By LOUISA CLEAVE
The much-hyped millennium bug has wiggled its way into a new local children's story.
Koru Kea and his Amazing Millennium Adventure is a family musical theatre production created by actors Michelle Lafferty and Penny Ashton, known professionally as The Redheads.
They have borrowed some famous fairy tale characters and given them a New Zealand twist - such as the wicked witch of Wellington and the ugly sister of Taihape.
The millennium bug goes from super hero to villain when power goes to his head and he steals the Southern Cross from the sky.
Koru Kea has to travel the country - first getting past Toto, the Bombay Hills gatekeeper - to get the stars back.
"I think we are sick of seeing the same stories repeated over and over," Lafferty said.
"We wanted to do something original and new that relates to people, rather than borrowing stuff from hundreds of years ago."
After six months of preparation, The Redheads and three other actors are presenting the show to audiences at a natural outdoor amphitheatre on Tahaki Reserve, Mt Eden.
Twice-daily performances, at 10.30 am and 1.30 pm, run from today until Sunday.
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