Relief effort for Christchurch/Canterbury: a Benefit
REHEARSED READING OF VERBATIM THEATRE PIECE
A Carving in Ice response,
Aftershocks by Paul Brown and the Workers’ Cultural Action Committee
directed by Gaye Poole
March 12th - March 14th 2011
Gallagher Concert Chamber, WEL Energy Trust Academy of Performing Arts, University of Waikato
Our thanks to WEL Energy Trust Academy of Performing Arts staff: Jeremy Bell, Vicki Newton-Smith, Grayson Newton-Smith, and Dion Rutherford for their support.
Carving in Ice, have banded together to perform a rehearsed reading in support of the relief effort for Christchurch. Much as musicians might be able to put on a concert, we are performing verbatim play - Aftershocks.
The piece is Verbatim Theatre. Verbatim Theatre is a unique form of community theatre. Essentially, a community is consulted with and ultimately members of a community are interviewed around events or issues, the text from those interviews is taken verbatim and re-ordered, and edited down, in order to create a piece of theatre.
The final result being something that is extremely personal and amazingly powerful. Real words from real people with often excruciatingly real experiences. The piece that we have chosen is "Aftershocks" which is accounts from those in, around and connected to the Newcastle Workers' Club, that survived the December 28th 1989 Newcastle (Aus) earthquake.
WE RAISED $1084.70 NZD FOR THE RED CROSS CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE APPEAL!
All songs taken from the compilation 'Tomorrow's Conversations', used with kind permission by 'Nemean Lion', 'sink / sink', 'birds of passage & Leonardo Rosado', 'Her Name is Calla', and 'I've Lost'. All proceeds go to the Red Cross appeal for the Christchurch earthquake.
to sad humanity alone’- Nemean Lion
‘As I Reach' - I've Lost
‘From The Year 1752 - sink / sink
‘Thief’ - Her Name is Calla
‘to wander slow with me’ - birds of passage & Leonardo Rosado
'Tomorrow's Conversations' available for digital download, here: http://birdsofpassage.bandcamp.com/album/tomorrows-conversations
Cast
|
Character |
Saturday 12th 4pm |
Saturday 12th 7.30pm |
Monday 14th 7.30pm |
|
KERRY |
Zoe Vaile |
Emily Campbell |
Zoe Vaile |
|
HOWARD |
Stan Jones |
Stan Jones |
Richard Homan |
|
STAN |
John Hunter |
John Hunter |
Jacques Fourie |
|
MARG |
Lydia Foley |
Lydia Foley |
Lydia Foley |
|
JOHN |
Calvin Petersen |
Michael Gaastra |
Calvin Petersen |
|
LYN |
Renee Casserly |
Renee Casserly |
Katey Good |
|
ELAINE |
Fiona Sneyd |
Fiona Sneyd |
Sara Young |
|
BOB |
Brendan West |
Clive Lamdin |
Brendan West |
|
FAY |
Sara Young |
Sara Young |
Emily Campbell |
|
STEFO |
Jenna Hudson |
Calvin Petersen |
Michael Gaastra |
|
PATRON |
Ishtar Bell-Hunter |
Jenna Hudson |
Fiona Sneyd |
|
MELBA |
Gaye Poole |
Gaye Poole |
Gaye Poole |
|
EDDIE |
Clive Lamdin |
Brendan West |
John Hunter |
|
WAYNE |
Brendan Theodore |
Brendan Theodore |
Brendan Theodore |
|
JULIE |
Kate Davison |
Kate Davison |
Kate Davison |
|
JENNY |
Melinda Warner |
Melinda Warner |
Melinda Warner |
Creative Team
Director: Gaye Poole
Production Co-ordination: Brendan Theodore, Gaye Poole
Volunteers Co-ordination: Ngaia Copeland
Lighting Operation: Dion Rutherford, Lena Salins
Music Composition: Gareth Schott, Christian Parahi
Publicity & Marketing: Renee Casserly, Gaye Poole, the company
Web Manager: Brendan Theodore
Special Thanks:
Jaimy Bloom
Nicole Campbell
Rachel Clarke
Shaye Petterson
Nikita Prinsloo
Samara Roberts-Thomson
Karen vanderLingen
Rebekah Yells
Caleb Young
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