The Peek Party - Young Wellington Theatre Exposing Itself

An innovative theatrical collaboration bringing together The PlayGround Collective (Intricate Art of Actually Caring, Katydid), Binge Culture Collective (Elimination Rounds, Animal Hour) and Toi Whakaari graduate Aidan Weekes to present works-in-progress as they work towards creating performances for commercial presentation. The project has also allowed for the creation of new youth theatre company Not Another, a collaboration between students from four Wellington high schools, to receive mentoring from established practitioners as they work towards presenting their first devised performance.

In a first for Wellington theatre, ‘The Peek Party’ will develop links between award-winning practitioners and the next generation of Wellington theatre makers. The established companies will host open rehearsals and provide mentoring to allow for unique insights into the theatre making process and to help develop the skills required of producing theatre companies.

The Playground Collective will present the first act of their unique version of Hans Christian Anderson’s The Tinderbox.

Binge Culture Collective will present a slice of subversive kiwiana, with work drawn from the development of their new show This Rugged Beauty.

Not Another will present I Am This, an experimental piece of devised work which takes as its starting point the fragmented realities we encounter in our daily ritual of clicking through the web.

Dan Weekes will present the first showing of his Fringe show The Aliens of Poverty Bay.

The final production is designed as a developmental step in the growth of each work and so this is a great chance to see young theatre companies pushing the boundaries and being a part of the growth of new Wellington theatre. And all for only $5!

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