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Circa.Co.Nz | 04 801 7992 P.1 What’S on Jack and the Beanstalk Improv for Kids 6 4 - 14 Jan 25 11 - 22 July circa.co.nz | 04 801 7992 p.1 What’s On Jack and the Beanstalk Improv for Kids 6 4 - 14 Jan 25 11 - 22 July Manifesto 2083 Crystal Clear Shakespeare 7 13 - 18 Feb 25 31 May - 3 June Last Legs Three Days in the Country 8 28 Jan - 18 Feb 26 27 May - 24 June A Slightly Isolated Dog WEED 10 20 Jan - 11 Feb 28 1 - 29 July The Dark Light Destination Beehive: 2017 11 28 Feb - 5 March 30 8 July - 5 Aug WTF! Women’s Theatre Festival A Doll’s House 12 25 Feb - 25 March 32 5 Aug - 2 Sep Play Readings Caging Skies 14 34 12 Aug - 9 Sep Capital E National Arts Festival Anahera 15 13 - 25 March 36 9 Sep - 7 Oct Escaped Alone A Doris Day Special 16 11 March - 8 April 38 16 Sep - 14 Oct The BeatGirls’ 21st The Father 18 1 - 15 April 40 14 Oct - 11 Nov The Messy Magic Adventure Lobsters 20 18 - 29 April 42 21 Oct - 4 Nov Mr and Mrs Alexander Venus in Fur 21 18 April - 6 May 44 11 Nov - 9 Dec Hand to God Peter Pan 22 22 April - 20 May 46 18 Nov - 23 Dec Olive Copperbottom Cynthia & Gertie Go Baroque 24 10 - 27 May 48 13 - 23 Dec Theatresports 25 7 May - 18 June All information stated in the brochure is correct at time of printing and Cover photo credit: Stephen A’Court subject to change without notice. circa.co.nz | 04 801 7992 LET THE CELEBRATIONS CONTINUE! Welcome Theatre lovers! 2016 was a special year for us as we celebrated 40 years of New Zealand Theatre. A truly memorable and historic occasion and we feel honoured to have been able to share and celebrate it with all of our loyal funders, sponsors, supporters and patrons. Thank you to you all. We would like to see 2017 as a continuation of the celebrations we began last year, especially as we reach another milestone sinners, and sock puppets) and the inimitable Penny Ashton with the 30th Anniversary of Theatre Artists Charitable Trust swaps Austen for Dickens with Olive Copperbottom. Rounding (TACT). Since 1987 TACT has helped to support the artists out the International Comedy Festival is The Improvisors with during the rehearsal process – vital to the work you see at Circa their crowd-pleasing favourite, Theatresports 2017. Theatre each year. Another stunning production making its New Zealand premiere Kicking-of our exciting 2017 programme are return seasons is the Turgenev-inspired Three Days in the Country by Patrick of two Roger Hall 2016 favourites - the delightful Jack and the Marber in May. Beanstalk and the hugely popular Last Legs, following its sell-out World Premiere 2016 season. We also welcome back A Slightly Also returning to Circa in 2017 is Oscar-nominated New Zealand Isolated Dog with their two previous hits, Don Juan and Jekyll & author Anthony McCarten’s hit comedy WEED and Lorae Parry Hyde. and Pinky Agnew’s razor-sharp political satire, Destination Beehive: 2017. As part of the NZ Fringe Festival, Circa Two will host the provocative Manifesto 2083 in February and then Footnote with We then take a break from comedy with Emily Perkin’s stunning Alexa Wilson’s new work The Dark Light. adaption of A Doll’s House, the haunting survival tale Caging Skies and contemporary domestic thriller Anahera. Our month-long cornerstone event of 2017, WTF! Women’s Theatre Festival – curated and hosted by Circa Theatre – will Ali Harper follows her hit 2016 season with the charming present a range of performances, readings, forums, and A Doris Day Special and in October we welcome the most workshops that will celebrate the achievement of women and acclaimed play of the decade, Florian Zeller’s The Father promote theatrical equality in Aotearoa. followed by the intense, athletic and visually compelling Lobsters. Coinciding with WTF! is the Capital E National Arts Festival – NZ’s biggest Arts festival for children as well as the New Zealand November brings David Ives’ steamy Broadway hit, Venus in Fur premiere of Caryl Churchill’s brilliantly funny Escaped Alone. to Circa Two and we close out the year with the World premiere of Peter Pan the Pantomime and the delightful musical comedy, New Zealand’s favourite girl group, The BeatGirls are All Grown Cynthia and Gertie Go Baroque. Up as they celebrate their 21st at Circa Theatre in April and Rollicking Entertainment present a double-dose of magic with Thank you for supporting Circa Theatre and we look forward to The Messy Magic Adventure and Mr and Mrs Alexander: Sideshows seeing you here as we continue to celebrate, both the returning and Psychics – the latter being part of the 2017 NZ International and the new, in 2017. Comedy Festival. - The Circa Council Also part of the festival is Robert Askins’ Tony Award-nominated Broadway hit, Hand to God (a ruthless comedy about sex, Photo credit: Rebecca Taite p.3 CELEBRATING 30 YEARS SUPPORTING THE ARTS BY SUPPORTING CORE FUNDERS: OUR CREATIVE ARTISTS Since 1987 TACT has supported the careers of some of our leading playwrights and played a pivotal role in enabling those employed in the theatre industry to receive a reasonable reward and recognition for their work. TACT’s role is to attract donors to directly support the artists during the rehearsal MAJOR GRANTS: process - which is vital to the work you see at Circa Theatre. Through the support of founding sponsor Chapman Tripp as well as Deloitte Private, Creative New Zealand and numerous individual donors, TACT aims to keep the theatre artist frmly centre stage. CORE FUNDERS: PROJECT GRANTS: Chapman Tripp is proud to support New Zealand’s vibrant and diverse arts community. Founding sponsor since 1987. Deloitte Private is committed to working with home-grown Wellington businesses, and is proud to support excellence on our local stage. Creative New Zealand is the national arts development agency developing, investing in and advocating for the arts. SUPPORTERS & PLAY SPONSORS: TACT and Circa would like to acknowledge the following people who have been our most generous philanthropists over the last 30 years: John & Jay Benton Anne & Paddy Maloney MEDIA SPONSORS: WINE SPONSOR: AUDIO SPONSOR: Mary & Peter Biggs CNZM Paul & Danika McArthur Diana Duf Staniland Pen Moore Chris Finlayson Sam Perry Roger Hall Suzanne Snively Vivien Hirschfeld Brian & Andrea Steele Jack Hodder Henry Stubbs Christine & David Kernohan Richard Stubbs p.4 circa.co.nz | 04 801 7992 p.5 Roger Hall’s The Rebel Alliance presents Jack and the Beanstalk Manifesto 2083 Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum – great fun for everyone! Writer Roger Hall Writers: On 22 July, 2011 Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people and injured more than Director: Susan Jack is back! Celebrate the new year; Christian Lollike, 200. What makes a young Norwegian Wilson climb to beanstalk heights and explore Olaf Højgaard & exciting new worlds. Tanja Diers man put on a police uniform and sail Songs: Paul Jenden out to the island of Utøya on a quest and Michael Join Jack as he takes us on a once upon Director: Anders Falstie-Jensen to shoot as many politically active Nicholas Williams a time … happily ever after tale of how young people as possible? Before the he climbs the beanstalk to a wondrous Design: John Verryt, terror attack Breivik sent out a 1500 Circa One land where there is a goose that lays Ruby Reihana- 4 - 14 January page manifesto containing everything golden eggs and - Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum - a Wilson & from racist propaganda, philosophical Giant with a dangerous appetite! Elizabeth Whiting Tues - Sat 6.30pm refections and bomb manuals to Sun 4pm There’s a terrifc and topical script by interviews he conducted with himself. $15 - $46 Circa Two Roger Hall, a top-notch cast headed by 13 - 18 Feb Starring Edwin Wright, Manifesto 2083 Gavin Rutherford, as everyone’s adored Presented by Mon - Sat 7.30pm gives an extraordinary insight into the Dame, and lots of opportunity to boo arrangement with $15 - $30 mind of man who radicalized himself the baddies and cheer the goodies and in order to commit an act of terror that step right into this musical and magical shocked the world. treat. “Jack ofers awesome pantomime” WINNER: Outstanding Performer - Dominion Post Dunedin Fringe Festival, 2016 “This production has extreme power” - Theatrescenes Photo credit: Stephen A’Court p.6 circa.co.nz | 04 801 7992 p.7 Last Legs By Roger Hall Growing Old Disgracefully RETURN SEASON Director: After a sell-out World Premiere season Ross Jolly in 2016, Roger Hall’s smash hit Last Legs is back, to start the year laughing! Circa One Set in an upmarket retirement 28 Jan - 18 Feb community, the Cambridge, with a Preview 27 Jan cast of recognisably funny and fallible Tues - Thurs 6.30pm characters, Roger Hall has delivered Fri - Sat 8pm once again. Outside of happy hour, Sun 4pm bridge and mah-jong, our well-to-do $25 - $46 seniors indulge in greed, jealousy, love and lust… not to mention their share of Presented by gossip, backstabbing and scandal! arrangement with Last Legs takes aim at our misjudgments, quirks, misdemeanors and is a quintessentially Kiwi look at ourselves, as we are accurately and amusingly pilloried and parodied by Hall. A must-see for the audience who trust Hall to deliver a fun, amusing night of seniors behaving badly. “Very well acted, extremely funny – such great entertainment” - Audience response “A truly professional cast doing what they do best, performing a Roger Hall play with humour and fun.” - Sheridan Bruce, Wotzon Photo credit: Stephen A’Court p.8 circa.co.nz | 04 801 7992 p.9 A Slightly Isolated Dog presents The Dark Light Don Juan / Jekyll & Hyde A lost species trying to remember itself; Bring Your Boldness Out to Play a el realiation a ier in the hao Director: The very famous, very French theatre Company: Performed by Footnote’s multi-award Leo Gene Peters company is back with its hits from the ChoreoCo by winning short-term company created last two years: Don Juan and Jekyll & Footnote New especially for Fringe, The Dark Light by Circa Two Hyde.
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