Participate in our annual festival of semi-staged readings, where three new scripts are showcased by some of New Zealand's best actors, and you get the chance to see new plays in development.
THE NEXT STAGE is a vital part of Auckland Theatre Company's mission to bring utterly original, fervently New Zealand stories to the stage. After each performance we welcome comments from the audience in a discussion with the author and director.
2010 @ Musgrove Studio
PLAY ONE
Tuesday 12 Oct, 8pm
Friday 15 Oct, 6.30pm
Saturday 16 Oct, 2pm
PLAY TWO
Wednesday 13 Oct, 8pm
Friday 15 Oct, 9pm
Saturday 16 Oct, 5pm
PLAY THREE
Thursday 14 Oct, 8pm
Saturday 16 Oct, 8pm
PUBLIC BOOKINGS AVAILABLE FROM 11 JANUARY. BOOK MAIDMENT THEATRE 09 308 2383 (PRESS 1).
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Previous NEXT STAGE seasons have taken the audience by surprise, showcasing new plays from remarkable talents that are entertaining, challenging and enthralling.
2009
LEN
by Brian Hannam.
GHOST TRAIN
by Fiona Samuel.
DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH
by Lisa Chappell.
2008
SILENT NIGHT
by Yvette Parsons.
LE SUD
by Dave Armstrong.
THE TRUTH GAME
by Simon Cunliffe.
2007
WHERE WE ONCE BELONGED by Sia Figiel, adapted for the stage by Dave Armstrong. Produced by Auckland Theatre Company and New Zealand International Arts Festival, 2008.
MIKE AND VIRGINIA
by Kathryn Burnett and Nick Ward.
STATION TO STATION
by Michael Galvin.
See pictures from Auckland Theatre Company's THE NEXT STAGE 2007.
2006
MY NAME IS GARY COOPER by Victor Rodger
Produced by Auckland Theatre Company, 2007.
FINDING MURDOCH by Margot McRae
Produced by Downstage Theatre, Wellington, 2007.
THE OIL FACTOR by Geoff Chapple
Produced (as HATCH OR THE PLIGHT OF THE PENGUINS) by Auckland Theatre Company, 2007.
"The ATC Literary Unit’s workshop process greatly helped my new play Hatch. As someone who’d previously done only film scripts and radio drama, it helped define and refine for me that new dimension of live performance when the play’s success literally hangs in the air between actor and audience."
Geoff Chapple
