Read Raw 2007
Disconnected
by M.E. Macdonald
A drama about a teenage girl desparate to leave her boring small town.
Director / Dramaturg – Tony Forster
Cast - Aaron Ward, Elizabeth McGlinn
Progressed to a season at Smack Bang in Auckland in 2008
Daddy’s Home
by Laurence Dolan
A comedy about bringing up baby, from the guy's point of view. When Bruce stays home he is thrown into the alien world of coffee groups and super-mum's, and meets Roger, who is going to show him how a real man does it.
Director / Dramaturg – Tony Forster
Cast - Geoffrey Dolan, Aaron Ward, Tracey McGuire, Kim Michalis, Rosella Hart, Kristine Caluya
Progressed to a season at the Basement in Auckland in 2008
Hideous Progeny
by Thomas Sainsbury
This is a play about Victor - a scientist. Victor wants to save the world. Victor engineers a new species. Victor creates a monster.
Director / Dramaturg – Thomas Sainsbury
Guardians of Boy
by Albert Belz
An adventure comedy about toys battling the boogeyman and the nightmares of their owners. This a christmas tale for children of all ages - the forces of nightmare are on the march targeting children all over the world, lurking under the beds and in dark closets, basements and up in the attic, hungry for the innocence of their prey. The only thing that stands in the
way of the minions Boogeyman and his helpless victims are toys - righteous defenders of innocence!
Director / Dramaturg – Tony Forster
Cast - Taungaroa Emile, Tainui Tukiwaho, Amanda Billing, Jared Turner
Interrogation
by Rex Armstrong
In this world of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, the global politics of power, profit and religion force us all to be judges and jury. But when two men are forced to tell the truth, will the responses they get expose their lies or trap them forever?
Director / Dramaturg – Tony Forster
Cast - Michael Koloi, Charlie Unwin
Suicide Watch
by Brett Simpson
A black comedy about the cast of the latest hip play "Death Watch" as fiction meets head on with reality -
who survives and are we being politically correct?
Director / Dramaturg – Tony Forster
Cast - Tracey McGuire, Aaron Ward, Catherine Nola, Elizabeth McGlinn, Tom Kane, Ashley Hawkes
Liston’s Children
by Denis Edwards
A wild comedy about a New Zealand icon and the faith... and the conspiracy, the treachery, the hate and
a starfish.
Director / Dramaturg – Stephanie Rigold
Cast - Tracey McGuire, Charles Unwin, Stephan Farac-Ciprian, Darren Waugh, Stephen Bowkett
Roads to Heaven
by Bronwyn Elsmore
One time, two women, different countries, parallel paths. Roads to Heaven tells the story of Edith and Lidia, in pre-World War 2 Europe. Their stories, together, are about nationalism, prejudice, restriction, segregation, war, violence, and the Third Reich; but also about family, language, hope, dreams, tolerance, unity, and faith.
Director / Dramaturg – Ilona Rogers
Cast - Rachael D'Aguair, Bruce Hopkins, Tracey McGuire, Catherine Nola, Kerynn Walsh, Aaron Ward
F**king Parasites
by Ninna Tersman
Swedish playwright Ninna Tersman's first play in English is highly original, accomplished and haunting as she looks at the lives of asylum seekers through the eyes of 12 year old Irina and 13 year old Behrouz. In a shabby room in suburban Auckland, they wait for the fates of their families to be decided - can they settle in New Zealand or must they leave?
Director / Dramaturg – Sally Stockwell
Cast - Tahi Mapp-Boren and Matt Wilson
Progressed to a season at Alcyone Festival 2009, Chicago
and
On a Different Shelf
by Sandra Kailahi
Sex and the City Polynesian style! Sandra's play is a raunchy, funny, tender and true comedy of four babes in the big city. Ana, Sosefina, Lani and Maria go looking for love, sex, marriage and men - they don't all find what they're looking for, but the hunt is hilarious, honest, and uniquely Auckland 2007.
Director - Fiona Collins
Dramaturg - Fiona Samuel
Cast - Nora Aati, Victoria Schmidt, Renae Maihi, Olivia Muliaumasealii
Progressed to a season at The Herald Theatre in Auckland in 2008
Disconnected
by M.E. Macdonald
A drama about a teenage girl desparate to leave her boring small town.
Director / Dramaturg – Tony Forster
Cast - Aaron Ward, Elizabeth McGlinn
Progressed to a season at Smack Bang in Auckland in 2008
Daddy’s Home
by Laurence Dolan
A comedy about bringing up baby, from the guy's point of view. When Bruce stays home he is thrown into the alien world of coffee groups and super-mum's, and meets Roger, who is going to show him how a real man does it.
Director / Dramaturg – Tony Forster
Cast - Geoffrey Dolan, Aaron Ward, Tracey McGuire, Kim Michalis, Rosella Hart, Kristine Caluya
Progressed to a season at the Basement in Auckland in 2008
Hideous Progeny
by Thomas Sainsbury
This is a play about Victor - a scientist. Victor wants to save the world. Victor engineers a new species. Victor creates a monster.
Director / Dramaturg – Thomas Sainsbury
Guardians of Boy
by Albert Belz
An adventure comedy about toys battling the boogeyman and the nightmares of their owners. This a christmas tale for children of all ages - the forces of nightmare are on the march targeting children all over the world, lurking under the beds and in dark closets, basements and up in the attic, hungry for the innocence of their prey. The only thing that stands in the
way of the minions Boogeyman and his helpless victims are toys - righteous defenders of innocence!
Director / Dramaturg – Tony Forster
Cast - Taungaroa Emile, Tainui Tukiwaho, Amanda Billing, Jared Turner
Interrogation
by Rex Armstrong
In this world of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, the global politics of power, profit and religion force us all to be judges and jury. But when two men are forced to tell the truth, will the responses they get expose their lies or trap them forever?
Director / Dramaturg – Tony Forster
Cast - Michael Koloi, Charlie Unwin
Suicide Watch
by Brett Simpson
A black comedy about the cast of the latest hip play "Death Watch" as fiction meets head on with reality -
who survives and are we being politically correct?
Director / Dramaturg – Tony Forster
Cast - Tracey McGuire, Aaron Ward, Catherine Nola, Elizabeth McGlinn, Tom Kane, Ashley Hawkes
Liston’s Children
by Denis Edwards
A wild comedy about a New Zealand icon and the faith... and the conspiracy, the treachery, the hate and
a starfish.
Director / Dramaturg – Stephanie Rigold
Cast - Tracey McGuire, Charles Unwin, Stephan Farac-Ciprian, Darren Waugh, Stephen Bowkett
Roads to Heaven
by Bronwyn Elsmore
One time, two women, different countries, parallel paths. Roads to Heaven tells the story of Edith and Lidia, in pre-World War 2 Europe. Their stories, together, are about nationalism, prejudice, restriction, segregation, war, violence, and the Third Reich; but also about family, language, hope, dreams, tolerance, unity, and faith.
Director / Dramaturg – Ilona Rogers
Cast - Rachael D'Aguair, Bruce Hopkins, Tracey McGuire, Catherine Nola, Kerynn Walsh, Aaron Ward
F**king Parasites
by Ninna Tersman
Swedish playwright Ninna Tersman's first play in English is highly original, accomplished and haunting as she looks at the lives of asylum seekers through the eyes of 12 year old Irina and 13 year old Behrouz. In a shabby room in suburban Auckland, they wait for the fates of their families to be decided - can they settle in New Zealand or must they leave?
Director / Dramaturg – Sally Stockwell
Cast - Tahi Mapp-Boren and Matt Wilson
Progressed to a season at Alcyone Festival 2009, Chicago
and
On a Different Shelf
by Sandra Kailahi
Sex and the City Polynesian style! Sandra's play is a raunchy, funny, tender and true comedy of four babes in the big city. Ana, Sosefina, Lani and Maria go looking for love, sex, marriage and men - they don't all find what they're looking for, but the hunt is hilarious, honest, and uniquely Auckland 2007.
Director - Fiona Collins
Dramaturg - Fiona Samuel
Cast - Nora Aati, Victoria Schmidt, Renae Maihi, Olivia Muliaumasealii
Progressed to a season at The Herald Theatre in Auckland in 2008
