The Packer

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Event The Packer
Venue Bats Theatre Company, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand
First Date 26 August 2003
Last Date 30 August 2003
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Cooperative
World Premiere No
Description Shayne, a supermarket packer, still lives in Henderson with his needy alcoholic mother, Joycee (while his sister's in rehab and his brother's in jail). Having dumped his equally needy girlfriend Charlene, who uses abortion as contraception, he falls in love-at-first-sight with his new Pacific Islander neighbour, the brainy-and-attractive Pina.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Solo
Pacific Island Theatre
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Jay Bunyan Actor Shayne
Dianna Fuemana Director
Trygve Wakenshaw Lighting Designer
Dianna Fuemana Playwright
Works
Text Nationality New Zealand
Niue
Samoa
Production Nationality New Zealand
Further Information The Packer was written as part of Fuemana's Auckland University masters thesis.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 190620