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
A group of extraordinary women, members of a very ordinary Yorkshire Women's Institute, spark a global phenomenon by persuading one another to pose for a charity calendar with a difference!
As interest snowballs, the CALENDAR GIRLS find themselves revealing more than they'd ever planned...
CALENDAR GIRLS is based on an inspiring true story that is quirky, poignant and hilarious. Join us for this outstanding Nelson Repertory production.
Gilbert and Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance" will set sail around New Zealand in August and September, directed by Raymond Hawthorne and featuring an all-star cast including George Henare (Modern Major General), Tim Beveridge (Pirate King), Geraldine Brophy (Sgt of Police), Helen Medlyn (Ruth) and Ali Harper (one of the Major General’s daughters). The roles of Mabel (the young gorgeous leading lady) will be played by award-winning young actress/soprano Tizane McEvoy while the gorgeous young man will be played by Cameron Barclay.
Tickets to this swashbuckling Gilbert and Sullivan adventure, loaded with enough laughs to fill Davey Jones' locker, will go on sale Tuesday April 9. Booking details below.
"Pirates of Penzance" follows the fortunes of Frederic, a young lad who is mistakenly apprenticed to the Pirate King. When Frederic falls for the lovely Mabel, whose father is the very model of a modern Major General, a tempest brews on the sea of love.
Full of roving rogues and dazzling damsels in distress, it's a treasure chest full of mischievous musical mayhem. A topsy-turvy tale of love and duty highlighted by the famous strains of "Poor Wandering One," "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General," "Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast" and more.
Are you game for a Winter Ghost Tour of the Theatre Royal? Saturday August 24 You must be 16 years or older to participate ID will be required Tickets available from the Theatre Royal Ph: 03 548 3840 or online www.ticketdirect.co.nz
