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2 0 15 v e n u e SKYCITY Theatre Next up in our 2015 Reinvention season is novelist ’ take on the Ibsen classic A Doll’s House, playing at the Maidment Theatre throughout May. There are plenty of other theatrical treats in store in 2015 so I invite you to check out what's s on offer in our subscription magazine On-Stage. It’s still not too late to take up a subscription and enjoy substantial savings on ticket prices. ctor

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CAST Mrs Louisa Wilberforce — annie whittle One-Round — Andrew Grainger | Professor Marcus — carl bland Major Courtney — Peter Hayden | Harry Robinson — Byron Coll Constable MacDonald — paul minifie | Louis Harvey — toby leach Mrs Jane Tromleyton — Yvette parsons Voice of General Gordon the Parrot — hera dunleavy Friends of Mrs Wilberforce — sue east, elizabeth kernohan, patricia noonan, christina Pusztay, marianne simpkins, rosslyn smilLie CREATIVE Director — Colin McColl & cameron rhodes Set Designer — rachael walker | Lighting Designer — Phillip Dexter MSc Sound Designer & Composer — john gibson Costume Designer — elizabeth whiting

PRODUCTION Alastair Maling (MW), Group Winemaker Production Manager — andrew malmo Company Manager — Fern Christie-Birchall Technical Manager — jamie blackburn | Stage Manager — eliza Josephson-Rutter Assistant Stage Manager — Youra Hwang | Technical Operator — Rochelle bond Sound Effects Programmer — Thomas press | Stunt Choreographer — One of the benefits of being a family business is String Tutor — jessica hindin | Props Master — Natasha Pearl Technical Operator Swing — abby clearwater | Set Construction — 2construct that you have that total focus on quality.

From the motion picture screenplay by William Rose, by special arrangement with Studiocanal, Sir George Fistonich, Villa Maria Owner & Founder and by special arrangement with Fiery Angel Ltd,

AUCKLAND THEATRE COMPANY WOULD LIKE TO thank the following for their help with this production: The Stringed Instrument Company, Laurel Devenie, Burrell Demolition, Sam Blackler from Muros International Ltd, Kate De Courcy and the Special Collections Team at Auckland City Library, Mike Westgate, Shelagh Thomson and the Performing Arts department of Diocesan School for Girls.

The Ladykillers is the first Auckland Theatre Company mainbill production for 2015 and opened on February 14 at Maidment Theatre. The Ladykillers is approximately 1 hour 45 minutes plus a 20 minute interval. Please remember to switch off all mobile phones, pagers and watch alarms.

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Set in London in the 1950s. RUPERT The eccentric Mrs Wilberforce lives in a lopsided Victorian house near London's King's Cross railway station, with just special fundraising performance her parrot General Gordon for company. She decides to let her spare room and the Join us for an evening of glitz mysterious Professor Marcus moves in and glamour, song and dance, media and money, power and politics… but he is not the fine upstanding gentleman he appears to be. Professor Marcus invites his friends, Auckland Theatre Company cast and creative team, including is hosting a special fundraising theatre veterans and a gang of criminal misfits posing as performance of the Kensington Jennifer Ward-Lealand. By doing amateur musicians, to stay and they Swan season of RUPERT on Friday so you will be helping Auckland 3 July at 8.00pm with proceeds Theatre Company to complete the mastermind a daring heist right under going to the development of the state-of-the-art performance space the nose of their unsuspecting landlady. ASB Waterfront Theatre. we will soon call home. While we have raised the funds To purchase one of the As she provides an endless supply of tea needed to complete construction limited tickets available for this and cake to the Professor and his motley of the theatre, we still need to performance simply call the raise $1.5 million for fit-out items friendly ATC Box Office on crew of ‘musicians’, how long can the gang and to truly redefine the theatre- 309 3395 and mention the continue to pull the crocheted wool over going experience for you, our loyal RUPERT Fundraiser Evening. audiences. Similarly, if you have already this seemingly naïve little old lady’s eyes? By upgrading your ticket to this bought a ticket to see the show on performance of David Williamson’s another night you can transfer into smash hit cabaret-style romp, the fundraiser performance and you will be invited to enjoy a post pay the difference. We hope to see show drink and nibbles with the you there.

55 04 5 In the end, the answer was After the detonation, you keep How I dynamited provided, as would occasionally be what's still standing and bid the case, by going back to the 1955 farewell to the rest. film and Rose's notion of the "little I wish the dynamite principle The Ladykillers bit of good in them". None of them was applied more often to are good men; in fact, they are P.G. Wodehouse adaptations. Graham Linehan on his adaptation of The Ladykillers "the very worst". But even so, faced Transcribe the events of a with killing a little old lady, that Wodehouse novel to the screen tiny remnant of good within them in a straightforward fashion, and brings about their doom. you'll leave people wondering what - SPOILER ALERT - At these times, when I felt that the fuss is all about. You need new Rose was taking the wheel back, scenes and new characters – and How do you adapt the classic a corrupt gang, their visionary it struck me that an adaptation new plot twists for those new film The Ladykillers for the stage? leader, and five deaths. is partly a collaboration. You are characters. Lose all that prose First, blow the whole thing up. There were some other rules, of course: Mrs Wilberforce's final working with the (sometimes without providing a cinematic long-gone) author to give the best replacement, and you might as well The story of The Ladykillers came line had to be as satisfying as the account you can of the source train the camera on a paperback to screenwriter William Rose in a original film's. "Oh," she says on material. Often, remaining what lying on the floor. Something, in dream. Four criminals planning having her brolly returned to her some call "faithful" to the source other words, needs to fit in that a robbery hole up in an old lady's for the umpteenth time. "Oh no, I is the worst way to achieve this. Wodehouse-shaped hole. house, deciding to kill her when don't think I want it. I never liked I always thought it odd that the We've been accused of sacrilege, she discovers their secret. Unable it. Now I can buy a dozen new Coens received the best adapted of displaying a certain amount of to do the deed, however, some of ones." The bodies had to disappear screenplay Oscar for 2007's brass neck in reworking something them end up killing each other, and without a trace; and all the events No Country for Old Men, given that so revered as The Ladykillers. But to all of them end up dead. Rose woke had to happen within the house. they straightforwardly transcribed be honest, neck never really came his wife, Tania, gabbled the story Furthermore, my adaptation could the events of Cormac McCarthy's into it. From the moment the idea to her – and immediately fell asleep never contradict what Rose saw as book into the script – even down to was pitched to me, I knew it was again. She, thankfully for him and the film's moral: "In the worst of the terrible, confusing off-screen a project I wanted to do. It would all of us, flew from their bed and men, there is a little bit of good that death of the hero. have taken neck not to do it. To typed the whole thing out before it can destroy them." In fact, it could be argued that borrow a phrase also useful in had a chance to go cold. The next That's not to say there weren't the Coens' The Ladykillers, although poker: "Opportunity knocks, but it morning, she told the story to her problems. For a while, I got a worse movie, is the better doesn't pester." husband, and he listened amazed, stuck on the question of what adaptation of the two (and I'm only If the dynamite did more as if hearing it for the first time. exactly could connect the men's being semi-perverse here). Having damage than was expected, I Fittingly, the classic 1955 deaths, given that some of them dispensed with the tone, location hope Rose and his wife would film has a dreamlike, flowing die accidentally and some are and period of the Ealing original, understand. I believe their film is quality, but with a robust logic that murdered by their companions. there is then plenty of room for still there – both in the sense that its provided a safety net as I adapted In the Coen brothers' 2004 remake, them to apply their imaginations spirit haunts our version, and in the it for the theatre. Anything was there is a suggestion that the late and their personalities. In adapting fact that, regardless of this or any permissible, it seemed to me, so Mr Wilberforce is looking out for – often but not always – you must future reworking, their original will long as there was an innocent his wife from beyond the grave – first plant dynamite around the forever rank as one of Britain's great little old lady – the imaginative, but I hated that, as it weakened Mrs ground floor of the original. cinematic achievements. immovable Mrs Wilberforce – Wilberforce as a character. © U.K.

06 07 ANDREW GRAINGER (One-Round) CAST Andrew's career as an actor began in Fortune, The Million Dollar Con Man, Life's the 1980's in England. Some of his first A Riot, The Cult, Spartacus and Super City. professional productions, all performed Last year he also appeared in When We on London's West End, were South Pacific, Go To War, a six part television series for Seven Brides For Seven Brothers and Little TVNZ. NZ film credits include The Dark Shop Of Horrors. Television and film Horse, Sky Runners and Avalon High. highlights from the UK include roles in For Auckland Theatre Company, The Bill, Rosemary And Thyme, Heartbeat, Andrew has appeared in Jesus Christ Bad Girls and Eastenders; appearing in the Superstar, The Good Soul of Szechuan, Once feature film Mean Machine; and working on Chunuk Bair, Chicago, The Heretic, Anne alongside Robert Redford in Spy Game. Boleyn, Little Shop Of Horrors, A Midsummer After emigrating to New Zealand, Night's Dream, The Twits, Calendar Girls, Andrew has rapidly built up an Mary Stuart, Poor Boy, August: Osage County, impressive collection of credits, Oliver! and Le Sud. For Silo Theatre: appearing in Shortland Street, Outrageous Assassins, That Face, and Ruben Guthrie.

shows with Peta Rutter under the name ANNIE WHITTLE CARL BLAND Nightsong Productions. Shows include (Mrs Wilberforce) Professor Marcus The Bed Show, The House Of Doors And Camels and Sofa Stories. Collaborating with Theatre Stampede they also made Head (winner of Chapmann Tripp Most With over 25 years’ experience on Original Production) and 360: A Theatre Annie’s love of performance Chicago, Putting It Together, The Glass stage and screen, Carl’s credits include Of Recollections for the New Zealand began with ballet. She has been an Menagerie, Blood Brothers, The History Boys films such as I'll Make You Happy (for International Arts Festival 2010. award winning recording artist as and A View From The Bridge. which Carl was nominated for best actor), The show also won the Most Original well as a television presenter and Feature film appearance highlights The Warrior’s Way and The Whole Of The of 2014 at the Auckland Theatre Awards reporter. Annie took up acting in her were Trial Run, Makutu On Mrs Jones Moon. For TV he has been in the core and the People’s Choice Award. His new late twenties with the female lead in and The World’s Fastest Indian and the cast of Street Legal and Rude Awakenings. show Te Po will premiere in 2016. the tele-feature Wreck Of The Central award winning short film Ross & Beth. His numerous stage productions include Grant and for the past 35 years she has Television work includes four years Savage Hearts and King Lear (Theatre at worked in theatre, television and film. on Shortland Street, A Piece Of My Heart Large), Mondo Nuovo (Shona McCullagh), Favourite roles for theatre include and Go Girls. Annie’s most recent The Pickle King and The Dentist’s Chair leads in Duet For One, Side By Side By performance for Auckland Theatre (Indian Ink), Well Hung, Awatea and Sondheim, Insignificance, Taking Off, Company was in ’s Four Flat Midnight In Moscow (Auckland Theatre Whites In Italy. Company). He wrote and created his own

08 09 PETER HAYDEN BYRON COLL (Major Courtney) (Harry Robinson)

Peter Hayden has recently returned played Dr Sumpton in the Dreamworks’ Byron has been working Byron may be most recognisable to the North Island, having spent film of the novel Light Between the Oceans. consistently in film and theatre since as Tim, the over-enthusiastic All many years in working In theatre, Peter appeared recently at graduating from Toi Whakaari: NZ Blacks supporter in the award winning between his ‘twin’ passions of drama The Basement in Motel, by April Phillips. Drama School in 2007. His work Mastercard commercials. Byron was and documentary film making. Peter In he starred in Roger Hall’s includes roles in ’s awarded Actor of the Year at the 2013 has produced, directed, written and A Shortcut To Happiness, David Hare’s The Top of the Lake, Warp Films multi award- Chapman Tripp Wellington Theatre presented many science and nature Vertical Hour at Circa and The Raftby Carl winning feature Shopping by Louis awards for his work in Midsummer by documentaries for New Zealand and Nixon at Downstage. Sutherland and Mark Albiston, Lippy David Grieg. international audiences. His recent appearances at the Pictures’ television drama Tangiwai, and Byron has appeared in a number of Screen drama roles include The Fortune Theatre Dunedin include the ’s Home by Christmas. Auckland Theatre Company productions Governor, Close To Home, Beyond Reasonable war veteran comedy Heroes, Calendar In 2012 Byron appeared in Warner including The End of The Golden Weather, Doubt and ’s The Fire-Raiser. Girls and Roger Hall’s Book Ends and Brothers’ Jack the Giant Slayer, directed Badjelly The Witch, Once On Chunuk Bair Peter was awarded Best Supporting A Shortcut To Happiness, as well as The by Bryan Singer. and The Good Soul of Szechuan. Actor in the gold mining tale Illustrious Truth Game by Simon Cunliffe, and Tom Energy, and starred in road movies Scott’s The Daylight Atheist. Last year Arriving Tuesday and Shaker Run. In Footrot Peter appeared in Auckland Theatre Flats, he voiced villain Irish Murphy Company’s productions of Other Desert and Cooch, the ‘greenie’. Peter recently Citiesand Trees Beneath the Lake.

PAUL MINIFIE Metamorphosis, Bent, Shadowlands, Kennedy’s Children, Peter Pan, Gypsy, (Constable MacDonald) Fiddler On The Roof and Sweeney Todd. TOBY LEACH at Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School and His favourite performances were in since then has worked in most facets seasons of Galileo, Single Spies, Murder (Louis Harvey) of the industry as an actor, writer and In The Cathedral, The Rocky Horror Show, director. His theatre credits include In a career spanning 47 years Paul Three Sisters and My Fair Lady. He played Wheeler’s Luck, Cloud 9, Mr Kolpert and has been an actor, director and arts a leading role in Mrs Piggle-Wiggle, an Have Car Will Travel. He has been seen manager throughout New Zealand. He American television series for children Toby Leach has over 18 years on NZ television in When We Go To recently retired, following 20 years as and is in demand as a voice-over artist. experience in the professional theatre, War, Harry, Siege, Outrageous Fortune and Director, Maidment Theatre, University film and television industry. He trained Shortland Street and will feature in the of Auckland. upcoming Venus and Mars telefeature. Appearances in Auckland Theatre He was nominated for Best Supporting Company productions include A Herbal Actor for his role in the TV series Bed, Wind In The Willows, Death Of A Duggan and won a Chapman Tripp for Salesman, Wit and Anne Boleyn. Paul also Best Supporting Actor in the theatre directed Foreskin’s Lament. Memorable production Trick of the Light at Circa theatre. productions include directing

10 11 yvette parsons (Mrs Jane Tromleyton)

Yvette is delighted to be playing Dolly Mixture (Basement, BATS), Mrs Jane Tromleyton in The Ladykillers. Yeti Trilogy (Basement, BATS), Yvette’s play Silent Night (developed Janeece Gunton: Herstory (Basement), as part of ATC's The Next Stage in The House Of Bernada Alba (TAPAC) and 2008) has toured arts festivals and Entertaining Mr Sloane (Circa). venues throughout New Zealand. She Her television credits include was nominated Best Actress, and Most Agent Anna, Power Rangers, Super City, Outstanding Performance of the Year Outrageous Fortune and Shortland Street. in the Chapman Tripp Awards 2012, Film credits include the NZ horror for Silent Night. comedy What We Do In The Shadows Recent theatre credits include directed by and Famous Flora (The White House), . Boeing Boeing (Fortune Theatre),

Marvellous Theatre Group (Mrs Wilberforce's Friends)

Several of Mrs Wilberforce’s lady- programme ATC Participate and now friends are volunteer performers from operates as an independent group with Auckland’s unique acting company the motto ‘You’re never too old to play!’ for senior citizens – the Marvellous To join their future theatrical Theatre Group. Voted Best New Cast adventures contact: (2011) by Metro for The Waste Land, [email protected] and to Marvellous was developed via Auckland find out more about ATC Participate Theatre Company’s innovative outreach contact [email protected]

12 13 Nominated for five Creator of hit TV shows creative team Olivier Awards including Father Ted and The IT Best Play, Graham Crowd, Linehan honours Linehan’s razor-sharp the ingenious premise adaptation of the classic of the much-loved film’s 1955 Ealing comedy screenplay, creating an wowed audiences and uproarious slapstick stage won rave reviews when it farce – fizzing with gags opened on the West End. and verbal brilliance.

In 2003 he directed the pilot and in 2011 he did the Direct Line episode of . Linehan campaign starring Chris Addison, went on to create, write and direct Alexander Armstrong and GRAHAM LINEHAN the 2006 The IT Amelia Bulmore. Crowd, starring Chris O’Dowd and In November 2011, his stage Playwright , which went on to adaptation of the Ealing Studio win multiple awards including classic The Ladykillersdebuted the BAFTA TV Award for Best at the Liverpool Playhouse. The Situation Comedy in 2009, Best production, starring Peter Capaldi Graham Linehan is an Irish brought their greatest success of TV Sitcom at the and Ben Miller, moved to the comedy writer and director, as well as their early years. The programme Awards in 2009, and Best Script Gielgud Theatre in London, where actor and comedian, and creator won countless awards, including two for Television at the Irish Film and it received rave reviews and ran for of highly popular series Father Ted, BAFTAs for best comedy, and is Television Awards. a sell-out season. The IT Crowd and Black Books. regarded as one of the greatest British Over the last ten years Linehan Linehan co-wrote and directed After an early career as a journalist ever produced. has also directed numerous ad the much loved series Count Arthur for the Irish music magazine ‘Hot Linehan and Matthews then wrote campaigns with Sneezing Tree Strong, series one for BBC2 and Press’, Linehan began collaborating the first series of the sketch show Films, including campaigns for most recently series two for BBC1. with writer on many , which he also directed. ITV Sports Channel, which were The series is co-written with its high profile comedy sketch shows Linehan has since written for other awarded the Silver Arrow at the star Steve Delaney, and co-stars including Alas Smith and Jones, Harry shows, including . 2003 BTAA Awards, and four Rory Kinnear. Last year Linehan Enfield and Chums, and the Ted and 2000 saw his next success with his commercials from the award directed a new series for the BBC Ralph characters in . co-creation of Black Books with Dylan winning QTV series starring called , which he It was Linehan and Matthews' Moran. Graham also co-directed many Martin Freeman. He directed co-wrote with the comedy group creation of Father Ted in 1995 that episodes with Nick Wood. the IKEA Van de Poop campaign A Diet of Worms.

14 15 COLIN McCOLL CAMERON RHODES Director Director

Colin has directed for the Of The Species, Where We Once Since graduating from Szechuan, Mary Stuart, Sweet Charity, Norwegian National Theatre and Belonged, End Of The Rainbow, Toi Whakaari in 1987, Cameron Goldie and The Duchess of Malfi. the Dutch National Theatre, as The Crucible, Hatch Or The Plight has appeared in over 85 stage Films include Housebound and well as leading New Zealand and Of The Penguins, Doubt, Disgrace, productions, 13 feature films and a Mr Pip. TV credits include Australian theatre companies, and The Duchess Of Malfi, Equus, number of television productions. Agent Anna, and Secrets And Lies is the only New Zealand director Goldie, Waiting For Godot, Serial Cameron has tutored at Unitec for Channel Ten in Australia. to be invited to present his work Killers, The Seagull, Rosencrantz And and Toi Whakaari, and is a board Cameron has recently finished at the official Edinburgh Festival. Guildenstern Are Dead and member of The Actors' Program. filming a role in In Your Dreams, a His production of Hedda Gabler Uncle Vanya. Recent stage work includes German/Australian co-production played there to great acclaim in Opera directing credits include Dementia 13 and Carnival Of Souls for Channel Seven Australia. 1990 and was also presented at the Quartet (New Zealand International Live Live Cinema (tour to The Directing credits include Ibsen Festival in Oslo, the Covent Arts Festival 2004), La Boheme Barbican London, Frankfurt, and After Miss Julie, Closer, Much Ado Garden Festival in London, and (Wellington City Opera), The Italian Australia), Tartuffe, Assassins, and About Nothing, Once on Chunuk Bair, the 1991 Sydney Festival. Colin Girl In Algiers, The Marriage Of Figaro Blind Date for Silo Theatre. Happy End, The Dining Room and has also won Best Director at the and The Prodigal Child for the NBR His work for Auckland Theatre Into The Woods. Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards New Zealand Opera. In 2009 he Company includes The Good Soul of He is a board member of NZ several times — including for his remounted his production of Actors Equity. 2002 production of Who's Afraid Of The Italian Girl In Algiers for the Virginia Woolf? Scottish Opera. His many productions for In November 2007, Colin Auckland Theatre Company was honoured for his artistic include: Anne Boleyn, Midnight In achievements and excellence at the Moscow, Lord Of The Flies, Awatea, eighth annual Arts Foundation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, In The New Zealand Laureate Awards Next Room (Or The Vibrator Play), and was made an Officer of the Calendar Girls, On The Upside Down New Zealand Order of Merit in Of The World, Mary Stuart, August: June 2010. Osage County, The Pohutukawa Tree, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, The Female

16 17 RACHAEL Walker Phillip Dexter MSc Set Designer Lighting Designer

With a passion for both set Some Girl(s), The Case Of Katherine Phillip’s previous lighting (Centrepoint Theatre, Palmerston and costume design Rachael has Mansfield, Under Milk Wood and designs for Auckland Theatre North), Lucia Di Lammermoor and spent the past 14 years specialising Glide Time. Company include: The Good Soul of Turandot (NZ Opera). in Theatre Design. For Auckland She also designed Mother Courage Szechuan, Other Desert Cities, Lord Of While based in London, Phillip’s Theatre Company, her works include And Her Children, Balm In Gilead, The The Flies, A Shortcut To Happiness, In international work included designs Other Desert Cities, Polly Hood In Dining Room, Jacques Brel Is Alive And The Next Room (Or The Vibrator Play), at Donmar Warehouse, The Globe, Mumuland, Anne Boleyn, Kings Of The Well And Living In Paris, The Three Calendar Girls, Mary Stuart, Poor Hampstead Theatre, The Royal Gym, The Gift, In The Next Room (Or Sisters, Top Girls, Cloud Nine, Macbeth, Boy, Le Sud, Equus, The Blonde The Opera House - Covent Garden, The Vibrator Play), Calendar Girls, God Scenes From The Big Picture, Measure Brunette And The Vengeful Redhead, Opera Conservatory - Royal College Of Carnage, Who Needs Sleep Anyway?, For Measure, Sons, and The Crucible Doubt and Up For Grabs. of Music. End Of The Rainbow, The Tutor, The (Unitec), A Number, The Return and He works regularly for all the Phillip is director of Limeburner Bach, The Vagina Monologues, Play 2 Proof (A Lethal Set), and Aladdin major theatre companies in New Design Ltd (www.limeburner.co.nz), and Play 2.03. (Auckland Festival'03). She also had Zealand. Recent productions which specialises in theatre and Theatre highlights for Silo fun designing the set for Tim Bray’s include: God Of Carnage, Four Flat architectural lighting design. include Angels In America, Royal Jubilee Performance of Whites In Italy, Rock ‘N’ Roll (Circa Training includes a Master of Midsummer, Private Lives, The Hairy Maclary in 2012. Theatre, Wellington), Don Juan Science in light and lighting Brothers Size, Loot, Holding The Rachael was the 2008 URBIS In Soho, Lucky Numbers (Fortune UCL, London. Product design Man, Betrayal, The Cut, Lobby Hero, Best Stage Designer. Theatre, Dunedin), Long Day’s includes lighting instruments for Journey Into Night, Oliver! (The film recently used on the studio Court, ), The Graduate, components of and The Lion, Dracula, The Goat (Downstage, The Witch And The Wardrobe. Wellington), At The Wake

18 19 JOHN GIBSON Elizabeth Whiting Sound Designer & Composer Costume Designer

John Gibson has been Previous works for Auckland Elizabeth has designed costumes Picture Show, The Duchess of Malfi, composing original music for Theatre Company include: for New Zealand Opera, Auckland Pillow Man, My Name Is Gary Cooper, New Zealand theatre, film, dance The Good Soul of Szechuan, Fallen Theatre Company, Silo Theatre, The Importance of Being Earnest, and television since 1980. During Angels, Awatea, A Midsummer Night's Court Theatre, Red Leap, Okareka The Glass Menagerie and Anne Boleyn that time he has composed over Dream, In The Next Room (Or The Dance, Black Grace, (Auckland Theatre Company); 100 scores and sound designs for Vibrator Play), On The Upside Down Of Dance, Michael Parmenter, Atamira, The Country Wife, La Cage aux Folles, theatre. In 2008 he received a The World, Poor Boy, The Wasteland, Shona McCullagh and the Royal The Great Gatsby and Cabaret (Court Qantas Film and Television award Calendar Girls, Horseplay, Oliver!, New Zealand Ballet. She designed Theatre);Tartuffe, Top Girls, Three for his score for Vincent Ward's The Pohutukawa Tree, The Wife Who costumes for Pop-Up Theatre in Days of Rain, Irma Vep, The Scene, film Rain Of The Children. In 2013 Spoke Japanese In Her Sleep, Cat On London, which was performed at the Holding the Man, When the Rain Stops he composed an eight speaker A Hot Tin Roof, Who Needs Sleep Edinburgh Festival. Falling, and Assassins (Silo Theatre). sound design for 360: A Theatre Of Anyway?, Where We Once Belonged, Opera design credits include Elizabeth designed the World Recollections and has performed in The Blonde The Brunette And The Faust, Carmen, La Bohème, Falstaff, of Wearable Art core show for Edinburgh in a comedy he wrote Vengeful Redhead, Equus, The Duchess Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Wellington 2011, 2012, 2013, and and directed called Gordon Six Pence Of Malfi, and the arrangements and Figaro, Così Fan Tutte (New Zealand 2014. In 2010 Elizabeth won the He Is Music. musical direction of Sweet Charity Opera). She designed Cavalleria Chapman Tripp Costume Design and Chicago. Rusticana and Pagliacci for the Opera Award for The Arrival (Red Leap). 2011 winter season, Acis and Galatea She represented New Zealand at in 2012, and Don Giovanni in 2013. the Prague Design Quadrennial Theatre design credits include in 2003 with her costumes for In the Next Room, Mary Stuart, Well Falstaff, and again in 2007 with a Hung, Equus, Cabaret, Into the Woods, team of designers who created the Sweet Charity, Hair, The Rocky Horror exhibition Blow.

20 21 ASB Waterfront Theatre: 2014 Recap

Auckland Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse and Chair of the Waitemata Rendered image of the Local actors join Mayor of Auckland Len Brown, ASB Bank CEO Local Board Shale Chambers next to the dismantled ASB Waterfront Theatre. Barbara Chapman and MP for Auckland Central Nikki Kaye on site Pacific Fisheries Building. – Photo Credit: Andrew Malmo – Photo Credit: to mark the start of construction. – Photo Credit: Andrew Malmo Moller Architects

New Zealand Lottery’s Significant Projects Fund confirmed a $1.5million Construction of the contribution to the theatre ASB Waterfront Theatre project stating the theatre officially commenced on 12 will have direct community Hawkins Construction Auckland Council confirms ASB Bank announced their December 2014 meaning benefits in the areas of arts, took possession of the that ATC has met all the naming rights sponsorship the expected building culture and heritage, and After an extensive request site on 20 October and conditions of its $10 million of the new ASB Waterfront completion date is mid 2016 visitor services and tourism. for proposal process, Ward Demolition started capital grant in order that Theatre, following a strong with ATC’s inaugural season Their contribution increased Hawkins Construction was dismantling the Moana the construction contract can history of supporting opening in late 2016. the project’s fundraising engaged as the preferred Pacific Fisheries Building. be signed. the arts. total to $34.7 million. contractor to lead the build of the new theatre. OCTOBER November DECEMBER March 2014 MaY 2014 2014 2014 2014

ThankS to our supporters of the ASB Waterfront Theatre

Founding While we have raised the funds needed to complete construction of Benefactors, the theatre, we still need to raise $1.5 million for fit-out items. Patrons and To find out more or for information on how to donate visit Donors www.waterfronttheatre.co.nz or call 09 309 0390

22 23 JOIN THE NEW THEATRE’S FOUNDERS CLUB

The Founders Club is a group of highly committed people who are passionate about securing this new theatre for Auckland. In recognition of their investment in this visionary project, members are afforded:

• Name recognition in the new theatre in perpetuity • Invitations to the Gala Opening Night and Champagne Reception • Invitations to special events

Joining the Founders Club offers you a unique opportunity to be involved with creating this world- class performing arts venue as a We would be delighted to welcome legacy for Auckland. The levels you into this select group of of investment for this exclusive supporters playing a vital role in membership are as follows: ensuring the success of this project. If you are interested, please contact FOUNDERS CLUB Linden Tierney on 09 309 0390 ext. 272, [email protected]. RECOGNITION INVESTMENT The Waterfront Theatre Trust is a Platinum Member $50,000 + registered charity and donations Gold Member $25,000 + are eligible for a tax rebate. Donations can be paid in Silver Member $10,000 + installments over a period of time Bronze Member $5,000 + to assist financial management or to maximise tax effectiveness.

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ATC_TakeASeat_A5Ad.indd 1 6/02/15 11:24 AM WHAT’S ON IN THEATRES AROUND THE COUNTRY? Outside Shepherd The Mullingar by Gary Henderson Demolition by John Patrick Shanley Court One of THE CENTURY Fortune Theatre 7 – 28 February by Duncan Sarkies 7 – 28 February In the remote mists of Circa Two From the author of Doubt and Fiordland the Shepherd Moonstruck comes a romantic family run their flock, supplying a hungry world. 31 January – comedy set in rural Ireland. 21 February Anthony and Rosemary are Constantly monitored and Welcome to the world of Tom 40-somethings who haven’t harassed by unseen aerial Spotswood, an insurance The Lolly The Book of Black Faggot got a clue when it comes drones, Daniel Shepherd is a farmer with a contract to investigator who has lost his Witch of Mu- Everything by Victor Rodger to love. With Anthony’s father fulfil, a family to shelter, and socks, his suitcase, his ex- muland Adapted by Richard Tulloch threatening to disinherit him Centrepoint Theatre a conscience which leads wife and his son, Frank. by Lauren Jackson and Lolo Fonua from the novel by Guus Kuijer and a land feud simmering 14 – 28 February him to risk an unthinkable Mangere Arts Centre - between their families, Circa Theatre | Wellington Q Theatre punishment. Ngā Tohu o Uenuku In response to the Destiny there is every reason to fear 14 – 22 March Church march ‘Enough is romantic catastrophe. The Court Theatre | 11 – 18 April Christchurch Thomas sees things that Enough’ Victor Rodger Fortune Theatre | Dunedin Hans and Gertie are twenty- others don’t — a plague of was inspired to write first-century kids, hungry green frogs, a hailstorm in Black Faggot a series of for food and adventure; they humorous monologues from summer, tropical fish in the Daffodils is the story of go on a journey to save their a multitude of different canals of Amsterdam. 16-year-old Rose and family from the breadline characters exploring what To find out what else is He’s keeping a diary, 18-year-old Eric; a teddy and end up in the clutches of going on in Auckland The Book of Everything, in it means to be gay and be sure to read a very wicked zumba-dancing boy and a farm girl from which he records all that he Pasifika in today’s world. the latest copy of witch! With a little help from Hamilton who met at the sees. And one day, he writes Filthy and funny, raw and a pair of talking pigs and the lake by the daffodils and fell his greatest wish: ‘When emotional – it will make you ever-hilarious Aunty Sila, in love. It was the same place I grow up, I’m going to be laugh, cry and believe in the will Hans and Gertie sing and that Eric's parents met 20 happy.’ power of love. DAFFODILS dance their way out of trouble years earlier. Was it destiny? by Rochelle Bright or end up as the Lolly Witch's Silo Theatre | Auckland Centrepoint Theatre | Perhaps. Palmerston North next sweet treat? Q Theatre, 8-12 April Bullet Heart Club | Meteor Theatre, Auckland and Wellington Auckland Theatre Company 15-18 April | Auckland

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