2009: The New Zealand Post Season of The Wife Who Spoke Japanese In Her Sleep (Auckland Festival 2009)
There’s more to Japan than Sushi and Sumo.
Honey Tarbox is an ordinary Kiwi housewife with quarteracre dreams, until one night when she inexplicably begins speaking Japanese in her sleep. Immediately the wheels are set in motion for Honey’s extraordinary transformation from suburban housewife into sleep-talking media megastar.
THE WIFE WHO SPOKE JAPANESE IN HER SLEEP reveals the magic lurking behind the manicured gardens of suburbia.
Adapted from Vivienne Plumb’s Hubert Church Award-winning short story.
“Quirky, provocative, consciously flirting with the surreal and the bizarre.”
—Metro
“This author has a wondrous, fresh approach: her style is always direct and simple so you utterly believe.”
—Sunday-Star Times
Audience Review
Alison Quigan is such a good actress and we were impressed with the way she embraced the Japanese culture and became the dominant force.
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Patricia 2009.03.26
Editorial Review
A play with such serious subtext should really not be such fun. But this new work is a great addition to the ATC’s repertoire and all involved deserve an arigatou for making a veritable bento box of dramatic pleasures.
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Gilbert Wong 2009.03.18
