Media Release
5 January 2015
For Immediate Release
Att: Arts Editor/ Reporter
The 2014 Adam Play Award winner begins the year at Circa Theatre
“Highly entertaining, funny and sophisticated” - Adam Play Award Judges
Elisabeth Easther’s Seed is winner of the 2014 Adam New Zealand Play Award, which recognises and celebrates the best in new writing for the
theatre, opening the year at Circa One on 17 January. The play follows four women as they try to get pregnant, stay
pregnant or become un-pregnant - the dilemmas of modern reproduction.
“I wrote the play, because I wanted to tell some of those stories,” says Elisabeth. “It’s something I wrote from my heart and I’m delighted it seems to be touching people as much as it has”.
Seed is about the horror some woman experience upon learning they’re pregnant, even while in loving relationships, and the
rigmarole others go through to become pregnant in an age where iPhones come with ovulation apps and ‘choosing from the
menu’ means selecting your sperm.
“I’m in that age group where a lot of my friends have been dealing with the business of making babies, and sometimes
it’s harder than they imagined it’d be. Something you try really hard not to do for so much of your life is suddenly not
so easy when you actually start trying.”
Kerryn Palmer directs an acclaimed cast in this multi-narrative play. With many in the cast and crew juggling rehearsals
with parenthood themselves, they are organising a group crèche to provide childcare options during a busy production
schedule.
“It has been such a joy to bring so many parents together, some who haven’t been on stage since having their kids, to
present such a fun and dynamic play,” says Kerryn.
A truly contemporary, entertaining and smart look at modern reproduction and female friendship, Seed is a drama that’ll have you laughing ‘til the tears are running down your face, and it’s a comedy that’ll make you cry.
“[A] sophisticated, witty and very contemporary meditation on the timeless processes of procreation.” - NZ Herald
CAST: Tess Jamieson-Karaha, Jamie McCaskill, Emily Regtien, Holly Shanahan and Amy Tarleton
Seed plays at the Circa Theatre, 1 Taranaki Street, Wellington from 17 Jan - 14 Feb.
Performance times: Tuesday & Wednesday 6.30pm, Thursday to Saturday 8pm, Sunday 4pm
Tickets: $25 - 46 from www.circa.co.nz or by calling 04 801 7992
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