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Written by
Clare Barron
Somewhere in small-town America, a pre-teen troupe of dancers is ready to claw their way to the top of a national competition. Six adolescent girls and one boy (all played by adults) share their vulnerabilities and desires as they prepare to take the stage.
In a blur of reality and fantasy, this award-winning dark comedy will bring out the ferocious and ambitious 13-year-old within you.
“It’s a brave, visceral, excitingly off-kilter barbaric yawp of a play.”
– New York Magazine
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Key Dates
- 23 September 2023: Opening night
- 25 September 2023: Forum - a special performance where audiences get to ask cast and crew questions after the show
- 26 September 2023: Pay what you can
- 14 October 2023: Matinee performance at 4pm
- 21 October 2023: Closing night
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Tickets
- Adult $62 - $68
- Senior (65+) $55 - $62
- Group (6+) 10% Discount on Standard Adult, Friends and Senior price tickets
- Friends of The Court Theatre $52 - $58
- Child (under 18) $34
- Student $34
- Community Services or Hāpai Access cardholders $34
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Auditions
Please see self-tape audition information here. Deadline for tapes 5pm, 7 February 2023.
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Subscribe
Dance Nation is included in your Super Subscription, or you can bundle it with at least two other shows to Build Your Own subscription.
If you want more some more laughs in your life, you could create a Shades of Comedy Subscription with:
- Sense and Sensibility
- Appropriate
- The Appleton Ladies Potato Race (NZ professional premiere)
- Something Rotten!
Add on – Scared Scriptless, Scriptless Attempts and The Jesters’ Holiday Show
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Covid – Your Booking is Safe with Us
To minimise the impact of possible Covid-related closures we employ understudies and swings for our cast and have contingencies to cover essential crew absences.
However, if a performance is affected by Covid and cannot go on, you will not lose out. We will attempt to rebook you to another performance in the show’s season or, if that is not possible, we can explore other options with you such as Court account credits or transferring your tickets to another show.
There are currently no Covid-related restrictions on attending The Court Theatre. However, as always, we encourage you to be mindful of good hygiene, for the sake of your own health, and that of other members of the audience, our cast, crew and staff.
If a show is cancelled:
- Performances most immediately impacted will be texted – to ensure that your details are up-to-date for this purpose, please log into your account (top right on our web pages) and review them now.
- Emails will be sent to all patrons affected outlining the dates of affected performance and the process that will follow to rebook. Typically this will be:
- rebooking your seats for the same night of the week within the following two weeks,
- endeavouring to book you into a similar spot in the auditorium, if possible.
- We telephone anyone we cannot contact via email.
- Your new booking will be emailed to you. If you require further changes, please email us.
We ask people not to phone our Box Office but rather to email us with special requests – this is easier for the team to handle when dealing with significant rebookings.