In a battery farm for hens, Valmai, Chrissy, Georgia and Bron refer to their cages as 'compartments' and eat the same food day after day under the same continuous 'sun.'
Fiona Farrell's Chook Chook
On June 22, 1954 in a secluded part of Victoria Park in Christchurch, Julirt Hulme and Pauline Parker battered Pauline's mother to death. The infamous murder, also depicted in the Peter Jackson movie Heavenly Creatures, arose from the passionate friendship of the two girls.
Michelanne Forster Daughters of Heaven
Angel Delight, the illegitimate daughter of a funeral parlour director, inherits the business when her father dies. Before she can sell the business and the land (which is much more valuable) she has to continue to run the business as a funeral parlour for a further five years. Unfortunately she knows nothing about the funeral business but a lot about prostitution.
Angel and her team of 'girls' (including an obsessive compulsive transvestite named Delilah) run an undercover massage parlour in the funeral home keeping up appearances despite the prying of disgruntled former employee Mr R. Swipe who felt he should have inherited the business.
Suspenders, death by misadventure and unorthodox embalming techniques feature in this hilarious, quickfire comedy. Rude not crude, cheeky not vulgar - it's a modern farce with lots of great characters.
STiFF by April Phillips Sold out season 29 March - 5 April
The inaugural Pink Hammer Workshop is an absolute disaster.
Annabel, Helen, Louise and Siobhan turn up, looking forward to learning carpentry skills from a pioneering, female furniture maker… but instead they find Woody, an out-of-work, disgruntled builder who’s less than impressed to find four sheilas amongst his claw hammers.
Not the sort of women to back down from a challenge, the group convince Woody to teach them the tricks of the trade in this hilarious and heart-warming Kiwi comedy that’ll have you doubled over in laughter.
“I was laughing so much my mascara was running!”
“Went to this play last night not knowing anything about it - and it was so clever and very well acted. Lots of laughs, lots of tears and lots of after thoughts. I highly recommend.”
“A standing ovation and many of the audience in tears...This play delivers!”
The Pink Hammer by Michele Amas
13 - 20 March 2021
Each year members of the Sullivan family get together for the Christmas holidays. This year a new life, little baby James, joins the family and a much loved member Enid, slips further into Alzheimer's.
Despite the serious topic the play is full of lively fun, as each character reacts to Enid's situation in a different way.
Drifting was written by Jo Denver and was staged 25-26 March and 12-14 May 2022
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