Young talents always excite me. It’s so refreshing seeing what fresh ideas they have and what they are capable of. The Auckland Theatre Company’s annual Here & Now festival is a prime event embodying this concept.
Here & Now is a four-day festival that spotlights young people and emerging artists in professional theatre. Be entertained with three new shows that have been created specifically for this year’s festival.
Tender
by Benjamin Henson and the cast
This one sounds like a goodie. The show is all about love and the questions that come along with it. What is love? Where do we find it? Does love mean romance? And do we really need it? I’m curious how the show will answer these questions because wow… these are loaded questions.
Alice
by the cast
Well, this show sounds interesting. According to the show’s synopsis, a group of ordinary friends are thrust into a strange mystery that takes them into seedy clubs, the supernatural underground, a secluded DOC cabin and to the most sinister place of all… Sylvia Park. I smirked at that last part because I went to Sylvia Park last weekend and it was a real bitch to find parking so I can really relate to that sinister sentiment. But anyways, back to the show, it is inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and the films of David Lynch so that should give you another hint as to how the show will go.
You First
by Billie Staples
Okay, thrilling is the word that came to my mind after reading what the show is about. Let’s set the scene. There is a cataclysmic storm and teenagers are living underground because of said storm. This is the part that sounds thrilling; a mysterious regime is running this new world order and is forcing the teenagers to complete dangerous dares or disappear. One, I am intrigued on what dares they have to do and two, they could disappear! Poof! Gone.
The 2018 Here & Now festival runs from April 20 to 23 and all shows are at the ASB Waterfront Theatre.
Tickets are on sale via the Auckland Theatre Company.
