PRINCESSES and Other Girls Who Rule the World
BATS Theatre, The Random Stage, 1 Kent Tce, Wellington
09/10/2019 - 11/10/2019
Production Details
An all-female cast creates a story entirely from audience suggestions, focusing on female or non-gender specific narratives. Aimed at audience 4 years – 10 years and lead by Impro Melbourne’s Katherine Weaver, this is a storytelling session you don’t want to miss.
Introduce and normalize new narratives for the next generation, come on down to BATS Theatre for a matinee from the 9 – 11 October.
BATS Theatre: The Random Stage
9 – 11 October 2019
at 1pm
All Tickets $12
Full Price $12
Group of 4 $10
Group of 4 Price $40 (4 tickets only) $10
Full Price Season Pass – 3 shows for $45
Concession Price Season Pass – 3 shows for $36
BOOK TICKETS
NZ Improv Festival, Kids and Family
Accessibility
The Random Stage is fully wheelchair accessible; please contact the BATS Box Office by 4.30pm on the show day if you have accessibility requirements so that the appropriate arrangements can be made. Read more about accessibility at BATS.
Performed by:
Katherine Weaver
Jennifer O'Sullivan
Clare Kerrison
Stevie Hancox-Monk
Laura Irish
Music by Charlotte Glucina
Lights by Darryn Woods
Theatre , Improv , Family , Children’s ,
45 mins
The audience knows best
Review by Margaret Austin 09th Oct 2019
This show, created and directed by Melbourne based improviser Katherine Weaver, takes place on Bats Random stage. There are six in the cast and they’re all female: Weaver, Jennifer O’Sullivan, Clare Kerrison, Stevie Hancox-Monk, Laura Irish and music by Charlotte Glucina. The title is perhaps justified by a role taken in the show, but it’s a bit of a tenuous link.
It’s a show for kids and they get plenty of chances to demonstrate their enthusiasm for participating. One wants to be a rock star, one a scientist, one a bus driver and yet another a pet shop owner.
These various ambitions get built into a performance that’s chiefly characterised by its dependence on audience reaction and the actors’ skill in involving them. They are happy to be trees, assistant scientists, or critics of bad parents (shades of Greta Thunberg).
My impression is that the performers here need a bit of help. There’s music, but maybe some costuming and perhaps some props could be handy to add a bit of extra pep.
After two scenes, our director wants to call it a day, but the audience won’t hear of it. The third and final improvisation, consisting of a busload of ambitions, is probably the most well realised.
If performers didn’t know it before, they do now. The audience knows best.
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