Birthday Book of Storms
12 Cambridge Terrace, Te Aro, Wellington
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Set in a mysterious library where poems and writers come to life, as a day librarian and night librarian reveal secrets to a girl about the hidden history of Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, and Assia Wevill.
‘Birthday Book of Storms’ is an imagined retelling of events in the life of the iconic poets Plath and Hughes and artist Assia Wevill. Set in a twilight magical realist world, the events of their fateful, tragic lives are investigated by a girl wanting to know who she is and her forgotten place in their story. The play highlights the choices these protagonists made, and the consequences of their choices upon her.
The play, a Griffin Award finalist, through fictional retelling is focused on the feminine in the Hughes saga.
Content warning: suicide referred to
Run time: 98 mins, no intermission
Wednesday 2nd August – preview
Thursday 3rd August – 7:30pm
Friday 4th August – 7:30pm
Saturday 5th August – 7:30pm
Sunday 6th August – matinee, 2pm
no shows Mon/Tues
Wednesday 9th August – 7:30pm
Thursday 10th August – 7:30pm, Closing night
Directed by Jaime Dörner
Assistant director & written by R.Johns
Dramaturge: Sue Ingleton
Graphics & Design by Peter Mumford
Performed by Anita Torrance, Tania Lentini, Phil Roberts, Jim Daly and Robin Kakolyris
Lighting Design by Natala Gwiazdzinski
Sound Design by Aaron Torrance
Lighting Operator Pierce Barber
Image by Peter Mumford
Publicity by Kate Spencer
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