Coming to TAPAC MARCH – JULY 2010
Flipside
By Ken Duncum
Directed by Charlie Unwin
A SMACKBANG THEATRE PRODUCTION
Cast: Phil Peleton, Phil Vaughan, Matt Hudson and William Wallace
An acclaimed New Zealand work adapted from the book Capsize, Flipside is the true story of the incredible survival of four men trapped on an upturned yacht for 119 days. It is comic, tragic and uplifting, it is a fundamentally human drama of characters in life-or-death conflict with the elements, with each other and with themselves.
OPENS: Thursday 4 March 2010
CLOSES: Saturday 13 March 2010
TIMES: Tue – Wed 7pm, Thurs - Sat 8pm
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Back by popular demand
Nga Manurere – Nau mai haere mai
By Renae Maihi
A NGATI THEATRE PRODUCTION
Directed by Rachel House
Cast: Nicola Kwana, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Lana Garland, Renae Maihi, Rhys 
Castle-Hughes and William Davis.
Nga Manurere follows Manawa’s journey to reconnect with her son Morehu, who she gave up through whangai. She is supported by her closest friends Wei, Rina and Jess; all single mothers themselves. However each secretly harbours their own view on Manawa and the son to whom she is a stranger.
NZ HERALD DEC. 2009 ARTS BEST SECTION by Janet McAllister
‘Nga Manurere’ at Tapac was the surprise jewel of the year for me – emerging playwright Ranae Maihi has wisdom, sensitivity, good pace and a fine sense of humour. Forget ‘Vintner’s Luck’ and ‘Fashion Week’, this was the best thing Keisha Castle-Hughes was in all year.
OPENS: Wednesday 12 May 2010
CLOSES: Sunday 22 May 2010
TIMES: Tue – Wed 7pm, Thrus – Sat 8pm, Sun 4pm
Beyond the Land of Hattamela
By Badal Sircar
A PRAYAS INDIAN THEARE COMPANY PRODUCTION
Directed by Sananda Chatterjee
OPENS: Wednesday 26 May 2010
CLOSES: Sunday 30 May 2010
TIMES: 8pm, 2pm matinee Saturday 29 May
INTERACTING DISABILITY ARTS THEATRE
Friday 4 June 2010 12 noon & 7pm
Saturday 5 June 2010 7pm
THE HOUSE OF BERNRADA ALBA
By Federico Garcia Lorca
Directed by Margaret-Mary Hollins
Cast: Michelle Hine, Nisha Madhan, Liesha Ward Knox, Rachael Nash, Tania Anderson, Yvette Parsons, Rashmi Piliapitaya, Jodie Hillock.
Following the gangland execution of her husband, the formidable matriarch 
Bernarda Alba will do anything to safeguard her family’s dubious fortune and the future of her five daughters. Five headstrong daughters cooped up in the family home in an emotionally charged atmosphere of bitter rivalry and repressed sexuality make that an epic challenge. This untimely intimate epic encompasses the vital elements of riveting storytelling. It moves with dramatic pace fuelled by characters and relationships where bottled emotions of jealousy, love, laughter and tragedy make for a richly climatic and powerful human drama. One of the most celebrated European dramas of the 20th century; the play was finished by Lorca shortly before he was executed in Spain for his left-wing politics. Faithfully preserving Lorca’s sense of boiling tension and impending tragedy, the play lines up a stunning cast of women who bring this classic text thrillingly up to date.
OPENS: Friday 11 June 2010
CLOSES: Saturday 19 June 2010
TIMES: Tue – Wed 7pm, Thrus – Sat 8pm, Sun 4pm, Saturday 19 June 2pm matinee
RAISING THE TITANICS
By Albert Belz
Directed by Raymond Hawthorne
Cast: Tama Waipara, Francis Kora, Wesley Dowdell
‘Raising the Titanics’ is a magical showpiece that journeys from the present 
day, back to the golden age of the Maori show band era to reveal what really sunk the Titanics who were perhaps the greatest Maori show band never to have existed. Somewhere beneath the oceans of music, mirth and memory lies the truth.
OPENS: Wednesday 23 June 2010
CLOSES: Saturday 26 June 2010
TIMES: Thurs - Sat 8pm, Sun 4pm, Saturday 26 June 2pm matinee
Back by popular demand
TREASURE ISLAND
The Outfit Theatre Company’s adaptation of Treasure Island is back at TAPAC 
for the July school holidays! With such a fantastic response from audience’s during the 2009 season, such as “best kids show we’ve ever seen” TAPAC and The Outfit have drawn and polished their swords so you can take part in the fun once more. Say goodbye to the icky Auckland winter and experience an adventure that takes you across the world and back again in only an hour. Treasure Island is an exciting, uproarious family show full of humour, sword-fights, singing and dancing. Join young Jim Hawkins and his friends as they sail the high seas searching for Captain Flint’s buried treasure pursued by a band of bloodthirsty pirates, led by the charming but treacherous Long John Silver. Will Jim find the treasure he seeks, or certain death courtesy of a buccaneer’s cutlass? Complete with a supporting cast of fops, blind hags, talking parrots and crazy castaways!
OPENS: Wednesday 7 July 2010
CLOSES: Sunday 18 July 2010
TIMES: Tue – Fri 11am, Sat – Sun 11am & 2pm
Tags: March to July 2010
