BATS Theatre Presents LONELY HEART, Jan. 17-28

BATS Theatre presents Lonely Heart, A musical by Michael Nicholas Williams from Tuesday, 17 January to Saturday, 28 January.

Martha Beck is one of life’s losers, but in her dreams she is Scarlett O’Hara waiting for Rhett Butler to appear. When her only friend sends her name to a Lonely Hearts Club, Martha meets Ray Fernandez and for once in her life she feels loved. But Ray isn’t everything he appears to be and the consequences are deadly.

Lonely Heart is a musical based on a true story of the notorious Lonely Heart Killers and inspired by the film of the same name, which was banned in NZ

Lonely Heart Features Bryony Skillington, Nick Dunbar, and Emma Kinane. It is directed by Jeff Kingsford-Brown.

Performances are Tues., 17 Jan. at 8:00 PM; Wed., 18 Jan. at 8:00 PM; Thurs., 19 Jan. at 8:00 PM; Fri., 20 Jan. at 8:00 PM; Sat., 21 Jan. at 8:00 PM; Tues., 24 Jan. at 8:00 PM; Wed., 25 Jan. at 8:00 PM; Thurs., 26 Jan at 8:00 PM; Fri., 27 Jan. at 8:00 PM; and Sat., 28 Jan. at 8:00 PM.

Tickets are $20.00 Full, $14.00 Concession, and $15.00 Group. To book tickets email book@bats.co.nz.

BATS is currently New Zealand’s strongest developmental theatre. It has an annual programme of between 50 to 60 shows with at least 80% of those shows being New Zealand and world premieres.

The fundamental philosophy of BATS has stayed true to its former ambitions. It constantly seeks to build a new young audience for theatre by presenting diverse, relevant and challenging theatre. And it focuses on being accessible for both its audience and incoming theatre companies, giving support to many developing arts practitioners and new New Zealand work.

BATZ Theatre is located at 1 Kent Terrace, Mount Victoria, Wellington. For more information call 04 802 4176 or visit http://bats.co.nz/.