NZ Media types - be warned!

Media of New Zealand be warned - we know what you're doing! You naughty little story twisters! Live at Six made all the opening night audience particularly dubious of the goings on in our 6 O'Clock News broadcasts, and we totally recommend it to you all. So does Theatreview, in fact:

What makes Dean Hewison and Leon Wadham's Live at Six such compelling satire is its total credibility. Their thorough research, aided by the channels in question, has paid excellent dividends in the characters they have created and in the way the rival teams handle a breaking 'news' story that involves one of their number. - John Smythe, Theatreview

I loved how you could watch the two news editors chopping all the bits up to make one (dubious) story. Come see for yourself. Oh, and keep your eyes peeled for mysterious goings on around Wellington the next few weeks. You might see an Elephant somewhere...

xxxBATS

STAB - Live at Six

By Dean Hewison & Leon Wadham

Directed by Conrad Newport

From Saturday 17 - Saturday 31 October (no show Sun/Mon) at 8PM - but make sure you get here around 7.30PM for the celebrations! Also a 1pm matinee on Saturday 24 October.

Tickets: $20 full / $13 Concession & groups (10+)

Special Preview night this Friday! All tickets just $10.

Check them out on YouTube - www.youtube.com/user/ShameburgerandCoke

Live at Six is a newsroom thriller, examining the intense rivalry between New Zealand’s two major television news programmes. When a scandalous video of one TV News anchor is leaked online, the competing stations use the same footage to create two vastly different news stories, each pushing their individual agendas and racing towards that 6pm deadline – all in real time and live on stage.

Themes of rivalry and manipulation are expressed visually in the editing process as the editors struggle under real time pressure to reach the deadline, the rest of the cast must contend with newsroom politics, exploited friendships and fraying tempers. The same question is on everyone’s mind: who leaked this video, and why?

Live at Six stars some awesome actors - Grant Roa (Whale Rider), Phil Grieve (Bridge to Terabithia, King Kong), Michele Amas (Duggan), Phil Vaughan (What Now, Big Wednesday) and Nathan Meister (Black Sheep, Under the Mountain) and a whole lot more...

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Win tickets to Live at Six on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday next week - tell us, which TV station does the best news show, and why you think that! The winner will be randomly drawn by BATS staff next Monday at 10.30am.

Congratulations to Rose Hobden, who won tickets to Live at Six this week - thanks for your ideas everyone! We've started popping the upcoming shows down below, and will add a little more detail for you next week.

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Mental Health Break

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If all this seems a little too earnest for you, try the Sarcasm Society. We're sure you're intelligent enough for it. I sure hope this website is a joke too - YPL: Leash Your Girl!

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Coming up in the near future...

The second STAB show: Death & the Dream life of Elephants Tuesday 10 - Saturday 21 November (no show Sun/Mon), with a public preview on Monday 9 November @8PM.

And then, the unofficial BATS Christmas Season:

GAS Tuesday 24 November - Saturday 5 December (no show Sun/Mon) @7PM; Confessions of a Drag Queen Wednesday 25 - Saturday 28 November @9.30PM; Hot Pink Bits Tuesday 1 - Saturday 12 December (no show Sun/Mon) @9PM; and The Wishing Tree Tuesday 8 - Saturday 12 December @7PM.

Watch out for more info on these coming up in BATSmails to come!

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