Red Leap Unleash Their theatrical Magic This Winter

Dust Off Your Imagination as Red Leap Unleash Their theatrical Magic This Winter!

Red Leap Theatre presents the three centre tour of
DUST PILGRIM – A Tale of Freedom
Devised by Red Leap Theatre | Directed by Julie Nolan and Kate Parker

From the award-winning team that brought you The Arrival and Paper Sky comes the return tour of the highly imaginative work by Red Leap Theatre; Dust Pilgrim – A Tale of Freedom. Following its Auckland premiere in 2015 the redeveloped work is primed for a three centre North island tour to Hamilton, New Plymouth and Wellington in June and July, 2016.

“…Red Leap Theatre could perform imaginative feats that are faster than a locomotive and leap tall buildings in a single bound...” Theatreview

Panuelo is trapped in a life built on dust and shifting sands, held tight in the fist of her tyrannical mother. On uncovering the restless bones of a secret long buried, Panuelo makes a daring bid for freedom and runs out into the vast desert, encountering a world of tricksters, prophets, boundaries and borders... But things are never as they seem.

After the grandeur of The Arrival and touring life that has catapulted them onto the international stage, co-artistic Directors Kate Parker and Julie Nolan have gone back to their roots and created an intimate yet epic touring work to play to their fiercely loyal New Zealand audiences. Through a vigorous collaboration, Red Leap Theatre has created an intriguing landscape - a little darker, sparser and more abstract. Embracing their innovative trademark style and inspired by the possibilities of magic realism, this highly physical performance is certain to capture the imagination and hearts of audience’s.

"...theatre to stir the soul and make the spirit fly" NZ Listener

A stellar cast of three highly skilled performers bring this enchanting to tale to life; Alison Bruce (The Almighty Johnsons, Calendar Girls), Ella Becroft (Coverband, Power Rangers Megaforce, Te Po) and Tom Eason (The Wholehearted) join an exciting new team of collaborators including the award winning Thomas Press composing and designing sound.

Red Leap Theatre is New Zealand’s leading image and movement based Theatre Company established to develop artists, audiences and the discipline of devised physical theatre. Artistic directors Kate Parker and Julie Nolan have delivered two Auckland Arts Festival commissions – The Arrival in 2009 and Paper Sky in 2011. These works have been highly successfully both at home and abroad touring to overseas centres including Sydney, South Korea, Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong. The company have also been the recipients of eight Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards.

In 2015 after co-founding Red Leap Theatre Kate Parker resigned her role as Co-Artistic Director of the company, empowering her long-time friend and collaborator Julie Nolan with the future artistic direction of the organisation.

DUST PILGRIM 2016 SEASON

AUCKLAND
DUST PILGRIM FREEZE FRAME OPEN REHEARSAL
DATE | Saturday 18th June
TIME | 11.30PM – 1.30PM
WHERE | Corban Estate Art Centre
TICKETS | KOHA
BOOKINGS | amie@redleaptheatre.co.nz

HAMILTON SEASON
DATE | Thursday 23rd – Friday 24th June
TIME | 7.00PM
WHERE | The Playhouse Theatre, Knighton Road
TICKETS | $19 - $29
BOOKINGS | http://www.waikato.ac.nz/academy/whats-on

NEW PLYMOUTH SEASON
DATE |Friday 1st July
TIME | 7pm
WHERE |Theatre Royal, TSB Showplace
TICKETS | $19 -$29
BOOKINGS |www.ticketmaster.co.nz 0800 111 999

WELLINGTON SEASON
DATE | Thursday 7th- 9th July
TIME | 7pm
WHERE | Te Whaea, Toi Whakaari
TICKETS | $19 - $29
BOOKINGS | www.redleaptheatre.co.nz

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