This magical fairytale of Cinderella is like no other, but it does contain the usual elements: yes, there’s a widowed Baron, remarried to a harridan of a Baroness, who dotes upon her two hideous daughters, Cinderella’s step-sisters; yes, Cinderella is reduced to the life of a skivvy at Hardup Hall, befriended by fellow servant, the...
The Globe presents Bruce Mason’s final, iconic play as part of the inaugural New Zealand Theatre Month. With wit, love, music and comic-tragic theatrical invention, Blood of the Lamb examines the life of a not-so-ordinary Kiwi family. As one of the founding figures of New Zealand theatre, Bruce Mason rewrote the rule book about what New Zealand theatre...
The Globe Theatre hosts the Southern Regional round of Theatre New Zealand’s One Act Play Festival. Three short plays are being presented. They will be adjudicated by Johnathon Hendry. Avatar by Mark Lucas. Directed by Gussie Johnson (Invercargill Repertory Society)Virgil is about to burgle Anastasia's house, but the arrival of Charlotte puts his plans on hold...
“It isn’t your room that’s a prison, it’s yourself” – Sylvia Plath. This intriguing play was developed for the National Theatre (UK) and the Globe production is an Australasian premiere. The short, and ultimately self-destructive story of the famous American “confessional” poet is told through a combination of her own works and a narrative of...
A sci-fi inspired comic adventure created and directed by Thomas Makinson assisted by Leanne Byas. The show is punctuated with new takes on classic fairy tales, and some original yarns. Over the top, silly fun, and maybe some chocolate at the end.
The Green by Emer Lyons directed by Martin Swann and Riders to the Sea by John Synge directed by Louise Petherbridge In the second of our Winter short season series we present The Green, a modern piece by Irish born Dunedin playwright Emer Lyons which tells of one woman’s fight to stop progress from destroying...
Celebrated poet and playwright, Baxter was closely associated with the Globe in its early years and this is one of his works Patric and Rosalie Carey premiered at the Globe in 1969.Set in 1960s rural New Zealand this piece was ground breaking work then, but it’s characters and ideas are still very much of our...
The sending home of Otago All Black Keith Murdoch during the 1972 British Tour was a talking point around the country. The media was desperate for the story but Murdoch was desperate to stay silent. Based on actual events and people, this play is about the ex-Otago All Black who went into hiding and the...
The three “black and midnight hags” sort out things in another world than Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This February The Globe Theatre invites you to meet the witches of the Discworld – Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick, as well as the host of characters that surround them. A community theatre production in conjunction with Colin...
The Ladykillers is set in London in the 1950s, in the house belonging to an old lady, Mrs Wilberforce, who lives alone with her parrot, General Gordon. Money is tight so she is delighted when the apparently very respectable musician, Professor Marcus, asks whether he might rent rooms in her house and use then as...
