Out Loud Presents AFTER WE WILL

After, we will……

a new play by Rosalind Gardner

performed by Out loud Theatre Company – the voice of youth

19 – 22 August

TAPAC Theatre

A disaster strikes, leaving a handful of people alive. As the survivors find each other, they are bound together on a journey of endurance, travelling to a place where they may find help. As they travel they seek to imprint their future and their hope, into a hopeless landscape, by relating the stories of what they have seen and experienced.

Loosely based on *The Decameron, After,we will……. is a raw tale set some time in New Zealand’s future. Using a mix of projection, music and live action, this epic tale is an intimate and emotionally compelling theatre experience for young people and their families.

Out Loud Theatre Company is the exciting and well-established youth acting company of The Performing Arts School of NZ. It offers training and performance opportunities for students aged 16 -19 who are talented, passionate about acting for the theatre, and committed to their development as actors. Over the years many Out Loud actors have gone on to tertiary education and successful careers in the NZ performing arts industry.

* The Decameron is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio – a medieval allegorical work best known for its tales of love.

Public Performances

Wednesday – Saturday, 19 – 22 August, 7pm

Saturday 22 August, 4pm

Adults $18.00, Youth $12.00

Bookings Phone: 09 845 0290 Ext 2

administration@pasnz.co.nz

Schools Performances

Thursday 20 August and Friday 21 August, 12.30pm

Block booking discounts apply – call 09 845 0290 Ext 3 www.pasnz.co.nz

Gestalt Presented by Headshot Productions

Khoj – The Search

Prayas presents Khoj – The Search

“New Zealand has embraced me with wide arms – opened it’s doors, given me my home. Yet somehow I am still peeking through the key hole.”

Prayas Theatre Company is a not for profit organization formed by Indians who want to showcase fine contemporary Indian theatre in English for New Zealand audiences.

Their new work ‘Khoj, the Search’ has been inspired by Indian writer Rohinton Mistry, best known in New Zealand for his A Fine Balance. A migrant like many, (he moved to Canada) Mistry wrote short stories about the experience of moving.  “For many of us Mistry’s experiences mirror our own” says Amit Ohdedar, the director of this humorous expose of migrant complexities.

It is the story of Jamshed – an Indian migrant trying to adopt to the new culture. He leaves behind a grumpy dad and a pining mother who live in the hope their son will make it big in New Zealand. Life in Auckland turns out to be another story altogether. Things get tough when his Indian toilet habit gets in the way of his New Zealand lifestyle. But the story is more than just that. The play boldly challenges both the migrant community as well as local New Zealanders regarding preconceived ideas about people and cultures. ‘Khoj, the Search’ raises some serious questions through humour.

The play will be staged at TAPAC with a cast of fine Indian performers incorporating theatre and dance.

‘Khoj – the Search’ spotlights the comic and dramatic spins of a new migrant in New Zealand touching on their own real life experiences.  ‘Khoj – the Search’ will appeal to immigrants as well as a broad and diverse audience -the humour and depth will touch all who experience this contemporary and vital new play.

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