12-14, 16-20 November:
Blood Brothers by Willy Russell at the Theatre Royal
Set in Liverpool in the 1960’s, this is one of the longest-running works of musical theatre in history. It tells the story of two fraternal twins who are separated at birth. One brother is raised in a family of great privilege, the other in a family of great poverty. Even with their different socioeconomic backgrounds, the two boys end up becoming great friends until a misunderstanding leads to a tragic ending.
Blood Brothers opens at the Theatre Royal on Friday 12 November.
Other nights are:
13 November 2 and 7.30 pm
14 November 4 pm
16 – 19 November 7.30 pm
20 November 2 and 7.30 pm. |
Four Flat Whites in Italy by Roger Hall 26 -28 August,
1-4 September at the Theatre Royal 7.30 pm $15 - $35
Early bird discount of $5 if booked and paid for by 26 August
Roger Hall’s latest Kiwi comedy sees retired couples Alison and Adrian, and Harry and his new wife Judy taking an Italian trip of a lifetime. Comical calamities befall the intrepid travellers as they valiantly negotiate the pitfalls of an Italian OE. Roger Hall, our most popular playwright, deftly satirises our manners, morals, loves and lusts with wry humour, astute observation and legendary one-liners. |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
McMurphy thinks he can get out of doing work while in prison by pretending to be mad. His plan backfires when he is sent to a mental asylum. He tries to liven the place up a bit by playing card games and basketball with his fellow inmates, but the head nurse is after him at every turn.
McMurphy, a man with several assault convictions to his name, finds himself in jail once again. This time, the charge is statutory rape when it turns out that his girlfriend had lied about being eighteen, and was, in fact, fifteen (or, as McMurphy puts it, "fifteen going on thirty-five"). Rather than spend his time in jail, he convinces the guards that he's crazy enough to need psychiatric care and is sent to a hospital. He fits in frighteningly well, and his different point of view actually begins to cause some of the patients to progress. Nurse Ratched becomes his personal cross to bear as his resistance to the hospital routine gets on her nerves. |
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