Current production: The Wife Who Spoke Japanese in Her Sleep

By Vivienne Plumb

• Summary of the play
• Dates and times of performances
• Ticket prices
• Bookings
• Cast list
• Crew list
• Photos

Summary: The first play of Stagecraft's 2012 season, this is a quirky comedy drama written by award-winning New Zealand poet, novelist and playwright, Vivienne Plumb. Plumb beautifully portrays Japanese culture while allowing us to laugh at our own Kiwi ways.

Described as a '21st-century Antipodean Shirley Valentine', this play promises to be a heart-warming comedy for all to enjoy, blending elements of Japanese Kabuki theatre with modern audiovisual effects.

Dates and times: Wednesday 21 to Saturday 24 March 2012 at 8 pm, Sunday 25 March at 3 pm, Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 March at 6.30 pm, Thursday 29 to Saturday 31 March at 8 pm

Ticket prices: $22 waged adults, $20 seniors, unwaged adults and tertiary students, $15 Stagecraft members and high-school students with valid ID. Two tickets for $22 on the first Thursday for all ticket categories. Early bird discount: book for the first week of the play and get $2 off the full ticket price ($20 instead of $22).

Bookings: Go to our bookings page.

Cast:

• Honey Tarbox - Christine Hunt
• Howard Tarbox - Stephen Fearnley
• Clemetine Florica - Tanisha Wardle
• Ensemble: Chris Tse, Kerina Deas, Clarissa Chandrahasen, Crispin Garden-Webster, Norie Parata and Kiel Taylor

Crew:

Shannon Tubman (director), Joy Hellyer (production manager), Tanisha Wardle, Fern Wallingford, Jen Pearce, Darryn Woods, Don Blackmore, Barry Meyers, Cherie Le Quesne, Amanda Lyons, Sheena Hudson, Amy Lorimer, Iona Anderson, Erin Nelson, Benjamin Haddock, Clarissa Chandrahasen

Photos and trailer (each photo opens in a new browser window):

• Clementine Florica (JPG, 163 kb)
• Dougie, Barb and Clementine (JPG, 111 kb)
• Dougie, Honey and Barb (JPG, 132 kb)
• Momo, Clementine and Honey (JPG, 148 kb)
• Honey (JPG, 117 kb)
• Geishas (JPG, 146 kb)
• Honey and giggling geishas (JPG, 200 kb)
• Honey and geishas (JPG, 142 kb)
• Honey and Howard (JPG, 136 kb)
• Howard, Honey and a geisha (JPG, 126 kb)
• Howard and his yukka (JPG, 174 kb)
• Kenta (JPG, 83 kb)
• Momo (JPG, 204 kb)
• Momo and Kenta (JPG, 102 kb)
• Muhabbat (JPG, 122 kb)
• Reg (JPG, 103 kb)
• Reg and Clementine (JPG, 158 kb)