Last week to find out what Katy did!

"I had a really good and emotional time in the second to last row at BATS Theatre."

"I lost the plot it was so sad."

"Words will do it no justice, just.....GO!"

"You made my heart ache and my mascara run."

This is just a taste of the amazing feedback that has been bouncing around Facebook about Katydid. Everyone here is really proud of this brave, bold New Zealand play and reckon you should book pretty quickly because this one will sell out! Of course, if you can't get in you can always drown your sorrows in the Pit Bar... Check out the reviews and more info below.

We are also gearing up for the space to be completely transformed (again) by the award-winning and generally awesome Free Theatre from Christchurch for the upcoming Distraction Camp. Mirrors, chandeliers, tango and Nazis, this show has the potential to blow your mind! Win tickets below.

For all you practitioners out there, the Fringe Festival 2011 has been confirmed! So if you want more info about joining in on this risky and frisky celebration of artistic mayhem, get in touch with BATS and we'll hook you up with all the info you need.

Something is coming to BATS. What is it.....?

See you soon!

xxxBATS

Katydid

By Lucy O'Brien

FINAL WEEK! Until Saturday 28th August @ 7.30PM

$20 full / $14 concession / $18 Groups (6+)

By Lucy O'Brien

BOOKING FAST! DON'T MISS OUT!

$20 full / $14 concession / $18 Groups (6+)

"Lucy O’Brien has created a character of riveting truth and complexity..." (John Smythe, Theatreview)

"Unlike American theatre where standing ovations are almost obligatory, they are rarely awarded here...the cast of Katydid received one because...this gritty, often funny, play...was played with a gut-wrenching reality." (Laurie Atkinson, The Dominion Post)

Katydid is not your usual boy meets girl story - Katy happens to have Cerebal Palsy, and her dad just wants her to stay his little girl forever. From the award winning collective that brought us The Intricate Art of Actually Caring and Lucy O'Brien (Postal - BATS 2009) comes this bold new New Zealand play that is both funny and tragic

Featuring Sophie Hambleton (Vienna, Verona), Ralph McHubbin Howell (Who's Neat? You!), Robert Tripe (Jeff Koons) & Rachel More (A Renaissance Man) and directed by Charlotte Bradley (A Most Outrageous Humbug).

READ MORE! BOOK NOW!

Coming Right Up!

Distraction Camp by Free Theatre Christchurch

Tuesday 31st August - Saturday 11th September @ 9pm

A bishop hears the confession of a young penitent, and gives penance. A judge hears the testimony of a thief, who is consequently punished by an ominous masked figure. A camp commandant trains his “horse” – a young woman who must be disciplined and put through her paces...

Unlike anything you have ever seen before. Welcome to the House of Illusions....

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DOORS. WALLS. AND ALSO SILENCE by my accomplice

Thursday 2nd - Saturday 11th September @ 6.30pm

From the team that brought you 2010 Fringe Award Nominated Sometimes I Don't Like Yellow comes a mystery of madness, Wellington, and just how far one really bad day can take you.

Featuring Paul Waggot (Dog Sees God), Hannah Banks (Death and the Dreamlife of Elephants), Owen Baxendale, Kate Clarkin, Theo Taylor and Elle Wootton.

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and in The Pit Bar...

Wednesday the 25th August - Katydid continues...

Pop into the Pit for a drink before or after this hit show!

Thursday the 26th - Stringed Comets and the Singing Records Presents: Start of Us and Then We Were (Introducing Dan + Ben!)

Much more than just a huge name! pianos, pianos, singing turn tables and some mean beats with cool kids. Come down and party in The Pit.

Friday the 27th of August

Open from 5:30pm to late for great, warm, wintery, musical, bar goodness. The Pit Bar should be one of your first or last stops of the evening

Saturday the 28th of August

Open from 5:30 to late. Boutique beers, wines and cocktails, great friendly staff, good times etc

Win tickets!

Welcome to the House of Illusions. Distraction Camp a truly unique and exciting piece of theatre/dance/performance art that really pushes the boundaries. We have a double pass to give away for the opening night. Choice. To win, simply tell us what was Free Theatre's last show in Wellington? Hint: it's on our website. And theirs....

Congratulations to Liam Walsh, who won BATS Goody Bag to enjoy next time he comes to a show. Congrats Liam!

ENTER NOW!

Mental Health Break

I like sneakers. So anything that makes my sneakers cooler is fine by me. Over Chuck Norris? It's all about Bill Murray now. These are some pretty awesome photos , and for site-specific types would be some really wicked places to make theatre.

Go ahead. Push a button.

Email me! if you have any sweet links.

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