It's the night before Meg Bacon's wedding …what could possibly go wrong??
She's waited thirty-three years for this and she knows she's going to love every moment! She's gathered her mum and her bridesmaids together for one last night of girlie fun.
However …while the bride prepares for the biggest day of her life, Meg's bridesmaids, Lucy and Angela, stumble upon some information could shatter Meg's happy ever after! Should they tell or keep it quiet? As the hilarity unfolds, Lucy and Angela discover that sometimes there is no right answer when it comes to doing what's best for your friend.
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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!
Kiss the Fish
Directed by Justin Lewis
Written by Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis
All tickets purchased before before 20 June, will be eligible to go in the draw to win an exquisite, limited edition mask from the show, hand-made by our Balinese master carver, Kodi Tengu.
With an incredible debut season in Auckland during 2013, the magical storytelling of Indian Ink returns in 2014, as their most recent hit Kiss The Fish tours the North Island throughout June and July.
“Indian Ink's magical new show embodies qualities that make us proud to be Kiwis” NZ Herald, 2013
Karukam Island is the tropical paradise of everyone's dreams but Sidu can't wait to escape! In the city they said he looked like Freddie Mercury but here he's Freddie Nobody. A new eco resort promises life changing riches and every village miser, entrepreneur, bride and priest is jostling for their slice of the dream. The island finds its fate in the hands of Sidu-who everyone agrees is a very odd fish.
A long awaited follow up to 2010’s Guru of Chai, those in the theatre world hungry for a new work from the renowned theatre company were not disappointed. Audiences crammed into Q Theatre and Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis, in true Indian Ink fashion, left an indelible imprint on their hearts. Traveling to far flung places and delving into ancient theatrical forms they have brought back a tale that is neither old nor new but reflects a world changing faster than even our dreams can keep up with.
Back to knock some sense back into the nation, THE GRUMPY OLD WOMEN return with a 21 date New Zealand tour of their brand spanking new show FIFTY SHADES OF BIEGE!
This jam-packed show comes from the original authors, Jenny Éclair and Judith Holder, and stars three of New Zealand's favourite theatre actresses Geraldine Brophy, Jude Gibson and Lynda Milligan. It includes all the most Grumpy topics... learning the art of 'Grumpy Grooming', the joy of large pants, a free nagging master class (how to get your own way without him even noticing), beards for women, which style will suit you?
Nelson Repertory Theatre presents the hit comedy Cosi by Louis Nowra
A riotous comedy about madness, opera, sanity and life!
Cosi is Cosi fan Tutte tastic!
Cosi is a delightfully droll glimpse at what happens when a group of mental health patients attempt to put on Mozart's opera Cosi Fan Tutte under the less then experienced hand of a well-meaning university student. This is one production that is funny and poignant.
Suitable for mature audience
The story defies synopsis, but…the simplest of means—hardware-store technics, slide projections, an old radio, admirable puppets, and gorgeously-painted banners—and sophisticated use of their tiny traveling stage space… come together in a series of events that, while not conventionally logical, ring with emotional truth and, like ripples in a pond, seem to expand out into the universe.
In the wilds of Siberia, Charles Darwin goes off in search of the Yeti. The Yeti (if she exists) enters a radio station’s dance contest, hoping to win an all-expenses-paid vacation to a place that doesn’t exist yet. Darwin’s research companion—a little brown bat—falls in love with the radio station’s electromagnetic emissions—but how could that ever end happily? Meanwhile, Siberia’s caves are home to a secretive tribe of ropemakers—but their disintegrating family structure may cause their ancient craft to be lost forever.
Through the lens of the real life allegory of the Flying Wallendas’ famous high-wire act, two performers on a tiny stage unfold Darwin’s laboratory, unfurl anatomic diagrams of the yeti, and try to tease out the difference between miracles and non-miracles.
A New Mel Brooks Musical
Book by MEL BROOKS and THOMAS MEEHAN Music and Lyrics by MEL BROOKS
And by special arrangement with StudioCanal
By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd Exclusive agent for Musical Theatre International (NY)
Nelson Youth Theatre proudly presents one of the all-time great musical comedies - The Producers
The Producers is based on the irrepressible Mel Brooks musical film of the same name and tells the story of a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer, Max Bialystock, and accountant, Leo Bloom, who concoct a scheme to raise thousands of dollars from backers and then put on a flop of a show. With all the money that will be leftover, the pair will be rich!
When footage of a 6pm news anchor misbehaving goes viral, both her network and the competition have less than 24 hours to package the story. Whose version will the public believe?
As a real-time deadline races towards them, journos, presenters and executives on both sides are tested, as the editors stitch together each night's footage live on stage.
It is 1955. New Zealand's literary landscape is about to change forever. Janet Frame meets Frank Sargeson.
Behind his famous hedge, Frank has been having a difficult time with his writing, but the veggies are nearly ready and his old mate Harry is due any day.
Frank, the father of New Zealand literature, is about to see his idyllic world rupture when Janet arrives to stay - with her riddling speech and baffling behaviour - and not long after, Harry reappears. A beautifully funny, clever, and very moving literary love triangle.
Women. Men. Dating. Relationships. Taking a chance on the hope of romance....you'd have to be a fool, right?
Romantic Fools is a humorous take on love, and the perennially mind-boggling relationships between men and women. The laugh-out-loud comedy is at the Theatre Royal for a strictly limited season – September 11 & 12 at 7.30pm
From the New York playwright Rich Orloff, “Romantic Fools” is a comedic revue consisting of two-character sketches about love, lust, dating, and romance that has enjoyedproductions around the world.
From a caveman with a heart of gold to a couple of vegans with one greasy secret, “Romantic Fools” details the ups, downs and in-betweens of love and relationships told in a series of short vignettes.
Written in the comical stylings of “Friends” and “How I Met Your Mother”, this is one side-splitting show that brings to light the often hilarious situations faced by men and women in love in a world where no blind date can be too horrific and no relationship too weird.
Romantic Fools is presented by Antics Theatre Company and stars Troy Warring & Susanne Smith and is produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc.
www.playscripts.com
