Death & Taxe$ poster, artwork by Blair McLean

Death & Taxe$

9 – 19 September 2020

Written by April Phillips / Directed by Marion Rosner

A comedy plot driven farce loosely based on Ben Johnson’s Jacobean Tale The Alchemist, set in the current day. A laugh a minute tale of greed, described by Hall as having “no moral, no message – just entertainment”. An Australian couple is based in a swanky Auckland harbourside Airbnb, armed with a loose plan to shake down as many self-satisfied cashed-up “neighbours” as possible; in the hope of a quick payday and an early retirement. It’s about greed and how a fool and their money are soon parted; with double crosses, dirty tricks and dodgy dealings…

 

It’s so audacious, you can see the dollar signs flickering in the eyes of their marks. (Revised in 2022 to update and change ethnicity).

Cast

Gareth Burke / Craig Haywood


Tiffany Martin / Kirsty Justice


Enid Burke / Jodie Mahan


Bob Greene / Chris Balm


Lucille Potts / Fiona Popert


Douglas Graves / Nick Gibbs


Ted Patchett / Blair McLean


Elizabeth Battersea / Anne McMullin


Crew

Director / Marion Rosner


Production Manager / Sue Miller


Stage Manager / Sally Ratchford


Prompt / Debbie Williams


Lighting Design & Operation / Marion Rosner, Benjamin Forrest


Sound Design & Operation / Marion Rosner, Benjamin Forrest


Set Design & Construction / Marion Rosner, Bruce Cannell, Ross Miller


Set Paint / Sue Mortimer


Props / Debbie Williams


Promotional Artwork / Blair McLean


Photography / Adam Rosner


Wardrobe / Sue Miller, Kythie Morris


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