Young and Hungry Festival of New Theatre 2013

Young and Hungry Festival of New Theatre 2013

Young & Hungry celebrates theatre made by emerging artists, enjoyed by all!

Young and Hungry is an opportunity for young practitioners to experience and learn the basics of theatre creation with the guidance of established industry professionals – all while having a sweet as time.

Young and Hungry is in its 19th year of mentoring young theatre enthusiasts in all disciplines – acting, directing, stage management, marketing and set, lighting, sound and costume design.

Our shows for 2013 are weird, hilarious, trashy and surreal with world premieres of plays by Joseph Harper, Nic Sampson and Georgina Titheridge.

6.30pm - Dragonlore

Written by Nic Sampson
Directed by Richard Dey

Learn thy lore, Dodge yonder Dragon, Gain triumphant Glory!

A brief introduction to the world of LARPing (Live Action Role Playing):

Step 1: Go to the woods. Or somewhere with at least one tree.
Step 2: Dress up as your favorite wizard, goblin, half-cat half-person.
Step 3: Get into character….what does your half-cat half-person sound like? What are their dreams? Fears? Thoughts on local Government?
Step 4: Fight each other with foam sticks.
Step 5: Let your imagination run wild!

Dragonlore is an unusual comedy set in the (mostly) unknown and oft-scorned world of LARPing. But when you really think about it, cricket is a weird game too.

8.00pm - Atlas/Mountains/Dead Butterflies

Written by Joseph Harper
Directed by Ralph Upton

And the taps go drip, drip, drip . . .

Rhys and Phoebe live together at 10 Stencil Terrace, where their tap is dripping. Rhys wants to do something. Phoebe doesn’t. Together and apart, they’re shaken into action/inaction as Atlas buckles under the weight of the world.

Truths are uncovered from behind the mysterious shadows. The brilliant mind of Joseph Harper creates a masterpiece where an apocalyptic warning becomes a story involving premonitions and thrown boxes.

Activists, statues, plumbers, and hundreds of millions of dead butterflies fall into our lives as we wait for it to snow, and the taps go drip, drip, drip.

9.30pm - Trashbag

Written by Georgina Titheridge
Directed by Alison Walls

What’s your Party baggage?

From the stall that brought you Sit on It in Y&H 2009 season, Trashbag is a messy comedy following 12 first years at one epic fail of a house party.

Everyone wants to have a good time, until people get too wasted. Old boyfriends turn up and are weirdos. People cry. People hook up but not sure why. Things get dramatic. Someone potentially dies.

There's no moral message. No advice on how to be. It's full of social insecurities that will make you cringe, and wonder – are we really having fun at this party?

Season: Friday 26 July – Saturday 10 August (no show Sun/Mon)
BATS Theatre, Cnr Cuba @ Dixon Sts
Tickets: $18 / $14 / Groups 6+ $13 / School Groups 6+ $10
Season Passes: $45 / $36 / $30
Bookings: www.bats.co.nz or 04 802 4175

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