The Bomb

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The Bomb
Are you a leader or do you need to be lead?

Media Release – For Immediate Release, May 16

The Bomb written and directed by Anders Falstie-Jensen
The Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE®
June 13 - 24 @ (Tue-Sat 8pm, Sun 6pm, no show Mon)
Full $25 Concession $20
Book at Ticketek on 09 307 5000 or www.ticketek.co.nz

From a worn down missile silo in a godforsaken former Soviet republic a 50 megaton thermonuclear warhead has found its way to Lisa and Peter’s living room. It’s armed, the timer is set, everything is going according to plan.

But then Lisa gets second thoughts. Is vaporising Auckland taking things a bit too far?

Featuring napalm carrying suicide skydivers and a big nuclear weapon in the hands of a mysterious organisation called The Children of Gaia, The Bomb is a dark and thought provoking comedy. It is about fanaticism. It’s about hoping the people that lead you know what they’re doing. It’s about being able to make a decision. Hopefully the right one.

The Bomb features a cast of six. Liesha Ward-Knox makes her debut with The Rebel Alliance as Lisa – the nuclear suicide bomber. The rest of the cast all appeared in The Rebel Alliance’s previous production A Night of French Mayhem. Russell Pickering is Peter, suicide skydiver to be; Richard Rugg is a determined PM; Michael Downey and Jo Lees are Johnny and Lizzie fanatical eco warriors and Catherine Nola is Helena, the pregnant leader of the Armed Offender Squad.

Written, directed and produced and by Anders Falstie The Bomb is a new piece of contemporary New Zealand theatre that further showcases the skills of this multitalented wunderkind. The strain of covering all these roles can be overwhelming but fortunately Falstie has a strong backing from his co-producers Catherine Nola and Michael Downey. This dynamic trio leads The Rebel Alliance.

The Bomb is very much a play about today Says Falstie: “When the bombs were dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki it wasn’t physically done by the American president. No, he told some guy, to tell some guy, to drop the bomb. It’s the chain of command and we’re all part of one. We take orders from our spouse, our boss, a man in a cave, a man in an office, the government, God, the council, a commander of a KZ camp. The Bomb is about the person at the end of the chain of command.

2006 was the year where The Rebel Alliance burst onto NZ theatre scene with two plays that were impossible to ignore. Their debut production The Orderly in March 2006 has had 2 Auckland seasons and has toured to Bats theatre in Wellington to critical acclaim. “This is quality work, a story told on several levels, solo theatre as it should be”(Cap Times).

The Orderly was followed up by A Night of French Mayhem. Featuring an unknown cast, and unknown director the season was an unprecedented success that scored rave reviews and was seen by more than 1000 people. “The Rebel Alliance is establishing itself as a company to watch. In A Night of French Mayhem it delivers a finely crafted production that is bold and innovative while displaying deep understanding of theatrical traditions.” (NZ Herald)

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