The Bacchanals proudly present:
All’s Well That Ends Well
By William Shakespeare
Directed by David Lawrence
All's Well That Ends Well, Hilary Penwarden as Helena 2, Photo credit David Lawrence
Your friends and ours The Bacchanals (6-time Chapman Kip and 11-time Chapman Tripp winners!) are back to kick off the
theatrical year for 2014 with one of their favourite obscure Shakespearean comedies performed in their favourite obscure
Wellington venue!
Last summer was blood & homoerotica & Oedipal complexes inCoriolanus; this summer The Bacchanals are proud to bring magic potions & dying kings & unjustly-wronged heroines to The Long Hall inAll’s Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare’s classic tale of a girl who can’t understand why her stepbrother doesn’t want to marry her!
With the King of France dying of an apparently incurable disease, the orphaned and low-born Helena turns out to be the
only person in the world with the medical knowledge to save the King’s life. As a reward, the King grants Helena the
power to marry whoever she desires, regardless of wealth and status – but no one is prepared for the severity and
ruthlessness of the seemingly-virtuous Bertram’s rejection of Helena as his royally-decreed wife, nor with the lengths
Helena is prepared to go to in order to win his love.
“I know, I know,” says The Bacchanals’ director, David Lawrence from the cabinet room of his bunker while his actors
shave the serial numbers off ammunition clips, “starting the year with a romantic comedy is hardly in keeping with our
usual guerrilla approach to theatre. But this is no ordinary romantic comedy, and we’ve got lots of other angry
political stuff planned for the rest of the year. Don’t worry, there will be bombs!”
All’s Well That Ends Well starsHilary Penwarden as Helena and recent Chapman Tripp-winnerJoe Dekkers-Reihanaas Bertram, with stalwart company membersSalesi Le’ota, Brianne Kerr, Jean Sergent, Michael Ness, Charlotte Pleasants, Alice May Connolly, Aidan Weekes and a special guest appearance by the legendaryAlex Greig.
Winners of the Critics’ Wildcard Award forGuts, Determination, Kiwi Ingenuity and Inspired Profligacy With Zero Budget at the 2013 Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards, The Bacchanals intend to spend 2014 campaigning for good and fighting evil,
so don’t forget there’ll also be the world premiere of Dean Parker’sOnce We Built A Tower at BATS in March!
ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
By William Shakespeare
Directed by David Lawrence
23 Jan – 1 Feb, 7pm (no show Mon)
Roseneath Long Hall, 13 Maida Vale Rd (behind Roseneath School & St Barnabas’)
Tickets: $15 / Bookings:tickets@thebacchanals.net
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