The Road That Wasn't There

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Event The Road That Wasn't There
Venue Baycourt X-Space, Tauranga, New Zealand
Umbrella Event Tauranga Arts Festival
First Date 24 October 2015
Last Date 25 October 2015
Dates Estimated No
Status Unknown
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description The story is told by Gabriel who is rubber-stamping papers in a boring job in Australia when he gets a series of calls from his home in the Maniototo telling him that his elderly mother is causing problems with maps, placing numerous mouse traps on her front path, and keeping a washing machine full of apples. He returns home reluctantly to find she is being difficult, but no more difficult than usual. However, we discover Maggie is a spritely, idiosyncratic, and funny widow and when she gets round to telling Gabriel about his father, whom he never knew, and the road that wasn't there, she not only has him spellbound but the audience too.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Puppetry
Visual Theatre
Subjects Mapping
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Oliver de Rohan Actor
Ralph McCubbin Howell Actor
Elle Wootton Actor
Tane Upjohn-Beatson Composer
Hannah Smith Director
Ralph McCubbin Howell Playwright
Hannah Smith Puppet Designer
Works
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 201576