Theatre Guide

End of the Golden Weather - an 'essential home-grown classic'.

End of the Golden Weather
Venue: Herald Theatre
Season ends: July 30
Actor Stephen Lovatt brings Bruce Mason's iconic 55-year-old one-man drama back to life, reminding us that the past - in this case, Takapuna beach in the 1930s - is a strange land. Said our reviewer: "The intense lyricism is immediately striking, but what makes the play so distinctive is the weird alchemy by which Bruce Mason uses fantastically ornate language to express the point of view of a 12-year-old" caught up in the transition from innocence to experience. An essential home-grown classic which inspires and challenges.

Twelfth Night
Venue: Maidment Theatre
Season ends: Aug 5
A whopping great cast headed by Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Oliver Driver, Tandi Wright and Paolo Rotondo sees director Michael Hurst place Shakespeare's romantic comedy in a "romantic tropical island getaway" as the characters struggle against confusion and cross-dressing to find true love. "If music be the food of love" let this play on for you.

Look Back in Anger
Venue: Silo Theatre, Lower Grey's Ave
Season ends: Aug 12
The 50th anniversary of the first production of John Osborne's play about Jimmy Porter, a passionate, articulate and educated man trapped in a dead-end job and the claustrophobia of the bedsit where he lives with his wife and friend.


Others

Gym and Tonic
Company Theatre, The Rose Centre, School Rd, Belmont, to Aug 5, ph 445 6447

Cabaret
Takapuna Grammar School, Lake Rd, Belmont, to Jul 29, ph 489 4167

Travels With My Aunt
Howick Theatre, Sir Lloyd Dr, Pakuranga, to Aug 19, ph 534 1406

Buffy & Bimbo's Cancelled World Tour
The PumpHouse, Killarney Park, Takapuna, Jul 28-Jul 30, ph 489 8360

Roberto Zucco
Maidment Studio, 8 Alfred St, Aug 3-5, ph 308 2383

The Acting Up Tour
Unitec School of Performing & Screen Arts, Unitec Theatre, Carrington Rd, Pt Chevalier, Aug 2-5, ph 361 1000

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Dolphin Theatre, 12 Spring St, Onehunga, Aug 5-26