I Want To Be Happy

I Want To Be Happy
By Carl Bland
Starring Jennifer Ludlam & Joel Tobeck
Directed by Ben Crowder & Carl Bland

After all these years of talking to each other and not understanding a word, something slipped through. Something beyond words. Something from one heart to another.

Binka is a guinea pig in a laboratory cage. Paul is the lab assistant who looks after her. Neither understand each other yet everyday they share their hopes and fears. Binka wants to escape. Paul wants to get the love of his life back. Both just want to be happy again.
But how? When everything you’ve known is gone and you’re left with a broken heart, sometimes the greatest gift you can give the person you love, is to set them free.

Humour and pathos collide in this blackly funny odyssey from trailblazing theatre creators Nightsong (Mr Red Light, Te Pō, The Worm), starring theatre greats Jennifer Ludlam and Joel Tobeck.

‘It’s the kind of theatre that makes film look boring, and turns first-time punters into lifelong patrons’ — Up Your Arts, Mr Red Light

‘Jennifer Ludlam’s performance is a masterclass in bringing a character to life’ — Theatreview, Mr Red Light

‘This level of creativity and innovation is exactly what people have come to expect from Nightsong’ — NZ Herald, A Stab in the Dark

7–30 Sep
$35 Preview - Weds 6 Sep & $35 Sunday Special - Sun 10 Sep
Circa One
Tues – Thurs 6.30pm, Fri – Sat 8pm, Sun 4pm
$30–$55

'Choose Your Price' night - Tues 12 Sep
Post-show Q&A - Tues 19 Sep
Early Bird tickets available 13 - 28 July!

Runtime: 75mins (no interval)

Content advisory: Strong Language, mature themes, implied sexual violence. Recommended 15+ years, parental discretion advised. Use of haze/smoke effects

Double pass also available! Spend the night at the theatre and save! Book now to see both "Verbatim" and "I Want To Be Happy" at Circa on the same night to receive concession priced tickets.

Script development support provided by Auckland Theatre Company.

Image by Ralph Brown