The Engine Room

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Event The Engine Room
Venue Bats Theatre Company, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand
First Date 27 September 2011
Last Date 8 October 2011
Dates Estimated No
Status Unknown
World Premiere No
Description In 1981 a racially selected South African rugby team toured New Zealand for the first time in fifteen years, and our country was plunged into chaos. Flash forward a few decades, and the 2008 election saw the conflict make headlines again, when National leader John Key told reporters he ‘couldn’t remember’ his position on the tour. So what was John doing during these fateful months? And where was Aunty Helen? The Engine Room imagines these political icons in a partly factual, mostly fictional account of two seminal moments in Aotearoa / New Zealand’s history.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Satire
Subjects Politics
Rugby
Sport
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Erin Banks Actor Joan Anderton, Gerry Brownlee, Ruth Key, Mark Sainsbury, Matt Lawrey, Bronagh Key, Don Brash
Harriet Cowan Actor Helen Clark, Steve Joyce
Alex Greig Actor John Key, Peter Davis, Phil Goff, Heather Simpson
Paul Harrop Actor Jim Anderton, Kevin Taylor, George Clark
Dawa Devereux Costume Designer
Hannah Smith Director
Uther Dean Lighting Designer
Ralph McCubbin Howell Playwright
Hannah Banks Producer
Nick Zwart Set Designer
Tane Upjohn-Beatson Sound Artist
Works
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Further Information McCubbin Howell won outstanding new playwright at the 2011 Chapman Tripp Awards.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://www.trickofthelight.co.nz/shows/the-engine-room
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 199607