SHORT + SWEET THEATRE
AUCKLAND
Clown2Much
Week 2 | 19 – 23 September
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Clown2Much explores the genre of clown and physical theatre through the work of two Pasifika actresses. An everyday situation becomes absurd and hilarious went two characters need to share the same space.
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Writers Marlon Ortiz & Natascha Diaz (Auckland, NZ)
Director Marlon Ortiz & Natascha Diaz -
Brickworks
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Marlon and Natascha are a theatre practitioner couple from Colombia. They both have a long experience teaching drama to children, teenagers and adults. Marlon holds a BA in Performing Arts Education, specialising in physical training, improvisation and theatre games. Currently, he teaches drama and Improv at TAPAC, Tim Bray Productions and Brickworks Drama School. In 2016’s Short & Sweet, Marlon directed ‘Shangó’ and ‘Five in the afternoon’. Natascha is an actress, drama tutor and playwright. She has a Bachelor in Performing Arts, a Masters in Creative Writing, and she is currently finishing her PhD at AUT in Theatre and Performance Studies.
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Christiva Lafaele
Vaiari Vaeau-Ivirangi