Eight

Due to popular demand, the final performances of Eight (Friday, 2 September and Saturday, 3 September) will feature all eight characters!

Eight lives. Six choices. Your night.

Eight matches Britain’s most striking young writer with New Zealand’s hottest young actors and here’s the exciting bit… it’s you that does the matching! Each night is a new show. Literally. This dynamic and interactive theatre event provides you, the audience, with the opportunity to choose your cast of six characters before you enter the theatre. Your choice will be based on who they are, where they come from and, with the partnership of a number of innovative NZ fashion designers, what they are wearing.

With eight brilliantly observed and sharply told monologues by eight distinct and unforgettable characters, 23-year-old London playwright Ella Hickson has defined her generation its own terms. Each character offers a refreshingly offbeat take on growing up in a world where everything has become acceptable. They've all got something to say. The questions is, do you want to hear it?

1. Millie - Wielding a tennis racquet, quoting Betjeman and offering an indomitable service of meat and two veg; our Millie has just the remedy for recession-weary bankers. Millie wears Madame Hawke.

2. Mona - Daughter of a bohemian mother, Mona is searching for a little security and the vestry of St. Barnabus provides what she needs. But it's a questionable 'divine encounter' that keeps her there; devotion or delusion - you decide. Mona wears Nom*D.

3. Danny - Danny re-lives his tour of duty in Iraq before returning home and taking up his old hobby of body-building - but this time he's doing it in a morgue. Danny wears Workshop.

4. Bobby - Three weeks before Christmas, and down on her luck, she becomes a home-help for local lady, Mrs. Beaton. Together this odd couple discover some Christmas magic in the most unlikely of places. Bobby is dressed by her local op shop.

5. Astrid - After a big night out, Astrid creeps home and slips back into bed along-side long term boyfriend, Ben. In the hush of dawn we hear her confession and have to decide whether she is the cheat or the cheated. Astrid wears Lonely Hearts.

6. Miles - An American glory-boy, Miles was king of the trading floor before Merrill Lynch decided to send him to the London office in the summer of 2005. On July 7th, 2005 Miles boards a bus to Hackney Wick and the American dream explodes. Miles wears Mandatory.

7. Andre - Originally Andrew, he arrives at his trendy gallery one morning to find his boyfriend has left him in a most unexpected way - but why? Listen as Andre pieces it together, giving us an hilariously damning portrait of the contemporary art world along the way. Andre is dressed by Marvel Menswear.

8. Jude - On a summer exchange in the South of France, 18-year-old Jude is placed with 60-year-old Clara Moretti. Teenage obsession, with all its vigour, plays out with unexpected consequences - idols can't stay idols forever. Jude is dressed by his mum.

Exclusive fashion and dynamic character - choose your perfect night out! Cast your vote at www.eight-circa.com.

"Superbly simple, slick and effective, you're blown away... a truly impressive and exciting night of theatre; Ella Hickson is a huge writing talent." - The Scotsman

NZ premiere, starring Chelsea Bognuda, Jonathan Kenyon, Jessica Robinson, Paul Waggott.

To book, call the Circa Box Office at 801-7992 or visit www.circa.co.nz.

Event listed by Carah

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