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Free Public Reading of New Play

Free Public Reading of New Play

This Sunday, seven young Aucklanders will present a free public reading of a new play.

Don Faust is about a thinker who is developing a theory of love. It re-imagines two European legends – the German story of Doctor Faustus, who sold his soul to the Devil for knowledge, and the Spanish story of Don Juan, a womaniser. The play was inspired by Albert Camus’s notebooks.

To learn more about Don Faust, visit: www.philip-mckibbin.com/don-faust

Don Faust is also on Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Don-Faust/821029224601121

Philip McKibbin has drafted the play, and the workshops are being directed by Jesse Hilford. Five actors are helping them to develop the script – Katie Burson, Amelia MacDonald, Aimee Olivia, Hamish Sealey, and Daniel Townsend. In the workshops, and in the time in between them, they have been working to transform McKibbin’s draft into a production-ready script.

‘It’s been great working with a talented bunch of actors,’ Hilford says. ‘It’s very helpful to the process to get together a great group of minds to help Philip make this the best script possible.’

As an actor, Aimee Olivia also sees value in the process. ‘It’s a very wonderful and unique experience to help a writer with his script, to build on what he has already written, to inspire his vision, to fail with our own ideas, to learn, to grow, but mostly to become a better actor,’ she says. ‘That is what this workshop has given me: a chance to keep learning about the magnificent world of theatre and to share the journey with a bunch of talented actors, the director, and mostly the writer.’

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The last of the three full-day workshops takes place this Saturday. On Sunday, the actors will give a free public reading of the latest draft of the play. ‘This is a chance for us to share this process with an audience,’ McKibbin explains. ‘We’re all looking forward to presenting the script with all of the changes we’ve made to it, and I know that the actors are excited about performing it.’

The reading will be held at 2:30pm on Sunday, 13 September, at ATC Studios, 487 Dominion Road, Mount Eden (entry off Brixton road). Parking is available nearby.

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