Timberrr...!

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Event Timberrr...!
Venue Circa One, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand
First Date 25 March 2022
Opening Date 26 March 2022
Last Date 23 April 2022
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description A classic comedy about deforestation.
You may be unfamiliar with the sporting terms ‘standing’, ‘underhand’, ‘jiggerboard’, ‘single’ or ‘double sawing’, but for playwrights Damon Andrews (scriptwriter at Shortland Street and writer of Wheeler's Luck), and Matt Chamberlain (creator of The Anthony Wilding Story) these terms have helped inspire a play about a sport that was once as big as rugby in New Zealand.
Timberrr…! captures the essence of Aotearoa New Zealand’s history of wood chopping, along with a colonial sense of humour, at a time when women still took plates to the A&P show, a party
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Subjects 20th Century
Competitions
New Zealand
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Serena Cotton Actor
Stephen Papps Actor
Tyler Wilson Kōkiri Actor
Matt Chamberlain Costume Designer
Andrew Foster Designer
Damon Andrews Director
Conrad Newport Resident Director
Amanda Joe Stage Manager
Damon Andrews Writer
Matt Chamberlain Writer
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Event Status Partially cancelled
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 209208