When its all the fault line’s fault, how does Wellington react to the blow that it should have been dealt? Mother earth has thrown a big wobbly at Christchurch. What if it were us?
Thin Skin explores our connection to the tremor that’s done irreversible damage to our neighbours. It looks into the reactions of Wellingtonians in a show that proves both insightful and funny, touching the nerve endings of New Zealand society.
While we slurp our trim cappuccinos, the Wellington wind whispers questions that we’ve been wondering for two years: Why was it them and not us? Is there a miscommunication between our land and our lives? Can we ever talk Mother Nature out of her tantrums? Can we save BATS theatre?
A team of enthusiastic devisors with links to the Victoria University’s Theatre Programme, the 2012 International Arts festival and Long Cloud Youth Theatre, builds Thin Skin out of the rubble of human experience. Under the direction of Bop Murdoch, they put the ‘playing’ into ‘play’ and craft a piece of work that is a little bit surreal, a little bit sad and a lot funny.
Director Bop Murdoch debuted in the 2012 Fringe Festival with her piece Freeze Dried Reaction Strategy performed in the quirky Astoria Café. As well as working alongside Playground Collective throughout 2011, Bop has developed a passion for devised theatre and its ability to keep theatre relevant and free. As a born and bred Christchurchian who travelled to Wellington for study, Thin Skin is inspired by Bop’s lack of connection with her hometown at the time of the shake.
‘In a way we are digging up the non-story, because that’s our story. It’s just as much a show about not living in Christchurch during the
earthquakes. There’s almost a ‘them’ and ‘us,’ says Murdoch.
This delightfully relevant devised show is spontaneous, surprising, and surreal. Accompanied by a musical score Thin Skin finds the meeting point between physical theatre and personal, truthful storytelling at the Wesley Old Hall.
Join us (over a cup of hot milo and biscuits) as we crack up at Mother Earth’s antics and delve into how disconnection can shake you up too.
25th – 28th of February, 7.30pm (Monday- Thursday)
Wesley Community Hall, 75 Taranaki Street, Wellington Central
Tickets: $15 full, $10 concessions, $8 Artist card
Bookings: tickets.thin.skin@gmail.com
(Door sales available – Cash Only)
Thin Skin explores our connection to the tremor that’s done irreversible damage to our neighbours. It looks into the reactions of Wellingtonians in a show that proves both insightful and funny, touching the nerve endings of New Zealand society.
While we slurp our trim cappuccinos, the Wellington wind whispers questions that we’ve been wondering for two years: Why was it them and not us? Is there a miscommunication between our land and our lives? Can we ever talk Mother Nature out of her tantrums? Can we save BATS theatre?
A team of enthusiastic devisors with links to the Victoria University’s Theatre Programme, the 2012 International Arts festival and Long Cloud Youth Theatre, builds Thin Skin out of the rubble of human experience. Under the direction of Bop Murdoch, they put the ‘playing’ into ‘play’ and craft a piece of work that is a little bit surreal, a little bit sad and a lot funny.
Director Bop Murdoch debuted in the 2012 Fringe Festival with her piece Freeze Dried Reaction Strategy performed in the quirky Astoria Café. As well as working alongside Playground Collective throughout 2011, Bop has developed a passion for devised theatre and its ability to keep theatre relevant and free. As a born and bred Christchurchian who travelled to Wellington for study, Thin Skin is inspired by Bop’s lack of connection with her hometown at the time of the shake.
‘In a way we are digging up the non-story, because that’s our story. It’s just as much a show about not living in Christchurch during the
earthquakes. There’s almost a ‘them’ and ‘us,’ says Murdoch.
This delightfully relevant devised show is spontaneous, surprising, and surreal. Accompanied by a musical score Thin Skin finds the meeting point between physical theatre and personal, truthful storytelling at the Wesley Old Hall.
Join us (over a cup of hot milo and biscuits) as we crack up at Mother Earth’s antics and delve into how disconnection can shake you up too.
25th – 28th of February, 7.30pm (Monday- Thursday)
Wesley Community Hall, 75 Taranaki Street, Wellington Central
Tickets: $15 full, $10 concessions, $8 Artist card
Bookings: tickets.thin.skin@gmail.com
(Door sales available – Cash Only)
- Venue
- Old Hall, 75 Taranaki Street
- Dates
- February, 25, 26, 27, 28
- Time
- 7:30pm
- Duration
- 75mins
- Prices
- Full ticket $15 , Concession $10 , Addict Card $8
- Tickets
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Cash only, door sales
Book at tickets.thin.skin@gmail.com
