Settling

Put on your ear-muffs and see what you hear… Radio Active, BATS Theatre and A Slightly Isolated Dog present Settling, the first of the 2007 STAB commission seasons, opening 23 October at BATS Theatre, Wellington and promising to be more than just a visual experience.

Stepping up to the tradition of STAB, theatre company A Slightly Isolated Dog has created a new show that pushes the technical boundaries of theatre and the boundaries of audience expectations. Settling incorporates scenographic innovation, technical ingenuity and entertaining, provocative stories about Wellington and Wellingtonians from across the cityscape.

Workshopped over two years, Settling is an entertaining and sophisticated theatre production that deals with leaving, arriving and living in Wellington. Incorporating innovative sound technology, each audience member will wear and remove throughout the performance headphones that explore the public and the private sphere of the iPod generation. Combining this with the freedom of STAB design and everyday items, Settling explores this city, its scape and its people and asks ‘how are we affected by living on ground that constantly moves, constantly settles? How can we settle down, settle our lives on this land?’

A Slightly Isolated Dog are some of Wellington’s finest directed by Chapman Tripp nominee Leo Gene Peters (Strange Resting Places, Shifting), Settling stars Aaron Cortesi (Eagle vs. Shark), Vaughan Slinn (Welcome to Paradise, Out of the Blue), Rachel Forman (Fool for Love) and James Ashcroft (Yours Truly) with design & composition by award winners Stephen Gallagher (Yours Truly, Albert Speer) and Tracey Monastra (A Perfect Plan, Flood).

“It’s great to be back at BATS as a director and to have the whole space to play with as well as technology to push the boundaries with. Through STAB we’ve been able to invest in cordless headphones for every audience member and through the headphones we can send different information to different people at different times – something quite different! STAB is a great opportunity for A Slightly Isolated Dog to mark its territory on Wellington” says director Leo Gene Peters.

Settling is presented by Radio Active and A Slightly Isolated Dog as part of STAB 2007 commissioned by BATS Theatre with funding from Creative New Zealand.

Get in quick for preview night when all tickets are just $13, 20 October. Season runs 23 October to 3 November 2007, tickets $18/$13concs/$26 season pass from BATS Theatre 802 4175 or book@bats.co.nz

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