Theatre Goes Green For Extreme Antartic Tale

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Theatre Goes Green For Extreme Antartic Tale

Ice Floe Productions in association with STAMP at THE EDGE presents
HEAT
By Lynda Chanwai-Earle
Directed by David O’Donnell
Sound designer and composer Gareth Farr

Echoing the restrictions of life in the Antarctic, award winning theatre show HEAT brings its own alternative energy source to power up at the Herald Theatre from Monday 12 - Saturday 17 July to tell an original love story between a woman, a man and a penguin.

“exciting and intriguing … a gripping and moving tale of magical realism.” Laurie Atkinson, Dominion Post

It’s 1999 and a husband and wife scientific team hunker down inside a tiny, tightly packed survival capsule on the Ross Ice Shelf, wintering over in the vast frozen Antarctic, accompanied by only web-cam, sporadic radio contact, the amazing Aurora Australis, and a colony of male penguins. Struggling to maintain a failing relationship, Stella (Kate Prior) observes breeding patterns among Emperor penguins, while John (Simon Vincent ) monitors climate change – until the untimely introduction of a third character (Byron Coll) blows their fragile world apart.

Unlike other conventional theatre shows HEAT uses self-sustainable energy means - powered off-grid with lights, sound and electronics from low drain and/or renewable energy. This unique energy installation on site at the theatre is a world first. The production will look, as the Antarctic stations are increasingly doing, to partnerships with companies developing sustainable, renewable power sources.

With a powerful script written by the acclaimed Lynda Chanwai Earle (Ka Shue, Alchemy, BoxRoleDream), music by CNZ Antarctic Fellow Gareth Farr and design features by Brian King and Marcus McShane, HEAT opens a rare glimpse into the extraordinary isolated experience of being an Antarctic scientist, being a human pushed to the extremes, and of the sheer beauty of a winter in the Antarctic.

HEAT was nominated for two Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards in 2008, winning the coveted Best Actor for the role of Bob the penguin.

The 2010 national tour of HEAT includes seasons in Hamilton (1-3 July), Auckland (12-17 July), Christchurch (6-9 October), Dunedin (13-16 October), Nelson (20-23 October) and a return Wellington season (28 October –20 November).

HEAT contains adult content and full male nudity.

HEAT plays
12-17 July 2010. Monday – Wednesday at 7pm. Thursday – Saturday at 8pm.
Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE
Tickets: Adults $25, Concessions / Students $20 (service fees apply)
Group bookings available by phone 09 357 3354
Bookings: 0800 BUY TICKETS or www.buytickets.co.nz

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