Event | 
					 City of Hands 
						
						
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				| Venue | 
				Bats Theatre Company, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand | 
			
			
				
					| First Date | 
					
					8 June 1994 | 
				
			
				
					| Last Date | 
					
					7 July 1994 | 
				
			
			
				| Dates Estimated | 
			
				No | 
			
			
				
					| Status | 
					
					Professional Cooperative | 
				
			
			
				| World Premiere | 
				
				No | 
			
			
			
				
					| Description | 
  					At 3pm on Friday September 13, 1991, in a Lower Hutt car sales yard, 93 people put a hand each on a used Honda City. The last hand to leave would belong to the winner. | 
				
			
			
				| Primary Genre | 
				
				Theatre - Spoken Word
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					| Secondary Genre | 
					
					
					
						
						
							Drama
						
							
						 
						
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					| Contributors | 
					
					
						
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						| Text Nationality | 
						
						New Zealand
					
					
				
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						| Production Nationality | 
						
						New Zealand
				
				
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					| Further Information | 
					
					
					A novel called Show of Hands was based on the same events, and became a film in 2008, written and directed by Anthony McCarten.
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					| Event Status | 
					
					
					Completed
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					| Data Set | 
					Theatre Aotearoa | 
				
			
			
				
					| Event Identifier | 
					
					186295 | 
				
			
			
				
			
			
			
			
			
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