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
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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
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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
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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
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
Ghost Writer Written by David Tristram / Directed by Bruce Cannell 14 – 24 September 2022 Edward is a promising young playwright and husband of the talented but tempestuous actress Ruby. Tragically, Ruby is found dead in bed: an overdose of naughty pills and booze. A year later, Edward remains deeply affected and has moved
Murdered to Death Written by Peter Gordon / Directed by Marion Rosner 16 – 26 June 2021 Murdered to Death is the first in the Inspector Pratt trilogy of spoofs byPeter Gordon, of the Agatha Christie genre, with a dash of Clouseau thrown in for good measure. It is set in a 1930s English manor house,
All The Kings Women Written by Luigi Jannuzzi / Directed by Ross Miller 15 – 25 November 2023 All The King’s Women is the life of Elvis as seen through the eyes of women who met him. Eight segments cover the period from his 11th birthday when he got his first guitar until after his
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