Name: Taking the High Ground; The Mica Pavilion; White Men. [First Performance]
Start: 2019-09-14T17:30:00+1200
End: 2019-09-14T18:45:00+1200

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Taking the High Ground; The Mica Pavilion; White Men. [First Performance]

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Taking the High Ground
Written by Jan Bolwell and Directed by Sophie Graham
A story about female climbers in NZ centred on Lydia Bradley and Freda Du Faur.

The Mica Pavillion
Written by David Howard and Directed by Michael Glover
The Chinese goddess of the moon looks down on Tuapeka County, Otago, where a miner named Ah Sing is in love with a woman named Tiriata, but her father opposes the match. Tiriata dies of grief, and Ah Sing rescues her from the underworld.

White Men
Written by Abby Howells and Directed by Rebecca Thompson
Five men (power, ego, greed, knowledge, and fear) try to figure out what to do as the sea rises.

Artists

Abby Howells

Abby Howells is a Dunedin-based playwright and actor. She is working on her Otago PhD about how women’s prisons are represented in the media.

Alex Lusty

Claire Anishka Corban

Actress, School Liaison, Manaakitanga, and Producer's Assistant, University of Otago

Hi there! I'm a university student that loves anything and everything to do with theatre. I have learned so much in my theatre studies and love learning more about it. I am taking a minor in education and hope to teach theatre to children and let them explore their creative side... Read More →

Cole Thomson

David Howard

Fellow, Ulyanovsk UNESCO City of Literature Residency

David Howard wrote his verse play 'The Mica Pavilion', a love story which foregrounds xenophobia in the Otago goldfields, while he held the Robert Burns Fellowship at Otago University (2013). It appears in his collection 'The Ones Who Keep Quiet' (Otago University Press, 2017).

Haley Vuleta

Stage Manager, Tech Team & Actor, University of Otago

Stage Manager, Tech Team & Actor

Jan Bolwell

Playwright/producer, Handstand Productions

Jan Bolwell is a playwright, dancer and choreographer who directs the Crows Feet Collective dance group as well as writing for Handstand Productions. Her latest play about euthanasia, Welcome to the Death Cafe, premieres at BATS theatre, Wellington in November this year.