A Northland theatre company is taking its show behind bars today to thank prisoners for building the sets.
Kerikeri Theatre Company has just wrapped up seven performances of Oliver!, a musical based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist and performed at the Turner Centre.
The show had a cast of more than 40, ranging in age from 6 to 74, plus a large team of volunteers charged with everything from costume-making to publicity.
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Thanks to a link with Ngawha Prison - one of the actresses is a Corrections officer - even prisoners helped out, despite being unable to go to the musical.