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WHAT'S ON IN THEATRES AROUND THE COUNTRY?AUCKLANDTHEATRE COMPANYBLACK CONFETTIBy Eli Kent28 June – 28 JulyA new play from award-winning writer Eli Kent(THE INTRICATE ART OF ACTUALLY CARING andTHINNING).Packed full of big ideas and a squillion little surprises,poetry, mysteries and full-on theatricality, BLACKCONFETTI is about the death of the party andsurviving the earthquakes in our lives.CENTREPOINTTHEATREPalmerston NorthENLIGHTENMENTBy Shelagh Stephenson09 June – 14 JulyWhen Lia and Nick’s son disappears atthe time of the Bali bombings in 1992, allthey have is an email that he was thinkingof going to Jakarta, leaving them with theirown grief and uncertainty. And just whenthey think they have exhausted all channelsin trying to discover his whereabouts - thephone rings and it seems Adam has beenfound. Or has he?SILO THEATREAucklandTRIBESBy Nina Raine07 June – 30 JuneBilly’s fiercely intelligent andproudly unconventional family aretheir own tiny empire, with theirown private language, jokes andrules. You can be as rude as youlike, as possessive as you likeand as critical as you like. Afterall, arguments are an expressionof love: the soundtrack of life. ButBilly, who is deaf, is one of the fewwho actually listens. Meeting Sylviamakes him finally want to be heard;but can he get a word in edgeways?BATS THEATREWellingtonSTANDSTILLBy Anders Falstie-Jensen14 June – 23 JuneThree actors on three treadmills forsixty minutes. It's as simple as that inSTANDSTILL, a sharp and constantlysweaty dark comedy about the hopes,dreams and fears we have for our lives. Withthe actors fighting to keep up as the paceinevitably cranks up to the Max, this is ashow that really will leave you breathless.CIRCA THEATREWellingtonALL MY SONSBy Arthur Miller02 June – 07 JulyA brilliant and compelling family dramaof love, guilt and the corrupting power ofgreed, ALL MY SONS was the first greatsuccess of Arthur Miller's supremelyinfluential career.COURT THEATREChristchurchTHE MOTOR CAMPBy Dave Armstrong23 June – 04 AugustThe problem with holidaying at amotor camp is anyone can parktheir caravan next to you. Whenthe hard-case Hislops pull upnext to the liberal Redmonds,what was supposed to be arelaxing getaway turns into theholiday from hell.FORTUNE THEATREDunedinIN THE NEXT ROOM(OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY)By Sarah Ruhl30 June – 28 JulyDOWNSTAGETHEATREWellingtonTHE INTRICATEART OF ACTUALLYCARINGBy Eli Kent25 May – 03 JuneTo find out what else is going on inAuckland be sure to read the latest copy ofIt’s been compared with On the Road,Goodbye Pork Pie and Waiting for Godot.Written by a young playwright who hasswiftly earned the respect of young artistsand literary veterans alike, The PlayGroundCollective’s THE INTRICATE ART OFACTUALLY CARING has toured NewZealand collecting awards and rave reviews.Mistress of Ceremonies Magenta Diamondleads her cohorts of the revolving stage ona journey of frightening delights.In a seemingly perfect Victorian home, Dr Givings hasinnocently invented an extraordinary new device fortreating hysteria in women – ‘the vibrator’ – with whichhe has achieved remarkable results. Adjacent to thedoctor’s laboratory his young and energetic wife triesto tend to their newborn daughter while wonderingexactly what is going on IN THE NEXT ROOM.28 29