Roger Hall’s Four Flat Whites in Italy
Directed by Ross Jolly

FUN FILLED DREAM HOLIDAY …
… YEAH RIGHT!

Roger Hall’s latest phenomenally successful hit comedy comes to Circa!
FOUR FLAT WHITES IN ITALY opens at CIRCA Theatre on Saturday 22nd AUGUST at 8pm, and runs until 3 October.

Starring CATHERINE DOWNES, PETER HAMBLETON, JENNIFER LUDLAM, TIM GORDON, MICHELE AMAS, SIMON VINCENT

Venice! Rome! Tuscany!

Guide book in hand, retired librarians Alison and Adrian, are excitedly embarking on their long-awaited (and carefully saved-for) Italian trip of a life-time. But when their best friends pull out at the last minute, they find themselves sharing their precious holiday with their neighbours – Harry, a wealthy plumber and his new wife Judy.

As these delightfully mismatched couples valiantly negotiate the pit-falls of a later-in-life OE it’s not just the Italians the intrepid travellers have to deal with – it’s also each other!

Adrian and Alison have a dark secret that is causing them some strife and as Roger Hall says “any marriage is more interesting than any murder”. “One’s own relationships and other people’s - what makes them tick or not tick - is a never-ending fund of interest. Relationships are what this play – all the plays – are about.”
Will the trials and tribulations of their cherished Italian sojourn prove a ‘make or break’ for our Kiwi quartet? Will the holiday be heaven or hell, or both?

FOUR FLAT WHITES IN ITALY is classic Roger Hall, as NZ’s most popular playwright again deftly satirizes our manners, morals, loves and lusts. Blending cracker one-liners with humour, astute observation and understated pathos the play is a wonderfully funny insight into the character of the Kiwi abroad, and the instantly identifiable situations and compromises that travel (especially with others) involves.

Circa’s production of FOUR FLAT WHITES brings together a great cast of some of NZ’s finest comedians all under the expert hand of leading director, Ross Jolly. We are delighted to have been able to lure CATHERINE DOWNES and JENNIFER LUDLAM away from Waiheke Island and welcome them back to the Wellington stage. Catherine was last seen at Circa in her acclaimed performance of Marcus Antonia in Julius Caesar in 1997, and Jennifer in her award-winning performance as Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman. Jennifer has also just been nominated for Best Actress at the Film and Television Awards for her role in Apron Strings. These two audience favourites join PETER HAMBLETON (Who wants to be 100?) and TIM GORDON (Wait until Dark) as four typical Kiwis off on a great Italian adventure, and the ever-versatile MICHELE AMAS (Clean House, Rock ‘n’ Roll) and SIMON VINCENT (Year of the Rat) have lots of fun as all the Italians the travellers encounter en route. The production team is rounded out with set designer, John Hodgkins, lighting designer Philip Dexter and costumes by Gillie Coxill.

A highly entertaining and totally recognisable treat FOUR FLAT WHITES IN ITALY is another sure- fire Hall hit.

22nd August – 3rd October

$20 SPECIALS – Friday 21st August - 8pm; Sunday 23rd August - 4pm.

AFTER SHOW FORUM – Tuesday 25th August

Performance times: Tuesday & Wednesday 6.30pm
Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8pm
Sunday 4pm

Ticket Prices: Adults - $38; Concessions - $30; Friends of Circa - $28
Under 25s - $20; Groups 6+ s- $32

BOOKINGS Circa Theatre 1 Taranaki Street, Wellington
Phone 801 7992 www.circa.co.nz

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