Young And Hungry

Young & Hungry

Thursday, 15 March 2007

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Young And Hungry

IN ITS THIRTENTH year running, Young and Hungry’s FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS brings us a dynamic and diverse series of one-act plays for young actors. The three plays; The Life, Death and Afterlife of Felix the Unfortunate, Fitz Bunny, Lust for Glory and The Henchman are performed in sequence each night at Bats Theatre from June 15 – 30th.

The auditions for Young and Hungry's Festival Of New Works are on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th of March 2007 at Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School in Newtown, Wellington.

Young and Hungry's provides a unique springboard into a professional theatre environment. Our mentoring process places young people with respected practitioners, a collaboration that not only creates vital new, New Zealand work but is a breeding ground for New Zealand's creative communities.

The Young and Hungry Festival of New Works premieres three new New Zealand plays that offers maximum opportunity for access and participation by the youth of Wellington both as participants (aged 15-25) and audience members (aged 13-30)

The theme for the 2007 Festival of New Works is 'Ambition'.
The following three plays are:

The Life, Death and Afterlife of Felix Unfortunate
by Zoe Deverick – directed by L'hibou Hornung

A tale of magic surrealism…
Ever found yourself searching for a method to the madness? Maybe
you're trapped in a surreal underworld where a totalitarian power seeks to eliminate all non-conformity, and only the girl of your dreams (you think) can save you? These are the things Felix Unfortunate must contend with. Will he discover the meaning of identity, love, life and the afterlife, before it's too late?

Fitz Bunny: Lust for Glory
by Grant Buist – directed by James Hadley

A musical that is Shorter than Maui, pinker than Sir Edmund Hillary. Exponentially fiercer than Katherine Mansfield. The inspirational story of rock star Fitz Bunny, New Zealand's first rabbit Prime Minister. A rousing tale of Bolshevik sheep, global thermonuclear war, and four-part harmony singing.

The Henchman –
by Dean Hewison - directed by Rachel More

Hugely physical theatre where freshly unemployed Adam accepts a job as a henchman for super villain Double Cross, discovering that crime not only pays, it also throws in health benefits and a flame-thrower. But when the fortressis infiltrated by hammer-wielding superheroes, Adam finds his new job a little bloodier than he bargained for.

The auditions for Young and Hungry's Festival Of New Works are real soon!!!

Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th of March 2007 at Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School in Newtown, Wellington.

Interested participants, as cast or crew, can email Sally at young.hungry@gmail.com. We'll then register you and tell you where and when to come along and what you will need.

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