Mid-Winter Readings 2016

Shows

• The Magic Cookbook

  The Magic Cookbook
  by Will Robertson & Andy Manning

  12 June 2016

  Once upon a time, an ordinary guy stumbled upon an extraordinary book. And then some crazy $#!+ started to go down. This musical saucily asks that age-old question, “if you had a talking, singing recipe book that granted your every wish, how would you use it?”

  Contains coarse language.

  Creatives:
  Director: Daniel Pengelly
  Musical Director: Jason Te Mete
  Stage Manager: Jo Bunce
  Operator: Sean Hawkins

  Cast:
  Danny: Ben Freeth
  Cookbook: Juliet Reynolds-Midgely
  Jill: Kathleen Burns
  Jack: Jonathan Martin

• The Gift of Tongues

  The Gift of Tongues
  by Michelanne Forster

  19 June 2016

  Retired missionaries Dell and Daisy Woods sneak back to Japan to complete a final mission, despite failing health. Braegen and Bud, their adult children, journey abroad to try and rescue their zealous parents with the help of Kitosan, an elderly Japanese Christian, but Dell might be leading his family into a test of faith that cannot be passed.

  Creatives:
  Director: Dan Bain
  Stage Manager: Jo Bunce
  Operator: Sean Hawkins

  Cast:
  Kitosan: Setsuko Lichtnecker
  General MacArthur: Owen Black
  Dell: Geoffrey Heath
  Bud Jnr: Jared Corbin
  Daisy: June Harvest
  Braegen: Naomi Ferguson

  By arrangement with Playmarket

• Centrepoint

  Centrepoint
  by Anders Falstie-Jensen

  26 June 2016

  A fictional take on Auckland’s infamous Centrepoint commune. In order to save their marriage, Kate and Neil sell everything they own and move their young family to Bert Potter’s spiritual community Centrepoint.

  They experience an euphoria of liberation but it doesn’t last, and what unfolds is a slow disintegration of the family, their values, their innocence and ultimately, their sense of identity.

  Contains adult themes.

  Creatives:
  Director: Mel Luckman
  Stage Manager: Tim Bain
  Operator: Lydia Foate

  Cast:
  Neil: Tim Bartlett
  Kate: Juliet Reynolds-Midgely
  Tom: Josh Johnson
  Sally: Kathleen Burns
  Linda: Susannah Kenton
  Lisa: Brylee Lockhart
  Bert Potter: Adam Brookfield
  Carol: Yvonne Martin
  Steve: Geoffrey Heath
  Paul/Chorus B: Owen Black

  By arrangement with Playmarket