STUDIO SEASON 2018: Mythical Futures

Myths - they echo from the past, meddle with our present and sweep us towards an uncertain future. The Studio Season returns in 2018 with Mythical Futures - rehearsed previews of two engaging plays in development by Ila Selwyn and Charlie Moore, writers from NZ playwright Gary Henderson’s Graduate Studio. Each play has a two-day open rehearsal (free to drop in and watch) followed by a ticketed evening script-in-hand presentation.

WITCH HUNT
a black comedy by Ila Selwyn
Three women, three countries, three centuries. The hunt goes on.

Directed by Pedro Ilgenfritz
with Ross Brannigan, Hilari Anderson, Kerynn Walsh & Beth Alexander

Open rehearsals (Drop in and watch)
Thursday 13th September, Te Uru Learning Centre, 9am - 3pm, Free
Friday 14th September, Lopdell House Theatre Auditorium, 10am - 4pm,Free

Presentation
7pm Friday 14th September, Lopdell House Theatre, $10 at door. Bar open.

A DOMESTICATED BOY
a psychological drama by Charlie Moore
No child left untamed.

Directed by Frances Moore
with Jordan Blaikie, Torum Heng, Todd Waters & Aaron Richardson

Open rehearsals (drop in and watch)
Friday 14th September, Lopdell House Theatre Bar, 10am - 4pm, Free
Saturday 15th September, Lopdell House Theatre Auditorium, 10am - 4pm, Free

Presentation
7pm Saturday 15th September, Lopdell House Theatre, $10 at door. Bar open.

Gary Henderson is a playwright, theatre director and highly regarded teacher of writing for theatre, based in Oratia, West Auckland. His work has been published by Playmarket in New Zealand and Bloomsbury Methuen Drama in London. In 2013 he won the Playmarket Award in recognition of his significant artistic contribution to New Zealand theatre. He currently teaches at Unitec in Auckland, the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University, and convenes the Graduate Studio in Oratia.