Wellington Comedy Gets A Hypnotic Shake-Up

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February 2009

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Wellington Comedy Gets A Hypnotic Shake-Up

Canadian actors D'Arcy Smith and Andrea Tutt star in the comic tale, Kreskinned

Two leading Canadian actors will make their New Zealand debut at the Wellington Fringe Festival next month. D’Arcy Smith and Andrea Tutt play two eccentrics that find love – with the nebulous help of a stage hypnotist – in Kreskinned: The natural Canadian date drug.

Written by Canadian playwrights Michael Healey and Kate Lynch, Kreskinned is a quirkily comic tale about mental suggestion, dating and dog walking.

Set in the 1980s heyday of hypnosis shows, Kreskinned tells the story of Dennis and Joyce, two wonderfully awkward 30-somethings sent on a blind date to see renowned mentalist, the Amazing Kreskin.

After offering themselves up for public hypnosis, Joyce and Dennis realize they have the power to hypnotize each other with their personal ‘trigger words’. The lovers use their newfound mental abilities to erase offensive anecdotes, underwhelming sexual performance, forgotten birthdays and flatulence, to cringingly comic effect.

This fresh new production of Kreskinned is directed by Rachel More. She has directed many successful productions in Wellington, including Under Milkwood (Downstage) and This is Our Youth (Circa).

Says More: “It’s delightful – if somewhat absurd – to be introduced to the quirky nature of Canadian comedy.”

Real life husband and wife team D’Arcy Smith and Andrea Tutt take the roles of Dennis and Joyce. D’Arcy and Andrea met whilst playing lovers in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ six years ago. They recently moved to New Zealand when D’Arcy was appointed Senior Tutor of Voice and Speech at Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School.

Kreskinned is laugh out loud fun for anyone who has ever had a nerve-wracking first date.

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