Education Resources

A Doll's House

Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 ground-breaking, realist classic A Doll’s House (in a translation by Christopher Hampton) centres on an ordinary family—Torvald Helmer, a bank lawyer, his wife, Nora, and their children.

In this enduringly powerful drama, Nora finds her way out of the “doll’s house” constructed by a restrictive society, ready to discover who she really is.

Paradise or the Impermanence of Ice Cream

Take a wild ride to paradise with Indian Ink’s powerful new play about impermanence — of life, love…and ice cream! Infused with serious laughter, exquisite puppetry and inspired sound design this show is guaranteed to melt your heart.

FUN HOME

Adapted from Alison Bechdel’s 2006 best-selling graphic memoir of the same name, Fun Home is a Tony Award-winning musical about Alison at ages 9, 19, and 43, trying to untangle her childhood, her family, herself.

Fun Home is, in turn, funny and heartbreaking; a refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your past and your parents through grown-up eyes.

Mr & Mrs Macbeth of Heathcote Valley Road

Mark Hadlow and Lara Cooper star as Tom and Jo Macbeth, professional actors who have a reputation as Shakespearean specialists. A rollercoaster ride of comedy, drama, poignancy, and explosive conflict, Mr & Mrs Macbeth of Heathcote Valley Road will appeal to all, including those who hate studying Shakespeare at school.

Every Brilliant Thing

Sometimes the little things can create something big and beautiful. A child attempts to
bring his mother out of depression by making them a list of every brilliant thing in the world. Decades pass, the list grows and what was once a game eventually becomes a new way of looking at the world. If you had to make a list, where would you
start?

Appropriate

After their father dies, the Lafayette siblings gather at their crumbling ancestral estate to clear out the family house for sale. There, they discover the most unexpected of secrets and are forced to confront realities they would prefer had never been revealed. At once familiar yet shocking, Appropriate’s audacious and unexpected humour will leave you as open-mouthed as its revelations.

Be Like Billy?

Billy T James is a legendary New Zealand comedian and cultural icon.

In this new work, Rutene Spooner shares his personal relationship with his childhood hero, Billy T.

Infused with music and humour, Be Like Billy? speaks to our national identity, touching on what being Māori, being a performer and being a Kiwi meant in the 80s, and what it means now.

Frankenstein

In this Nick Dear adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic novel, young scientist Victor Frankenstein brings to life a man-made creature, sewing together dead body parts with little thought to the consequences. Abandoned by his maker and treated to the worst of humanity’s scorn, Creature becomes intent on finding Frankenstein and making him pay...

With lead actors James Kupa and Wesley Dowdell alternating between the roles of the scientist and his creation, this international hit explores the eternal themes of humanity, good vs evil and what happens when we blur the line between life and death.