BATS works up an appetite...

BATS works up an appetite...

Kia Ora Friends of BATS,

Just a brief reminder that, while there are still no shows on at BATS this week, this year's Young and Hungry Festival of three newly commissioned plays will be opening next Friday, and you can book any time. Please hit reply to this email if you would like to book that way, or you can phone the BATS booking line: (04) 802 4175. Please include your name, the show/s you would like to attend, the date of the performance you would like to attend, and the number of tickets. Further details on the Young and Hungry shows can be found below...

And in the meantime, a special offer exclusively for BATS supporters to attend a screening of the new BATman movie at the Embassy Cinema next Thursday June 16th, at 6pm. For this screening only, if you use the password 'Michael Keaton' (to prove you receive the BATS email) when buying a ticket, you will be entitled to the following discounts:

For a student/concession/artist wage seat you will pay $9 (instead of $12).

For a regular seat you will pay $12 (instead of $15).

For a Platinum Leather armchair you will pay $15 (instead of $18).

Best wishes

The BATS Team

NEXT AT BATS :

Young and Hungry Festival of New Works

Bats Theatre

1 Kent Terrace

June 17th – July 2nd 2005

Bookings Ph 802 4175 book@bats.co.nz

Ticket prices $12 /$15 or season pass for all 3 plays $24/36

Since 1994 the Young and Hungry Festival of New Works has been getting together the hottest young theatre talent to bring Wellington an annual festival of new plays. Young actors, designers and technicians get to stretch their creative legs under the guidance of professional directors, writers and mentors.

This year’s Young and Hungry Festival of New Works at Bats Theatre premieres new plays by Stephen Bain, Whiti Hereaka and Lauren Jackson.

‘With 54 participants, 5 mentors, 3 directors, 3 writers and 1 animator the 2005 Festival is shaping up to be the greatest Young and Hungry ever. The line up for this year includes a completely animated character, German speaking teenagers and a mafia style shoot out.’ says Young and Hungry Producer Angela Meyer.

The Many Faces of Kelly J Loko

By Stephan Bain

Directed By Paul McLaughlin

6.30pm

Laptops, i-pods, chat rooms and text messaging - welcome to the world of Kelly J Loko.

Watch as young Kelly discovers that people aren’t always what they seem to be in the age of the ‘invisible friend’ and ‘Big Brother’. Can Kelly learn to establish herself in the physical world as well as she can in the virtual? Or will she get lost in cyber space forever?

Director Paul McLaughlin takes on the challenge of this innovative new play written by Stephen Bain. A self-confessed technophobe, Paul is keen to get up with the play in Kelly J.

Exchange

By Lauren Jackson

Directed By Kerryn Palmer

8.00pm

Break out your lederhousen and moisten your strudel – cos here comes the class of 1994. Five Kiwi kids are about to experience the trip of a lifetime when they take on Germany. How will they cope with the culture shock and the numerous stereotypes?

Is there more to New Zealand than pavlova, All Blacks and buzzy bees? An OE is as Kiwi as BBQs and gumboots, both writer Lauren Jackson and Director Kerryn Palmer have experienced this rite of passage.

Collective Agreement

By Whiti Hereaka

Directed By Larry Rew

9.30pm

How do you survive bad pay, snotty superiors and the monotony of retail hell? – rob the customers, of course!

Step 1: Nod and Smile (the customer is always right!).

Step 2: Maintain the illusion of the perfect employee, always on time, always tidy and always polite.

Step 3: Rip off the buggers and frame someone else.

Larry Rew a member of the Director’s Guild of Great Britain and former retail assistant Whiti Hereaka have joined in a Collective Agreement to expose what’s really going on at our department stores.

ENDS

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