22 March – 1 April 2023 The Father is a tragi-comedic award winning play and Oscar winning film by Florian Zeller (translated by Christopher Hampton) that will have you both laughing and crying. Eighty-year-old Andrew was once a tap dancer who now lives
Rumors Written by Neil Simon / Directed by Pat Knight 31 May – 10 June 2023 A dinner party that goes wrong when the guests arrive to discover the host may have shot himself, the wife has is missing and the staff have disappeared. This romp of a play is set in New York
