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Second Afterlife

Basement Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand
3-20 October 2014

Presented by Young and Hungry Festival of New Theatre
Written by Ralph McCubbin Hawell; directed by Leon Wadham
Fight Choreography by Michael Hurst

REVIEWS


 
 
                      
 CAST  
    
   CREATIVE
Bea
   Katie Longbottom  
Director
   Leon Wadham
Dan
   Jackson Bliss-McCauley  
Producer
   Gabrielle Vincennt
Ethan
   Jarred Blakiston  
Set Designer Mentor
   John Parker
Simon
   Ravi Gurunathan  
Set Designer Mentees
   Claudia Mailei, Grace Neely

Sadie

   Jessica Stubbing  
Costume Design Mentor
   Sara Taylor
The Guide
   Anthony Crum  
Costume Design Mentees
   Francesca Wilson, Natasha Hoyland, Zara O'Rourke
     
Lighting Design Mentor
   Jane Hakaria
       
Lighting Mentees
   Casey Crowley, Shivani Lee
     
Fight Choreographer
   Michael Hurst
     
Tango Choreographer
   Jeremy Birchall



Photos by Andi Crown Photography; click here for more pics..




Reviews of Second Afterlife

Theatreview: "A piece of theatre with its heart in the right place and its head screwed firmly on! ... Both the pace of the script and the exceptional work done by both the Tango and Fight Choreographers (Jeremy Birchall and Michael Hurst respectively) make for a very quick show.".

Theatre Scenes: "Michael Hurst's fight choreography works well in the confined Basement space".

Lumiere Reader:  "It's a script that requires a lot from everyone involved, especially on the production side. There's a lot of different worlds that need to be visualised, and the shifts between these need to be as seamless as the worlds need to be distinct. It's a credit to the director Leon Wadham and the design team that Second Afterlife never reveals how difficult these changes must be, and it remains an incredibly fleet, poppy and enjoyable piece of theatre".