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Season starts 14 September - bookings now open

An Evening with James K Baxter

(in association with Going West Books and Writers Festival)

The Bureaucrat: Director Duncan Milne

The Wide Open Cage: Director Verity Davidson

(Not suitable for children)

Season: 14th Sept to 25th Sept
Bookings now open - click here for information.
Enquiries: Duncan: 816 9095 duncanm@adhb.govt.nz
Verity: 816 9145 shevez@xtra.co.nz

Baxter Basics by Adam Fresco
in association with DramaTrain.

Saturday 18 September, 11:00am & 12:00 noon
Ticket Information:
Tickets:$5.00 and $3.00 for pre-schoolers
Door Sales Only, 30 minutes before the show

James K Baxter's children's poems are brought to life in a special play adapted for the stage by Adam Fresco with the support and kind permission of the JK Baxter Trust. Aimed at children 3-12 years.

Baxter Basics is part of the Going West Books and Writers Festival 2010. For more information about the festival please visit www.goingwest.co.nz.

Double Portrait: Finding Frances Hodgkins

A Handstand Production

Sat 2 Oct, 8.00pm
Sun 3 Oct, 4.00pm
Ticket Information
General Admission $25.00
Buy Tickets - 0800 111 999

This Handstand Production, written by Jan Bolwell, tells the story of what happens when a Parisian gallery owner comes across a stash of Frances Hodgkins paintings.

Part of a deceased estate, they land on the doorstep of a gallery owner who has never heard of the artist. He contacts Auckland Art Gallery and there is a flurry of activity as a female curator tries to prise them out of the hands of the Frenchman and back to New Zealand .

Based upon a real life incident, this is the opening scene of Jan Bolwell's new play -Double Portrait Finding Frances Hodgkins. Interest in the life and art of Frances Hodgkins has grown through the years. The celebrated New Zealand artist spent most of her adult life in Europe with brief forays back to New Zealand to promote her work and to see her family.

Her private life remained an enigma and in Double Portrait, playwright Jan Bolwell seeks to unravel some of the mystery. Hodgkins' life was filled with eccentricity, hardship, fun and love. She travelled extensively from Morocco to Paris to Cornwall; from Melbourne and Sydney to Dunedin and Wellington .

Bolwell's play explores the relationships she had with friends, agents and family. The play is shot through with humour and pathos, speculation and information.

Double Portrait: Finding Francis Hodgkins will play at Titirangi Theatre on October 2 and 3. The play is part of the theatre season for the Going West Books and Writers Festival 2010.
For more information about the festival visit GoingWest.

Waitemata Theatre Inc Presents

Charley's Aunt

directed by Gwynwth Glover

30 September to 9 October

Dick Whittington and Bob the Cat - the pantomime

by Adam Fresco
( in association with Dramatrain)

Director:        Adam Fresco
Season:         December 2nd to 19th
Auditions        1st August
Enquiries:       Phone 8176176
adam@dramatrain.co.nz

The 24 Hour RETHiNK Theatre Challenge:

	The Mind & Body Consultants Like Minds, Like Mine team, used the RETHiNK Grant to dare the people of Auckland to develop a creative project to reduce mental-health stigma and discrimination. Like Minds received nearly 40 applications for the Grant and the RETHiNK Theatre Challenge was the first of three projects to receive the funds they need to carry out their dream project.
celebrating the announcement.

The challenge is this: write a ten-minute theatre script exploring the theme 'madness is a matter of degree.’ Teams of actors and directors will be given just 24-hours in which to workshop the best ten scripts for performance. The final outcome will be a live show to challenge preconceptions of mental illness.

Writers are invited to submit short scripts (up to 10 minutes long) and the best will be performed by teams of actors and directors given just 24-hours to rehearse and ready their short shows! The final show will be made up of these short, sharp, exciting and innovative performances that will span a variety of styles – from comedy to tragedy and everything between – the only limit is the imagination. Writers, actors and directors of all ages and experience are invited to apply, either as individuals or a team – from local youth theatre and school groups to professional practitioners. Whilst those performing will need to be available to do so in Auckland, there is no restriction on writers

Interested?
Download Guidelines for submitting your script here
or contact adam@dramatrain.co.nz to register your interest as an actor or director for the 24 hour challenge.

Media Enquiries: Contact Taimi Allan
Team Leader: Like Minds, Like Mine, Mind & Body Consultants,
Ph (09) 630 5909 ext 870

Click here to visit the RETHiNK grants webpage.
Click here to read the RETHiNK grants media release.

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