Int'l Theatre Superstars perform award-winning NZ fairytale
Having taken the world by storm with sell out seasons and five-star reviews, Trick of the Light Theatre returns to our shores for a 12-centre national tour of The Road That Wasn’t There. Championing puppetry, shadow play and live music this deliciously dark fairy-tale will unleash its magical charms on curious adults and kids (8 and up) from 13 April - 22 May.
Set in Central Otago, The Road That Wasn’t
There is rooted in New Zealand folklore; from lost moa
roaming the foothills, to faeries who drink moonshine out of
the back of Mitre 10. This curious tale, reminiscent of the
late (great) Margaret Mahy or Neil Gaiman, is the brainchild
of Trick of the Light
Theatre and played to full houses in its
premiere season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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In New Zealand there are some 56,000 kilometres of paper roads – streets and towns that exist only on surveyors’ maps. Or do they? A young woman strays from the beaten track and finds herself in a paper world. It seems a land of possibility but she soon discovers that things that happen in the fictional world can have frighteningly real consequences.
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Trick
of the Light Theatre is an award-winning New
Zealand theatre company founded by Hannah Smith and Ralph
McCubbin Howell. The company has travelled the world and
collected numerous awards for their productions which
celebrate creativity and deliver playful, thought-provoking
and resonant theatre along the way. The Road That
Wasn’t There’s accolades include Chapman Tripp
Theatre Awards (Outstanding New Playwright, Outstanding New
NZ Play, Most Promising Director, and Production of the
Year), Auckland Arts Festival Award (Auckland Fringe),
Children's Event Award (Fringe World, Perth 2016), and Best
Children's Event (Adelaide Fringe 2016). The company toured
their highly successful show The Bookbinder NZ wide in
2014-2015 and are delighted to be back on the road in
Aotearoa.
"Charming, funny and haunting in equal measure.... a storytelling triumph." - Word on the Street
TAKE A WILD RIDE ON THE ROAD THAT WASN’T THERE AND FIND OUT WHAT THE WORLD IS RAVING ABOUT!
The Road That Wasn't There plays:
BLENHEIM:
Marlborough
Civic Theatre, 13-15 April. Book at
Ticketek
CHRISTCHURCH:
Papa Hou, 17-20 April. Book at
Ticketek
OAMARU:
Oamaru Opera House, 23 - 24 April.
Book at Ticket Direct
TAURANGA:
Baycourt X-Space, 4
May. Book at Ticketek
GISBORNE:
Gisborne War Memorial
Theatre 7 May. Book at Ticket Direct
NAPIER:
MTG Hawkes
Bay, 10-11 May. Book at Ticketek
PALMERSTON NORTH:
The
Globe Theatre, 14-15 May. Book at The Globe
WHANGANUI:
Wanganui Opera House, 16 May, Book at
Ticketek
HAMILTON:
The Meteor 22-23 May. Book at The
Meteor
Plus more centres to be announced
Recommended
for ages 8+
Duration: 60 mins (no interval)
For more info visit www.tourmakers.co.nz