Revenge of the Amazons
Upskill Productionsin association with award-winning Producer Greg Wikstrom
Presents the 25th anniversary production of the acclaimed NZ reworking of A Midsummer Night’s Dream -
Revenge of the Amazons
By Jean Betts & William Shakespeare
Directed by Chapman-Tripp winners - Rachel More and Jacqueline Coats
“Fantastic
imagination. Jean Betts’ thoroughly revised version of A
Midsummer Night’s Dream is a stunning production”
-
New Zealand Times
“Revenge of the Amazons is a pantomime
romp through a feminist Shakespeare’s dream”
-
Dominion
“The bard may well be turning in his grave, not
because of the liberties taken with his play, but because he
is laughing as helplessly as the audience did”
-
Evening Post
(reviews from the original Circa Production,
1983)
With permission from Playmarket
With an all
star-cast of 20 on stage led by TV and stage star
Lyndee-Jane Rutherford and one of the most exciting casts to
ever be assembled on the professional stage, this is a brand
new outrageous production, the perfect pre-Christmas treat
and the hottest ticket in town...
So get your skates on
and don’t miss the first professional production since its
debut at Circa Theatre in the early 80s!
Season: Friday 30
November – Sat 15 December (no show Monday/Tuesday), BATS
Theatre
Time: 8.30pm
Tickets: $20 (full) / $12
concession
- Full cast (in order of appearance) – Kate
Prior, Bevin Linkhorn, Erin Banks, Heather O’Carroll,
Jamie McCaskill, Craig Geenty, Ciara Mulholland, Julia
Croft, Tanea Heke, Mel Dodge,
Gavin Rutherford, Jane
Donald, Angela Green, Kate McGill, Brianne Kerr, Lyndee-Jane
Rutherford, Anya Tate-Manning, Salesi Le’ota and Leon
Wadham
- Directed by Rachel More and Jacqueline
Coats
- Produced by Greg Wikstrom
- Designed by
Jennifer
Lal
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