The Lead Wait

Written by: Jo Randerson
Directed by: Andrew Foster
Circa One

Brother and sister Leon and Juliet live in a remote country house left to them by their parents. Over the years walls have been removed and carpets torn up in preparation for renovations, but instead of working on the house Leon spends his time outside, digging. An obsession that has left the property looking like a war zone and is threatening to bring down the house at its foundations. Juliet meanwhile, sleepwalks her way through a half-hearted affair with their lodger Iain. His rent more or less supports them all, while they have a roof over their heads.

It’s Kiwi dysfunction at its comic best. But the arrival of a mysterious visitor unravels the tensions that belie their obsessive behaviour and begins a night that will unearth a dark secret buried in deep in the past.

Emerging as a new classic of New Zealand theatre, The Lead Wait was first staged in the late 'nineties, and became a cult hit for its unsettling hypernaturalism and dark wit.

(Warning: strong language and nudity).

“Boiling passions and biting black humour.” – Sunday Star Times
“A must-see production… taking its audience into realms which they never thought possible” – Evening Post

Starring: Richard Chapman, Heather O'Carroll, Jason Whyte and Scott Wills.

Winner of Chapman Tripp Awards for Best Set, Best Sound design and Best Lighting (1997).

$25 preview Friday on 13 May / $25 special Sunday on 15 May

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