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  • About The Piece
    A hilarious, touching, and delightfully absurd one man show in which multiple characters help “Hamish” to traverse the road of realisation and self-discovery.
  • Created By

    Writer Hamish Annan
    Director Cherie Moore

  • Independent Theatre Company
    Fugue Productions
  • About the Director
    When you want to say “No, no thank you” to life’s oncoming challenges, they always seem to have a way of sticking around. So you write a one man, multi-character show, in order to work through these problems like a real adult. Theatrically. Realisations, self-discovery, and identity crises. Nothing screams hilarious, touching, and delightfully absurd jaunt more than that.
  • Cast
    Hamish Annan
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Who’s the Mother?

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Who’s the Mother?

Who’s the Mother?
  • About The Piece

    Three people sit in a maternity waiting room.

  • Created By

    Writer Adam Spedding, Brayden Jeffrey, Hadley Taylor + Bernie Voice
    Director Adam Spedding

  • Independent Theatre Company
    The Other People NZ
  • About the Director

    The Other People are taking a short break from making their 100 day musical to compete this year! Like our entry last year He’s a Bleeder, Who’s the Mother sits in an a realm like ours, but just a bit off. We had a lot of fun creating this piece and hope you enjoy.

  • Cast

    Brayden Jeffrey
    Hadley R. Taylor
    Bernie Voice
    feat. Adam Spedding

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Triangles

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Triangles

Triangles
  • About The Piece

    Triangles are like relationships. Unreliable. Sometimes they are equal but sometimes they are being pulled in different directions and it looks like they are going to collapse and break.
    Sometimes they do.
    Two women. One man. One room. One broken triangle.

  • Created By

    Writer Ashton Brown
    Director Ben Moore

  • Independent Theatre Company

    Self Deprecating Eclecticism

  • About the Director

    It’s always fun to play with the quick, biting dialogue that Ashton presents in his scripts. Triangles is a fresh take on the “some people talking in a room” concept and had plenty for us to play with.

  • Cast

    Imogen Miller
    Ashton Brown
    Louise Beuvink

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Slow Dating

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Slow Dating

Slow Dating
  • About The Piece

    When an elderly lady tries speed dating it leads to a night with a charming stranger and a heart breaking revelation about her husband.

    A one woman show which explores the beauty of holding on and the vulnerability in letting go.

  • Created By

    Writer Adam Szudrich
    Director Katie Burson

  • Independent Theatre Company

    N/A

  • Director’s Note

    I was drawn to the internal cacophony of Esther’s experience, and couldn’t resist directing this beautiful, lively piece of writing. Enjoy!

  • Cast

    Julie Collis

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Match – The Beginning

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Match – The Beginning

Match – The Beginning
  • About The Piece

    Steve thinks he’s ready to settle down with Sarah. Sarah thinks she needs to get out before it’s too late. At their third-year anniversary dinner date, all their unsaid tensions finally flare up.

    James Wenley and Callum Blackmore present the opening number from their new work, Match: The Musical.

  • Created By

    Director & Lyricist James Wenley
    Composer Callum Blackmore
    Musical Director/Pianist Mark Bradley

  • Independent Theatre Company

    Theatre of Love

  • About the Company

    Theatre of Love’s mission is to make daring, entertaining theatre that is all about giving the audience a thoroughly good time. We work on a small scale to professional standards. We want to make theatre love to you.

  • Cast

    Georgina Silk
    Tom Grut
    Gary Hofman

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Dragonflies

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Dragonflies

Dragonflies
  • About The Piece

    A young tech whiz has come up with a brilliant app which detects the presence of Supernatural Entities, but manages to to miss what’s right in front of her own eyes.

  • Created By

    Writer Christine Foster
    Director Jesse Hilford

  • Independent Theatre Company

    N/A

  • About the Director

    2016: Legacy Project, Q Loft

    2015: Peter/Wendy, Stage 2 Productions, Musgrove Studio; The Non-Surgeons Guide to the Appendectomy, Basement Studio; Legacy Project, Q Loft; Don Faust Playreading

    2014: Legacy Project, Basement Theatre

    2013: Sisterly Love, Q Vault.

  • Cast

    Alex Walker
    Hannah Botha

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March of Progress

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March of Progress

March of Progress
  • About The Piece

    A genetic scientist discovers a breakthrough in human evolution and has to present his discovery at a seminar whilst keeping in touch with his ill father.

  • Created By

    Writer Mayen Mehta
    Co-director Mayen Mehta & Sanada Chatterjee

  • Independent Theatre Company

    Naht Sky Theatre Company

  • About the Director

    Mayen Mehta trained at The Actors’ Program. His experience includes stage, screen and voice acting in NZ and Canada. This year will mark the debut for Naht Sky Theatre Company. The goal for the company is to bring people together by making bold, thought-provoking and poignant theatre. Also, to hopefully be entertaining!

  • Cast

    Raj Singh
    Mayen Mehta

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Five in the Afternoon

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Five in the Afternoon

Five in the Afternoon
  • About The Piece

    Ignacio is the best and most famous ‘matador’ of Seville. Handsome, brave, strong and powerful. Just like the bulls he challenges every week. But once he falls in love with a married woman, he becomes the arquitect of his own tragedy.

  • Created By

    Writer Based on poems by Spanish playwright Federico Garcia Lorca.
    Director Marlon Ortiz
    Choreography Maria Cross & Georgia Reihana-Wilson

  • Independent Theatre Company

    Marvellous Theatre Group Inc

  • About the Company

    We were attracted by García Lorca’s universe from the beginning. His writings are passionate, strong, hot-blooded and so uniquely bonded to his own culture that we immediately felt a connection and the urge to explore his world full of flamenco, ‘duende’ and drama.

  • Cast

    Ferooz Afsher
    Patricia Noonan
    Andrew Maher
    Christina Pusztay
    Karen Staniland
    Marianne Simpkins
    Ora Lefebvre
    Pat Quirke
    Rosalie Williams
    Rosslyn Smillie
    Marjory Vinet
    Valerie Leech
    Lesley Reihana
    Georgia Reihana-Wilson

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Beyond Four Walls

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Beyond Four Walls

Beyond Four Walls
  • About The Piece

    Your physical place of residence. A familiar or comforting setting. Your origin or place of birth. Your family.

    Where do you call home?

    An original song-cycle exploring what “home” means to four different characters at one moment in time. Interwoven stories of building and breaking, of searching and returning, of longing and belonging.

  • Created By

    Writer Cally Castell and Rutene Spooner
    Director Stephanie McKellar-Smith
    Musical Director Andy Manning

  • Independent Theatre Company

    Fork and Spoon

  • About the Director

    Cally Castell – independent singer/songwriter, recent theatre experience includes HMS Pinafore (Ben McDonald National Tour), The Tempest (AUSA Summer Shakespeare at the Pop-Up Globe), Love and Information (Last Tapes), Connect The Dots (original cabaret for Hotspot).

    Rutene Spooner – recent writing credits: Matariki, Little Eyes in The Sky (Court Theatre), Nek Level: Surviving the Quarter-Life Crisis (Orange Studios – writer and solo performer), Maui and The Sun (Court Theatre). Acting credits: The Choice (Blue Baths), Avenue Q (Showbiz Christchurch), Grease (Court Theatre)

  • Cast

    Andy Manning
    Bronwyn Turei
    Cally Castell
    Rutene Spooner

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Shangó

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Shangó

Shangó
  • About The Piece

    For many years Shangó, the god of thunder and virility has been looking for Yemayá, the Yoruba religion’s god mother. He’s being jumping from island to island. Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic and finally, New Zealand. It won’t be easy to convince her, though. He will need Salsa music, guaguancos, montunos and Cuban sons to defeat her and their battle will be heard all around the world.

  • Created By

    Writer Marlon Ortiz & Natasha Díaz
    Director Marlon Ortiz

  • Independent Theatre Company
    La Errante Troupe
  • About the Director
    We have weekly workshops with top directors and tutors and the group presents original material, classical and contemporary works
  • Cast

    Marlon Ortiz
    Natasha Díaz