Home Land

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Event Home Land
Venue Circa Theatre (1994-), Wellington, New Zealand
First Date 13 October 2007
Last Date 10 November 2007
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Ken Taylor knows his Otago farmland intimately, every stream and gully, every smell, every mood. He's farmed it for forty years, coaxed a living out of it and raised a family. Now widowed, Ken is ailing. His children think it's time for a new kind of home. On an ice-bound weekend in July, they gather to move Ken off the land This is a story about home. Why we need it, why we have to leave it, why we always return. And why across the generations it endures.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Ageing
Family
Land
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Michele Amas Actor Denise Mason
Peter Hambleton Actor Paul Mason
Jodie Hillock Actor Sophie Mason
Tina Regtien Actor Trish Taylor
Gavin Rutherford Actor Graeme Taylor
Grant Tilly Actor Ken Taylor
Chris Pickard Costume Designer
Jane Waddell Director
Suzanne Blackburn Front of House
Linda Wilson Front of House
Rose Miller Graphic Designer
Jennifer Lal Lighting Designer
Stephen A'Court Photographer
Gary Henderson Playwright
Colleen McColl Publicist
Ulli Briese Set and/or Property Maker
Iain Cooper Set and/or Property Maker
Corin Gardiner Set and/or Property Maker
John Hodgkins Set and/or Property Maker
Alex Wright Set and/or Property Maker
John Hodgkins Set Designer
Eileen McCann Set Designer
Sonia Hardie Stage Manager
Marcus McShane Technician
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Further Information Jodie Hillock won the Chapman Tripp Award for best female newcomer.
Event Status Completed
Event Identifier 193258
Dataset Theatre Aotearoa