Long Cloud in the Fringe

LONG CLOUD YOUTH THEATRE | Training and production company for young actors

COLONY! | A circus troupe in pursuit of happiness in colonial New Zealand
FEB 6-9 @ 6.30pm, SUN 8 FEB also @ 2pm
Wellington Performing Arts Centre, 36 Vivian St

GRIMM | A dark fairytale…
FEB 6-9 @ 8.30pm, SUN 8 FEB also @ 4pm
Wellington Performing Arts Centre, 36 Vivian St

Directed by WILLEM WASSENAAR | Tutored by SOPHIE ROBERTS

Each show $16/ $12/$10 | Double ticket for Colony! And GRIMM $20
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Long Cloud in the Fringe

Back by popular demand, thirteen talented young actors of Long Cloud Youth Theatre are presenting COLONY! and GRIMM in the Wellington Fringe Festival. Colony! and GRIMM are two devised works that have been researched and created by the actors themselves; both shows had acclaimed seasons in October 2008. The Company performs Colony! and GRIMM one more time at the theatre of Wellington Performing Arts Centre on 6, 7, 8 and 9 February. Colony! is on at 6.30pm, GRIMM at 8.30pm. On Sunday 8 February also matinee performances: Colony! 2pm, GRIMM 4pm.

COLONY! takes place in the days of the New Zealand Gold Rush. Percy Hemingway has a dream. He gathers together a troupe of circus entertainers and sails from Great Britain to New Zealand. A bearded lady, a Siamese twin, a mute mime, a fortune-teller and a ring-master settle in Aotearoa New Zealand to pursue their search for happiness. However, the Promised Land puts them to the test and a quest for survival begins…

GRIMM concerns a group of fairytale characters who have been trapped inside the famous stories of the brothers Grimm for hundreds of years. Unhappy with their working conditions, they organise themselves into a fairytale union and the protest begins…
Long Cloud Youth Theatre, run by Wellington Performing Arts Centre, is a unique training and production company for young people aged 16-20 years The Company gives young actors the means to develop their theatrical skills through practical performance experience and the opportunity to work with Wellington's foremost theatrical directors and tutors. The program is led by award winning teacher and director Willem Wassenaar.

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