Harrison Kennedy. Image: Tabitha Arthur

The​ Christmas​ Detention​ Centre

BATS Theatre
Wellington
8:30PM

12th December - 16th December, 2017

Christmas is just around the corner, and the long, hard wait is almost over, for The Christmas Detention Centre is coming prematurely!

It is Christmas Eve, and Wellington Combined College students are putting on their Christmas show, put together by a group of students who received the most 2017 detentions. The pressure of preparation, practice, and performance slowly forces each character to out their Christmas confessions – both on and off the stage. The drama teacher, who is really into restorative justice, has decided to offer the kids an opportunity. To make that year's school Christmas show. Is the Drama teacher right? If these kids get a chance to perform, will they stop acting out?

Working over two BATS Theatre spaces, the audience of The Christmas Detention Centre experience the show in two halves: the terrible production the students are forced to put on in the School Hall (The Heyday Dome); and the backstage shenanigans taking place in the teacher's staff room (The Propeller Stage). The show splits audiences in two to watch either half, with a unique switch at interval. No two experiences are the same.

The Christmas Detention Centre is a unique event for audiences to witness both the brouhaha of a backstage dressing room, and the rush to get to opening night. All of it set at the most wonderful (vulnerable) time of year.

Will the years' naughtiest students get a show on its feet? Either way ... it must go on. Because Christmas​ is​ a​ time​ to​ grow​ up.

*Accessibility

The Christmas Detention Centre invites the audience to move between The Propeller Stage on the Ground Floor and The Heyday Dome on the first floor via stairs. For this reason, regrettably, the performance is not accessible for audience members who use a wheelchair or find it difficult to use stairs.

Brought to you by the creative team behind the Wellington season of 2016’s Wine Lips; several Wellington Theatre Award winners and nominees; the winner of the Story Inc. prize for poetry; the winner of the 2017 'Playwrights b4 25' competition, and some all round top community stalwarts.

The​ Christmas​ Detention​ Centre

● Venue: BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Tce
● Time: 8:30PM
● Price: $20 full, $15 concession, $14 Groups 6+

CAST
TEACHERS
Mr.​ P​ (P.E.​ Teacher)​ Barnaby Olson
“Miss”​ (Drama​ Teacher)​ Jean Sergent
STUDENTS
Louie​ B​ Logan Cole
Jana​ Burner​ Ashleigh Williams
Julian​ Norris​ Jake Brown
Harrison​ Kennedy​ Tom Clarke
Gabrielle​ Kennedy​ Hannah Kelly

CREW
Produced​ by​ Chapel Perilous
Director:​ Stella Reid
Assistant​ Direction:​ Isadora Lao
Script​ Advisor:​ Finnius Teppett
Production​ Design:​ Rose Kirkup
Lighting​ Designer,​ Operator,​ and​ Technician:​ Jason Longstaff
Sound​ Design:​ Thomas Lambert & Oli Devlin
Publicity​ and​ Operation:​ Maddy Warren
Stage​ Management:​ Marshall Rankin