Spaceships, Climate Change, & David Bowie : Award-winning Kiwi Sci-fi Drama ‘Alone’ Hits The Stage At Q 2023

From Auckland-based company Dusty Room Productions (Proof and Such Stuff as Dreams) and Glow House Ltd (Maumahara) comes ALONE; a new award-winning Kiwi play about space exploration, feminism, climate change, and David Bowie.

ALONE is an electrifying and innovative sci-fi drama with sustainability at its core. ALONE premiered at the Auckland Fringe Festival 2020 to sold out audiences, receiving critical acclaim and going on to win ‘Best Theatre’ and a PANNZ Tour Ready Production Award. With Dr Renee Liang calling it “...an original, suspenseful and genuinely moving script showcasing the talents of two amazing actors. I didn’t move for 90 mins.” The show went on to tour NZ, including dates at NZ Fringe Festival in 2021 where it took out the SYNZ Tour Ready Award. The award, supported by NZ Fringe and Sydney Fringe with additional support from the Australian High Commission,took the team to the festival in September 2022. There it received rave reviews and was nominated for the “Best Theatre Award” and the “Melbourne Tour Ready Award”.

ALONE is written and directed by Luke Thornborough, known for internationally recognised short films including Skin (NZIFF), and Stay (NZIFF, Giff oni) as well as commercial and documentary work. Thornborough created the characters especially for two Auckland actors - Kat Glass (Proof, Interoception, and Tim Bray Theatre Company favourite) an in demand hard of hearing actor and producer; and Courtney Bassett (The First Time, and YASC’s Much Ado About Nothing at the Pop Up Globe Theatre). The play follows a two-woman crew on the home stretch of a two-year space mission that could provide a solution for an Earth ravaged by climate change. Pragmatic and passionate Dr. Sarah Taylor (Glass) believes her work with alien micro-bacterium could make Earth habitable once more. Jessica Holland (Bassett), a charismatic and quick-witted young pilot, is charged with getting Dr. Taylor’s work and samples home. Thornborough says "ALONE is a test of the human condition. It stands as a metaphor for our own times. We are on a planet bound for disaster and our only chance of making it through is to put aside our differences and find strength and love in one another.” ALONE is an intimate, intense, and thrilling ride to the edges of space and human nature.

After taking out multiple awards and receiving audience and critical acclaim, Dusty Room Productions and Glow House Ltd are ecstatic to bring their passion project back to Tāmaki Makaurau after three long years. ALONE will play for four nights only at Q Theatre Loft in Auckland CBD.

Glow House Ltd & Dusty Room Productions presents

ALONE

Written and Directed by Luke Thornborough 6:30pm 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th February 2022 at Q Theatre Loft, 305 Queen Street. https://www.qtheatre.co.nz/shows/alone

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