Kia ora BATS friends,
Yeeha! BATS is open and hungry for audience.
Thankfully the Young and Hungry Festival opens this Friday and runs until 2nd July. Three new plays commissioned from
outstanding NZ playwrights.
Have you booked your tickets yet??
Just email book@bats.co.nz or phone the BATS booking line: (04) 802 4175. Please include your name, the show name/s and
the date/s of the performance you would like to attend, and the number of tickets.
Info on the Young and Hungry shows below...
Choice,
The BATS Team
NEXT AT BATS :
Young and Hungry Festival of New Works
Bats Theatre
1 Kent Terrace
June 17th - July 2nd 2005
Bookings Ph 802 4175 book@bats.co.nz
Ticket prices $12 /$15 or season pass for all 3 plays $24/$36
Since 1994 the Young and Hungry Festival of New Works has been getting together the hottest young theatre talent to
bring Wellington an annual festival of new plays. Young actors, designers and technicians get to stretch their creative
legs under the guidance of professional directors, writers and mentors.
This year's Young and Hungry Festival of New Works at Bats Theatre premieres new plays by Stephen Bain, Whiti Hereaka
and Lauren Jackson.
"With 54 participants, 5 mentors, 3 directors, 3 writers and 1 animator the 2005 Festival is shaping up to be the
greatest Young and Hungry ever. The line up for this year includes a completely animated character, German speaking
teenagers and a mafia style shoot out." says Young and Hungry Producer Angela Meyer.
The Many Faces of Kelly J Loko By Stephan Bain Directed By Paul McLaughlin 6.30pm Laptops, i-pods, chat rooms and text
messaging - welcome to the world of Kelly J Loko. Watch as young Kelly discovers that people aren't always what they
seem to be in the age of the "invisible friend" and "Big Brother". Can Kelly learn to establish herself in the physical
world as well as she can in the virtual? Or will she get lost in cyber space forever? Director Paul McLaughlin takes on
the challenge of this innovative new play written by Stephen Bain. A self-confessed technophobe, Paul is keen to get up
with the play in Kelly J.
Exchange
By Lauren Jackson
Directed By Kerryn Palmer
8.00pm
Break out your lederhousen and moisten your strudel - cos here comes the class of 1994. Five Kiwi kids are about to
experience the trip of a lifetime when they take on Germany. How will they cope with the culture shock and the numerous
stereotypes?
Is there more to New Zealand than pavlova, All Blacks and buzzy bees? An OE is as Kiwi as BBQs and gumboots, both writer
Lauren Jackson and Director Kerryn Palmer have experienced this rite of passage.
Collective Agreement
By Whiti Hereaka
Directed By Larry Rew
9.30pm
How do you survive bad pay, snotty superiors and the monotony of retail hell? - rob the customers, of course!
Step 1: Nod and Smile (the customer is always right!).
Step 2: Maintain the illusion of the perfect employee, always on time,
always tidy and always polite.
Step 3: Rip off the buggers and frame someone else.
Larry Rew a member of the Director's Guild of Great Britain and former retail assistant Whiti Hereaka have joined in a
Collective Agreement to expose what?s really going on at our department stores.
ENDS