Theatre Guide

Danielle Cormack in The Case of Katherine Mansfield

The Case of Katherine Mansfield
Venue: Herald Theatre
Season ends: Sep 16
Actor Danielle Cormack flies solo in a performance of Cathy Downes' award-winning 1978 drama based on Mansfield's letters, journals and short stories. Cormack will play the writer, who spent most of her adult life in Europe, from the age of 18 to her death of tuberculosis 16 later.

There are two female solo stage shows in town over the next few weeks, with Kerry Fox at the Maidment in The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead previewing tonight. Interesting...

Take Me Out
Venue: Silo Theatre
Season: Aug 18-Sep 23
Darren Lemming is the epitome of a baseball star - envied by all, charismatic and handsome. But when he organises a mid-season press conference to announce that he's gay, he assumes the news will be accepted by everyone.
It isn't.

Das fliegende Klassenzimmer
Venue: Maidment Studio, 8 Alfred St
Season ends: Aug 26
Tickets: ph 308 2383
This is an adaptation of Erich Kastner's beloved children's classic, translated as "The Flying Classroom". Five friends are interrupted while rehearsing a Christmas play and told a gang of boys from the public school have taken their classmate and their dictation books hostage.

Others and upcoming

Quick Fix
Unitec Bachelor of Performing and Screen Arts Year 1, Unitec Theatre, Entry 1, Carrington Rd, Pt Chevalier, to Aug 26, tickets from iticket.co.nz or ph 361 1000

Plan B
Phoenix Theatre, 10 Penzance Rd, Mairangi Bay, to Aug 26, ph 0800 SHOWTIME

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Dolphin Theatre, 12 Spring St, Onehunga, to Aug 26, ph 534 1406

The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead
Maidment Theatre, 8 Alfred St, to Sep 16, ph 308 2383

Class Act
Bachelor of Performing and Screen Arts Year 1, Unitec Theatre, Entry 1, Carrington Rd, Pt Chevalier, Aug 29-Sep 2, tickets from iticket.co.nz or ph 361 1000

Playing Miss Havisham
Howick Theatre, Sir Lloyd Dr, Pakuranga, Aug 25-Sep 2, tickets from iticket.co.nz or ph (09)534 1406

King & Country
Glen Eden Playhouse Theatre, 15 Glendale Rd, Glen Eden, Aug 30-Sep 2, ph 836 8000, ext 8167

Ashes to Ashes, One for the Road
Maidment Studio, 8 Alfred St, Sep 7-24, ph 308 2383

Happy Hour For Miserable Children
Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, Sep 19-30, tickets from Ticketek

D'Arranged Marriage
Maidment Theatre, 8 Alfred St, Sep 19-23, ph 308 2383

Badjelly The Witch
The Wintergarden, Civic Theatre, Sep 25-Oct 8, tickets from Ticketek

The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch
The PumpHouse, Killarney Park, Takapuna, Sep 25-Oct 7, ph 489 8360

Dance Like A Man
SkyCity Theatre, Hobson St, Oct 13-14, tickets from Ticketek