Barbican

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Barbican that is.

Look NZ is far far more than sheep..at the Barbican in the next month or so are two plays supported by Creative New Zealand (The Government funding agency)

Instructions for Modern Living
Duncan Sarkies and Nic McGowan
1 - 5 April 2008 / 19:45
The Pit

Part of Spring 08 Contemporary events
Part of bite08


This comic-tragic multimedia collage is a time capsule of urban life in the small hours of the night. Music, dialogue, and huge video images of nocturnal surveillance footage create an eerie, hypnotic atmosphere, setting the scene for some captivating tales of people who find it hard to sleep.

Behind closed doors we eavesdrop on ordinary characters at the edge of sanity: a radio talkback announcer with no callers, a ghost who refuses to leave its former bedroom, a man about to bet his life savings on a horse, an astronaut suffering anxiety attacks in space, and a fast-food franchise owner who is sleeping with his employee of the month.
Post Show Talk 3 Apr

Commissioned and first produced by New Zealand International Arts Festival 2006



Vula
The Conch
23 April 2008 - 3 May 2008 / 19:45
The Pit

Part of bite08


Performed on a stage flooded with water, Vula (Fijian for ‘moon’) combines magic and illusion with traditional song and dance. With one rich and captivating image flowing into another, it paints an evocative picture of the lives of Pacific Island women and their sensual and spiritual relationship with the sea.

As the performers move and dance through the water, they take us on a journey through a Pacific Island day and night. Movement, song and humour intermingle with the glistening water and lighting in a wonderful harmony of elements.



Post Show Talk 24 Apr

Directed by Nina Nawalowalo
Composer Gareth Farr
Designer Tolis Papzoglou
Lighting designer Stephen Blackburn