My First Time: We Need Your Stories

PRESS RELEASE
My First Time

By KEN DAVENPORT and REAL PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU
Inspired from the website target="_blank">www.MyFirstTime.com created by Peter Foldy & Craig Stuart

Directed by ROSS JOLLY

4 actors. 40,000 stories. One of them may be yours.

My First Time is an international hit comedy featuring four amazing actors in hysterical and heartbreaking stories about first sexual experiences written by real people . . . just like you!

First sexual experiences are one of the few things that almost every single person on this planet has in common, yet we rarely talk about them. Until now . . .

My First Time opens in CIRCA One on Saturday 4th September at 8pm,
and runs until 2nd October.

In 1998, a decade before blogging began, a website was created that allowed people to anonymously share their own true stories about their First Times. It became an instant phenomenon as stories poured in from around the globe - stories that were silly, sweet, absurd, funny, shy, sexy and everything in between.

Now these true stories, and all of the unique characters in them, are brought to life in My First Time,

Ken Davenport, who created the play from the website and who also directed and produced the first production, has said, “Your First Time is one of the very few things that almost every single person has experienced no matter where you come from or where you live. To me it’s a unifying experience.” And while he has made a conscious effort to represent a reasonable amount of diversity in the range of experiences, differing ages, backgrounds and abilities, with the stories he has chosen for the play, the words themselves are directly from the contributors to the website. “I’ve clipped things out and fixed some grammar, but otherwise not a single word has been changed,” said Ken.

My First Time has been a phenomenal success, running for over two and a half years Off-Broadway in New York, where the play finally closed early this year.

This play is perfect for seeing with friends. My First Time will have you laughing and reminiscing about your own first time . . . and thinking about your next one.

Starring Judith Gibson, Danielle Mason, Aaron Alexander, Simon Vincent

My First Time. . . I’ll tell you mine, if you tell me yours.

“One of New York’s best new plays … Phenomenal” - Edge, NY

“Provocative, amusing and moving” - New York Post

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!

One of the fun features of My First Time is that audiences contribute anonymous information about their ‘first time’ which is incorporated into the show. And in order to have a more ‘Kiwi’ flavour, we are trying to get as large a sample of New Zealander’s experiences as possible.

So – we would love it if you could fill in the online Survey Form at our own special website:
www.myfirsttime.weebly.com

We really want as many responses as possible – so please spread the word!
Tell all your friends, add the website to your Facebook page, text or email it to your contact list. Copies of the Survey Form are also available from Circa.

Thank you!!

MY FIRST TIME
By KEN DAVENPORT and REAL PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU
Inspired from the website www.MyFirstTime.com created by Peter Foldy & Craig Stuart

Directed by ROSS JOLLY

Starring Judith Gibson, Danielle Mason,
Aaron Alexander, Simon Vincent

4th September – 2nd October
1 Taranaki Street, Wellington

$20 SPECIALS - Friday 3rd September – 8pm; Sunday 5th September – 4pm

AFTER SHOW FORUM – Tuesday 7th September

Performance times: Tuesday & Wednesday - 6.30pm
Thursday, Friday, Saturday - 8pm
Sunday - 4pm

Ticket Prices: Adults - $38; Concessions - $30; Friends of Circa - $28
Under 25s - $20; Groups 6+ - $32

BOOKINGS Circa Theatre 1 Taranaki Street, Wellington
Phone 801 7992 www.circa.co.nz

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