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
D'Arranged Marriage is a one man show with something for everyone: characters that will make you laugh until you cry, a few Bollywood-style song and dance routines and a wickedly funny look at Indian culture and life in New Zealand.
D'Arranged Marriage is the story of Sanjay Gupta, the New Zealand born son of Indian immigrants Manhur and Pushpa. 29 year-old Sanjay lives at home, works in his father's corner shop, dreams of a career in stand-up comedy, and strenuously avoids the issue of an arranged marriage. His nagging parents finally get the better of him, but to his surprise, he discovers that Neenu, the prospective bride, is the one!
Unfortunately, complications (and hilarity) ensue... Adding to Sanjay's trials and tribulations are Dilip, a gimpy uncle who yearns for the perfect Indian woman; the smooth-talking, sleazy playboy Rundeep; and Mr. Dave Patel, Johnny Walker (and the British Empire's) best friend, who is Sanjay's potential father-in-law.
With all 8 characters performed by one versatile actor, you have the funniest parody of Indian family life since Bend it Like Beckham, and what critics have dubbed a "roller coaster ride to laughsville." Performed in 7 countries over 200 times, D'Arranged Marriage is a proven international and critical success.
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
"In the dance of life Sylvia has two left feet, but Karpovsky has arrived to tutor her in hope and grace."
Helen Moulder and Sir Jon Trimmer reprise their award-winning performance of Meeting Karpovsky, an extraordinary theatre work full of humour, delight, drama and surprise.
Years ago, Sylvia travelled the world and its greatest ballet theatres; now she lives alone in a house filled with photographs of her favourite dancer and boxes of her daughter's unwanted possessions. Sylvia knows all the dances and has all the moves in her head, but is afraid to step out. Then one day the great dancer Alexander Karpovsky appears and begins to teach the stumbling Sylvia to dance...and to live.
Created by Helen Moulder, Sue Rider and Jon Trimmer with music by Tchaikovsky, Weber, Stravinsky, Adam and Bach. Don't miss this rare chance to see two of New Zealand's finest performers.
A governess journeys to a lonely English manor house to care for two recently orphaned children.
But nothing is as it seems. In a house full of secrets, are they alone?
What does the governess see? What do the children see?
As ghostly visions intrude, she vows to protect the children. Whatever the cost.
The Turn of the Screw is performed by arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty. Ltd, on behalf of Dramatists Play Service, Inc New York.
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
Nelson Youth Theatre is delighted to present Hairspray - The Broadway Musical - winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical!
Move over Nelson! Tracy Turnblad, the girl with the big hair is on her way!
Come and enjoy this exuberant, energetic and colourful show! Hairspray will delight audiences by sweeping them away to 1960's Baltimore where change is in the air! Loveable plus-size heroine, Tracy Turnblad, has a passion for dancing, and wins a spot on the local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show". Overnight she finds herself transformed from outsider to teen celebrity. Can a larger than life adolescent manage to vanquish the programme's reigning princess, integrate the television show, and find true love without messing her hair?
With catchy songs and sparkling choreography, this show is a dazzling recreation of the fun that was the '60s. As The New York Times says, "If life were everything it should be, it would be more like Hairspray. It's irresistible!"
THE DEEP END
Nelson’s IMPROVISED COMEDY SHOW at the Theatre Royal.
Take a team of intrepid improvisors, plunge them into a whirlpool of audience suggestions and see if they sink or swim!
TAKE THE PLUNGE! You’re in for a great night of comedy in the style of Whose Line is it Anyway?
Dive into The Deep End!
