This week at BATS

This week at BATS

Te Kaupoi

In The Pit Bar

Win tickets!

Mental Health Break

Got a passion for NZ Theatre?
Te Kaupoi
By Whiti Hereaka

Until Saturday 26th June @ 7.30PM

tickets $20 full / $13 concession / $15 groups 6+

"Te Kaupoi may look and feel like a Kiwi version of a Sam Shepard play but it’s about much more than the troubled relationships between three people in a remote part of the North Island’s volcanic plateau, two day’s walk from the nearest town." - John Smythe, Theatreview

Check out Ewen Coleman, Paul Diamond, and Helen Sims with their reviews too..

A raunchy political drama by award-winning playwright Whiti Hereaka, directed by Nancy Brunning and starring Jason Te Kare, Tina Cook and Kay Smith

WINNER of the award for Best Play by a Maori Playwright in the 2010 Adam New Zealand Play Award!

In the not too distant future, internal terrorism has rocked New Zealand. Maori who protested against the government’s abolition of Maori seats are widely blamed for civil unrest. The most notorious protester “Te Kaupoi” runs a pirate radio show that encourages Maori to gather and overthrow the illegal government.

Who can you trust?

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In The Pit Bar
The Pit Bar is real warm. Not like outside. We recommend a visit. Open from 5.30pm Tuesday - Saturday.

Watch out for some live music on Saturday from 9.30pm. Rumours have it some really amazing American dude is gonna be playing...
 

        
Win tickets!
No tickets this week, but the chance to win a goody bag, including a $1 mix and a set of the BATS badges, and maybe some other BATS bits and bobs, like a ticket voucher... Just tell us - what is your favourite lolly in the $1 mixes???

The winner will be drawn at random by BATS staff at 11am next Monday.

Congratulations to Manesha Wanigasekera, who won tickets to Te Kaupoi this week. Her favourite Maori word is Wahine. Others had words like whakapapa, kai, turangawaewae and Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu...

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Mental Health Break
It's Summer in other places, look at this cool public art going down in Central Park. Meanwhile, tut tut BP...

I thought I'd check out the cowboy videos to see what I came up with, and I came up with these cat herders. Awesome! For the real deal in rodeo, check out this Bull riding clip from Opotiki.

Got any links you think deserve a mention? Email me!

        
Got a passion for NZ Theatre?
Our Programme Manager, Steph Walker, has been snapped up as the new General Manager of the Christchurch Arts Festival - yay for her! Soon BATSmates will take over the world! This means we're on the hunt for the new BATS Programme Manager.

The Programme Manager is responsible for the artistic vision of BATS Theatre and is co-General Manager. This position is full-on, full time hours plus more, and requires a passion for theatre, coupled with a sound knowledge of theatre production, arts management, script assessment and the contemporary New Zealand theatre scene.

We seek one amazing person from late July 2010. Is this you?

Contact Sarah at bats@bats.co.nz or (04) 802 4176 for a Job Description.

Applications close THIS FRIDAY!
 

BOOK NOW
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