Education Resources

Yes Yes Yes

Part confession, part documentary, part open conversation, YES YES YES is a theatre show created for young adults that explores the knotty and necessary topics of healthy relationships, desire and consent.

This latest work from award-winning duo Karin McCracken and Eleanor Bishop blends audience interaction with a captivating solo performance, and features in-depth interviews with teenagers from around Aotearoa.

Things I Know to be True

Having loved each other for over thirty years, it should be time for Fran and Bob to slow down and smell the roses – until the lives of their adult children come crashing through the back door…

From the beloved writer of When the Rain Stops Falling, Andrew Bovell’s Things I Know to be True is a heartfelt drama examining the dynamics of family, love and how we understand truth in the face of adversity.

A Streetcar Named Desire

Jaded Southern belle Blanche DuBois arrives in a sultry New Orleans, desperate for a place to stay.

Her little sister Stella takes her in, but tensions soon flare as Stella’s brutish husband, Stanley, keeps a brooding eye on his new sister-in-law…

Heralded as one of the finest plays of the 20th Century, this Pulitzer Prize winning drama is a devastating masterpiece that promises a riveting and dangerous night out at the theatre.

The Father

There is a woman in André's flat claiming to be his daughter. But Anne lives in London now… Doesn’t she? And André lives in Paris... Doesn’t he? And where has Anne’s sister, Elise gone? Don’t tell him she’s dead. She isn’t… Is she?

An international sensation, The Father is the most acclaimed new play of the decade, smashing our misconceptions of time, memory and dementia in this profoundly moving and darkly comic masterpiece.

Misery

Having rescued Paul from the accident that’s left him with broken legs, Annie is now nursing Paul back to health. The storm that led to Paul’s accident has caused road closures and power cuts but Annie has promised to get him to hospital and to call his agent as soon as she can.

But if that’s the truth... then why is his bedroom door locked?

As Paul tests the boundaries of his confinement, he pulls a thread which rapidly unravels Annie’s lies.

Titus Andronicus

War hero Titus Andronicus returns from twenty years of campaigning against Rome’s enemies to find his home divided by partisan squabbling. His attempts to restore order to the city he loves unleash the very forces that will tear both the city and his family to pieces, setting off a chain reaction of betrayal, murder and revenge that leaves no one unscathed.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Fifteen-year old mathematical genius Christopher Boone sees the world differently to everyone else. He knows all the countries of the world and their capital cities, every prime number up to 7,507, he doesn’t tell lies and his favourite colours are not yellow and brown.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Backstage Videos

Gain insights into all the different people who worked on this production.

Waiora

As the family prepare for a beachside birthday party in the late summer of 1965, what should be a celebration brings secrets and cultural clashes to the surface. Far away from their tipuna, can they find a place to stand together or be set adrift in an ocean of change.

Macbeth

Shakespeare’s darkest and most powerful tragedy tells the story of Macbeth, the brave general who, returning victorious from battle, witnesses a prophecy from three witches that he will one day become King.

Niu Sila

In 1970s suburban New Zealand, six-year-old Ioane Tafioka, fresh off the boat from the islands, moves in next door to Peter Burton. Instantly becoming best friends, they spend every day together. As the boys become teenagers they succumb to their stereotypical paths, drifting apart, until a chance reunion twenty years later forces them to confront their ghost of years past.

Romeo and Juliet

Family feuding and passionate love, comedy and tragedy come together in this epic production of the world’s greatest love story.