Nelson Youth Theatre presents a ripsnorting production of Richard Lloyd's irreverent take on the classic Alexandre Dumas tale The Three Musketeers - Le Panteau!
The famous swashbucklers Porthos, Aramis, Athos and D'Artagnan are confronted by the despicable Cardinal Richeleeugh, his evil sidekick Le Chevalier Du Lobster Roquefort and a collection of other eminently boo-able villains.
Don't miss your chance to applaud our heroic Muskateers and hiss and boo at the villains in this hilarious and entertaining Pantomime Cordon Bleu!
Running time: 2.5 hours incl interval.
Ticket holders to The Turn of The Screw and members of the public are invited to a GHOSTLY tour evening - the perfect mix of history and spookiness at Fairfield Park Cemetery, Saturday May 23 at 9pm.
The Fairfield graveyard, along with the popular Fairfield house have long thought to be haunted (as are most graveyards). Some people have said that they have witnessed the appearances of a transparent woman both walking around and becoming a realistic figure in their dreams. Don’t miss this ghostly experience!
The Ghost tour will take approximately 60 minutes.
Ticket holders join the tour at no cost - members of the public a suggested donation of $5 per person.
The Deep End is an improvised comedy show where the actors take your suggestions and use them to create scenes. It's theatre on the spot- dangerous, thrilling and often hilarious! Each monthly show will have a new theme and a cast comprised of different actors from our skilled Nelson crew, plus the occasional surprise visiting actor, so come back each month to see your favourites and be wowed by the endless ways in which the intrepid crew can invent one-off sketches, songs and stories!
"...top rate improvisational comedy... as clever as any I've watched... fresh, witty and unexpected." -Nelson Mail
Game of Thrones Tribute Show
The Body in Space improv troupe will take you to the Seven Kingdoms as they create scenes, songs and more, all inspired by George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels. See your favourite characters, new storylines and have your say in this interactive, laugh-out-loud comedy show
"...top rate improvisational comedy... as clever as any I've watched... fresh, witty and unexpected." - Nelson Mail
Stunningly set in and around a pool of water, 'Metamophoses' is a visual and aural feast. Inspired by Ovid's mythological tales, this play weaves a tapestry of Greek stories together using water, movement, poetic dialogue and live original music.
The Body in Space Theatre Company is the same team that created last year's Star Seed, a piece that blew the viewing public away and Metamorphoses, while more mature in content, will share the same innovation, physicality, polish and daring in its presentation.
Star Seed Review:
Stupendous. Go. I am just as impressed now with the production two dozen people are performing here in Nelson as I ever was by the international Cirque du Soleil. - Nelson Mail.
Metamorphoses was first presented in Nelson by the company as part of the 2011 Arts Festival, where it received a standing ovation on the opening night. Ever since there has been a strong desire by the company, encouraged by fans of the show, to perform it again.
It is pleasing to see Nelson give excited, unrestrained appreciation to a local theatre group. - The Nelson Mail, 2011.
The main challenge of the production is the large amount of water involved. Some of the eight strong cast become soaked early in the show and are forced to shiver through the rest of the performance. The Theatre Royal are charitably taking on the risk of the large volume of water, and Body in Space will have to take out extra insurance to allow the show to happen. Audience members are promised a very different layout when they enter the theatre. There are special 'splash seats' for those happy to get close to the action at a discounted rate.
Mary Zimmerman's 'Metamorphoses' is a beautiful and moving piece of theatre- in a pool! Don't miss the splendour and excitement of this special show.
The Deep End is an improvised comedy show where the actors take your suggestions and use them to create scenes. It's theatre on the spot- dangerous, thrilling and often hilarious! Each monthly show will have a new theme and a cast comprised of different actors from our skilled Nelson crew, plus the occasional surprise visiting actor, so come back each month to see your favourites and be wowed by the endless ways in which the intrepid crew can invent one-off sketches, songs and stories!
"...top rate improvisational comedy... as clever as any I've watched... fresh, witty and unexpected." -Nelson Mail
All 37 Plays in 97 Minutes! An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's plays, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) was London's longest-running comedy having clocked a very palpable nine years in London's West End at the Criterion Theatre! Join the madcap men in tights as they weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies in one wild ride that will leave you breathless and helpless with laughter.
Warning! This show is a high-speed roller-coaster type condensation of all of Shakespeare's plays, and is not recommended for people with heart ailments, bladder problems, inner-ear disorders, outer-ear disorders, Shakespearean scholars, degrees in Elizabethan history and/or people inclined to motion sickness.
"ROLLICKING, FAST-MOVING AND HILARIOUS!" - The Guardian
"IF YOU LIKE SHAKESPEARE, YOU'LL LOVE THIS SHOW. IF YOU HATE SHAKESPEARE YOU'LL LOVE THIS SHOW!" - The Today Show
TheatresportsTM is a form of improvisational theatre, which uses the format of a competition for dramatic effect. Teams perform scenes based on audience suggestions and receive a score from the judges.
The Nelson/Tasman TheatresportsTM Competition brings together teams of talented young improvisors from local high schools. The participants are tutored throughout the year by members of the Body in Space Theatre Company and their school coordinator.
No one knows what will come to life on the stage. It is on-the-spot creativity and the stakes are high... the winning teams are sent off to the big smoke- Christchurch! They get to perform in the new Court Theatre and compete for a place in the South Island Theatresports Competition.
Whatever the outcome, this competition promises a great night of entertainment and a wonderful group of young people who are bravely stepping into the unknown together- get your tickets today!
GLORIOUS is a brilliantly funny script, a delicious verbal cat-and-mouse with the rat-tat-tat of a Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy comedy ...
Gloria Lord (Anna Burns) is a hurricane in high heels who wreaks her particular brand of mayhem on the life of Jimmy (Troy Warring) an aspiring writer working at one of her daddy's cocktail parties as a waiter. After a chance meeting Gloria decides that she's going to marry Jimmy - no matter what he says.
Audiences will enjoy the unique mix of slapstick, fast-paced smouldering dialogue and whip crack wit of GLORIOUS by Richard Huber (finalist in the Playmarket NZ play awards).
By Gregory Cooper
Starring Mark Hadlow
One of New Zealand’s most loved actors, Mark Hadlow, stars in a one man theatre show as that most polarising of species!
What is a MAMIL? Well, you need look no further than the Oxford Dictionary to find out. It stands for a Middle Aged Man In Lycra.
Bryan Cook is a property developer who has accumulated a small fortune building leaky homes. He’s stressed out, self-medicating and self-loathing, killing himself to increase his bank balance while decreasing his golf score.
When things fall apart, he joins a men’s cycling group to relieve stress – and makes a few startling discoveries in various cracks and crevices.
Achingly funny and poignant, MAMIL presents the male mid-life crisis in all its lurid glory.
“This production will be one of the highlights of the year. It is a must see show for men and women.” Dominion Post
