Written by Roger Hall it is a classic, cleverly crafted comedic social commentary of 1970's New Zealand middle class. Opening in 1978, Middle Age Spread is one of Hall's most successful social comedies, with an extended Wellington season, a New Zealand-made movie and a West End production that ran for 15 months.
This play stands the test of time and like Oscar Wilde who made frivolous fun of 'the dilemmas of the people at the time' Hall's work has evolved into an historical lens that pokes fun at 'from whence we have come'.
The profile of New Zeland Theatre is being lifted and brought into our living rooms with a television show dedicated to the promotion and stories around the lives of those involved In NZ Theatre Productions.
Hall's characters exemplify that age does not wither, eccentricities are accented, reputations less important and the quest for satisfaction and meaning from life heightens as the reality of mortality looms closer. Join the swindling Garry and Trish, the disillusioned Helena and her ageing husband Angus as they encounter the sexy Kitty and the practical Edna at the swanky Cambridge Retirement Home on the North Shore of Auckland. The very elderly Shelia, Eve, Joyce and Jessie also shed their own brand of 'old' as mortality looms.
The world's longest running play is coming to the Dolphin Theatre as part of the Theatre's 50th Anniversary celebrations. This classic whodunit which has kept London audiences guessing will open our Anniversary Year.
The world's longest running play is coming to the Dolphin Theatre as part of the Theatre's 50th Anniversary celebrations. This classic whodunit which has kept London audiences guessing will open our Anniversary Year.
Audiences left the Miracle Theatre humming classic 50's and 60's tunes and still smiling from the on-stage antics of the four-girl wonder act at the Opening Night of Actors' Playhouse's production of The Marvelous Wonderettes on October 2nd.
