The Bellbird

Export event | Export network | Feedback | Print
Event The Bellbird
Venue Maidment Theatre, Auckland CBD, New Zealand
First Date 6 June 2002
Last Date 29 June 2002
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Set in Marlborough 1866 - 68. In Southland in the 1860s a Pakeha woman has married a Maori. On the death of her husband she is no longer welcome back in her own community and her deceased husband's family want nothing to do with her.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Bicultural
History
Māori
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Danielle Cormack Actor Flo
Kayte Ferguson Actor Aoraki
Elizabeth Hawthorne Actor Mrs Harrington
Rachel House Actor Tapairu
Tearapa Kahi Actor Api
Helen Steemson Actor Elsie
Elizabeth Whiting Costume Designer
Sean Coyle Designer
Oliver Driver Director
Jennifer Lal Lighting Designer
Stephen Sinclair Playwright
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Further Information Formerly titled Kotuku. Second Unit at ATC workshopped the play in 2001, with a public reading.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 188461