Wildcards

WILDCARDS 1
3pm, January 23rd

1. Citizen 3
ITC: The Oryza Foundation for Asian Performing Arts
Writer: Davina Goh (Malaysia)
Director: Yee Yang ‘Square’ Lee
Cast: Leand Macadaan (Sean), Andrea Bates (Penelope), Alvin Maharaj (Interviewer & Cabbie), John Giang (Ping)

Sean is a young Malaysian-Chinese man having trouble living up to the expectations of both his nationality and ethnicity. A sudden turn of events exposes the effects of Sean’s upbringing…

2. Hunterville
Director: Ben Moore
Writer: Donna Banicevich Gera (Wellington)
Cast: Eppie Bowler (Hope), Michael Morris (Mr Hunter), Angel Vaughn (Kath),
Jordan Selwyn (Seth), Christabel Smith (Eve)

An affair between pupil and teacher. A weekend in the bush. Who really holds the power?

3. Homeless
Writer: Steve Deluxe (Wellington)
Director: Sean Spratt
Cast: Jennifer Clamp (Rachel), Matt Halliday (Gavin), Carl Smith (Charles), Philip Vaughan (Bob)

Mistaken identities, fathers and sons, ex-lovers, homelessness and the quest for a shopping bag!

4. Squeaky Clean Hotel
Writer: Andre Surridge (Hamilton)
Director: Katharine Phyn
Cast: Tim White (Hank), Sia Trokenheim (Joan), Andrew Hedley (David), Patricia Hollran (Rosanna)

This short play is based on an actual incident between a London hotel and one of its guests. A clean little comic exchange about a businessman, his bathroom, and the intractable machinery of hotel customer service.

5. Well Hung
Writer: Laurence Dolan (Auckland)
Director: Bruce Brown
Cast: Dan Veint (Man 1), Matt Hudson (Man 2)

When the car breaks down they resort to a night in a motel, but why were they together in the first place?

INTERVAL

6. Flatmate
Writer/Director: Amanda Prasow (Auckland)
Cast: Jordan Blaikie and Belinda Di Vito

Two flatmates come home to share an evening like any other. A tribute to those unique relationships closest to our hearts: more than friends, less than lovers and almost family…

7. Violets are Blue
Writer: Venus Stephens (Auckland)
Director: Jack Woon
Performers: Noa Campbell (Joan), Katlyn Wong (Violet), Darren Foo (The Chemist)

Violet, a young Chinese mother, strikes up a conversation with Joan, the old Maori woman she has often seen around the neighbourhood. Small-talk becomes girl-talk as they open up to each other about their families - but when Joan spots the tell-tale signs of a troubled relationship, she can’t help but nosey into Violet’s personal affairs and offering her guidance. ‘Us young chicks gotta stick together!’

8. Great Sexpectations
Director: Jo Clark
Writer: Adam Walters (Australia)
Cast: Renee Lyons (Charlotte), Carl Smith (Nick), Natasya Yusoff (Penny), Kevin Keyes (Cameron)

Nick and Charlotte are married, Penny and Cameron are dating. Nothing is at is seems however, lets see what we find when we dig just a little deeper…

9. La Vie Dans Une Marionnette (The Life in a Puppet)
Writer: Tama Jarman (New Zealand)
Director: Tama Jarman & Justin Haiu
ITC: Masquerade Ball
Cast: Tama Jarman (Pianist), Justin Haiu (Puppet)

A mime loves to be the center of attention, but hates having to share the limelight. See what happens when two mimes appear on stage at the same time…

WILDCARDS 2
3pm, January 30th

1. Native Speaker
ITC: The Oryza Foundation for Asian Performing Arts
Writer: Dean Lundquist (Singapore)
Director: Jenni Heka
Cast: Leand Macadaan (Applicant), James Wenley (Office Worker)

This Pinkerton Syndrome play is about a non-Caucasian who applies for a job as a native speaker. However, the interviewer claims that the position is filled. The applicant believes that he isn’t being hired for some other reason until the world gets turned upside down.

2. Introducing Anna
ITC: Impi Theatre Company
Writer: Robyn Paterson (Auckland)
Director: Patricia Phelan
Character: Robyn Paterson (Anna)

s/w/f looking for work/love. Bubbly. Empathetic. A good listener. No weirdos plse.

3. Sit Down Please
ITC: Brick Wall Theatre
Writer: Daryl Wrightson (Auckland)
Director: Chris Neels
Cast: Daryl Wrightson (man) Ashleigh Ogden (women)

When this thing called life welcomes so called friends into our world of wonderful we realise that our wonderful isn’t quite as wonderful as we wished

4. Breathe
ITC: The Oryza Foundation for Asian Performing Arts
Director: Simon Zhou
Writer: Sui-Jim Ho (Malaysia)
Cast: Peter Huang (Son)

There is a place where you can always be alone, where you have the time to contemplate the mysteries of life and reflect on just how you are handling your little corner of the world. And sometimes it’s the only place you can retreat to when you are different. At least there, there is no one to contradict you. All the objects one clings to for fear of really connecting with another are stripped away, leaving only a son and his father, and the stupid, irrevocable distance between them, that should never have been there in the first place.

5. The Robbery
Writers: Kay Wall & Denise Keay (Wellington)
Director: Tim George
Cast: Matthew Norton (The Butcher), Jennifer Clamp (His Assistant), Tim Hammersley (The Robber), Ruth Wynne (The Customer)

A first-time robber attempts to hold up a butcher shop with a sawn-off shotgun, but the butcher, his assistant, and the customer happen to be experts when it comes to robbery, felon psychology, and firearms.

INTERVAL

6. The Limited Perspective
ITC: King Street Playhouse
Writer/Director: Cindy de Wet (Auckland)
Cast: (in alphabetical order) Alvin Maharaj (Cafe Owner), Andrew Morrison (Peter), Ash Jones (Matt), Chris Carlsen (Barista), Dan Veint (Caleb), Hanna Hegan (Monique), Keri Ireton (Lesley), Lucy Smith (Fiona), Monica Stewart (Maggie), Sheryl Stewart (Jasmine), Zoe Cramond (Moana).

Waiting in a cafe you are shocked to discover that it is providing shelter for gossiping bankers, old couples, feuding siblings and forbidden lovers… but who are you to judge?

7. Tipping Point
Writer: Mark Andrew (Australia)
Director: Melissa Fergusson
Cast: Tama Jarman (Rob) & Josephine Stewart Tewhiu (Laura)

Three years after their relationship ends, Laura decides she wants Rob back. He won’t call her under any circumstances so she makes the call. Does he love her enough?

8. Mrs Maniben R Patel
ITC: MigHT-I theatre
Writer/Director: Prashant Belwalkar
Cast: Sushma Thakur (Mrs Maniben R Patel), Kaustubh Pethe (Dr Shah), Bipin Chavan (Jignesh Patel), Andrada Neagu (Mandy Patel), Mrinal Niphadkar (Hansa Patel-Lee),
Devdutt Paranjape (Chang Lee), Prashant Belwalkar (Karsan Patel), Jayshree Sonar (Kokila Patel)

The ageing Mrs Maniben R Patel has been in the Rest Home and the Doctor has called all her 3 Children over for an important announcement. What is the news that the Doctor wants to tell them? Will the money that Mrs Maniben has stashed away be distributed? What has fate in store for the 3 children of Mr Maniben R Patel? Don’t miss this hilarious social drama depicting a typical Indian family in New Zealand.

9. Baby
Writer: Daniel Zollinger (Auckland)
Director: Reynald Castaneda
Cast: Anton Tennet (Tom), Virginia Frankovich (Lee), Steven Ciprian (Dad), Robyn Donnelley (Mum)

When you change, what do you leave behind?

10. Rupert and the Seven Russian Email Brides
Directors: Amanda Prasow and Jo Clark
Writer: Alex Broun (Australia)
Cast: Charlie Unwin (Rupert), Jo Clark (Petra), Lisette de Jong (Vera), Gina Timberlake (Natalia), Amanda Prasow (Tatyana), Amy Waller (Sabryn B), Meleane Bourke (Alena), Renae Maihi (Darya) and Alisha Paul (Olga).

When Petra meets Rupert one day at work, he seems quite nice. Maybe they could go out sometime. But first she has to fight off the competition - Darya, Tatyana, Vera, Alena, Sabryn B, Natalia and Olga. A comedy about being very, very lucky in love…

Performances Times
Wildcards – Herald Theatre
(Saturdays at 3pm, one performance per week)

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