Mutabilitie by Frank McGuinness
Directed by Tony McCaffrey
on THE OPEN STAGE
21st - 28th July, 8pm  (excluding Sunday)
$12 waged,  $8 unwaged

Bookings now open.  Please phone us on 364 5155 or write c/- Box 3084 or
e-mail us on mx@hagley.school.nz

Set in 16th Century Ireland, Mutabilitie intertwines myth and history,
English and Irish narratives with contemporary concerns over colonialism and
the place of theatre in society.  Into this environment McGuinness
transports Shakespeare, tired of struggling to make a living in the theatre
in London and drawn to Ireland by promises of land and wealth.  Mutabilitie
was premiered at the Royal National Theatre at the end of 1997 and now
Hagley Theatre Company present the second ever production.




The Ham Funeral
by Nobel prize winning author, Patrick White
Directed by Cameron Delaney
on THE OPEN STAGE
4th - 11th August (except Sunday) 8pm
$12 waged,  $8 unwaged

Bookings now open.  Please phone us on 364 5155 or write c/- Box 3084 or
e-mail us on mx@hagley.school.nz

Inspired by a painting by William Dobell, The Ham Funeral tells the story of
a young man's search for beauty in a damp crumbling house, and how the death
of one of its inhabitants brings him to face with himself and the face in
the mirror.

"It takes all kinds to make a tasty dust-bin"




One Act Play Festival
directed by 2nd & 3rd year students
on THE OPEN STAGE
4th - 7th September 7.30pm
$7 per night or a concession of $10 for 2 nights (3 plays one night and 4
plays the 2nd night)

Seven one act plays presented over four nights.   Tiggy Tiggy Touch Wood by
Renee and Private War of Corporal Cooper by John Broughton are New Zealand
plays.   Two second year students are presenting their own work, one of
which won the Young Playwright of the Year 2000 award for the South Island.
A Christopher Durang piece, Naomi in the Living Room, a revue sketch by
Harold Pinter The Applicant and Railing it Uptown by Shirley Lauro completes
the evenings' entertainment. 



The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
by Berthold Brecht
Directed by Cameron Mattox
on THE OPEN STAGE
26th Oct - 4th November, 8pm (excluding Sunday)
$12 waged  $8 unwaged

Written in 1941, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is a political satire
about the making of a fascist that also re-tells the story of Hitler and the
Nazi era.  The play is set in 1920's Chicago and Brecht modeled the plot and
characters on Al Capone's mafia rule in order to demonstrate the dangers of
National Socialism and fascism.  It is political theatre at its very best
and most powerful.



S.W.A.D.  (Student Written and Directed Season)
written by first year students
directed by second year students
on THE OPEN STAGE
4th - 8th December 7.30pm
$7 ($10 concession for two nights)

A series of short plays of all genres over five nights.