The Caucasian Chalk Circle

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Event The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Venue WEL Energy Trust Academy, Hamilton, New Zealand
First Date 9 June 2005
Last Date 11 June 2005
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Training Schools/Colleges
World Premiere No
Description This production, set in New Zealand, parallels Brecht's story with the land claims, foreshore and seabed debates and the Treaty of Waitangi, giving an opportunity to reconsider this eissues through theatre. The struggle over the child in the chalk circle parallels land ownership rights and issues facing new Zealand. 'Let the land go to those who will use it properly'.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Andrea Bartlett Actor
Matt Hewlett Actor
Athene Jensen Actor Storyteller
Amber Liddell Actor
Pip Smith Actor Azdak
Aimee Talbot Actor Grusha Vashnadze
William Farrimond Designer
William Farrimond Director
Bertolt Brecht Playwright
Works
Text Nationality Germany
Further Information Presented by Waikato University level three theatre studies students, who translated and adapted it to a New Zealand setting, and directed by the convenor of theatre studies. with original music by Peter Calder.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 203518