NOW. HERE. THIS

Book by Hunter Bell and Susan Blackwell

Music and Lyrics by Jeff Bowen

Directed by Beth Waite

New Athenaeum Theatre, 23 The Octagon, Dunedin

10-13 and 17-20 June

Now. Here. This. is a new musical that explores life’s big questions and celebrates living in the present. As ragtag group of friends explore a museum they bond over birds, bees, reptiles, early man, ancient civilizations and outer space. Also, loneliness, friendship, hoarding, hiding, laughing, living and dying. And middle school. And dinosaurs.

Created by the creative team behind the Tony-nominated [title of show], Now. Here. This is an original "theatri-concert" explores what goes down in the space between the past and the future, and how the universe conspires to bring people together.

The show is about dreamers and romantics and how difficult it can be to stay in the present moment - or being tuned into the now, the here and the this.

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Arcade's 2021 season is supported in part by the Dunedin City Council's professional theatre fund, the Otago Community Trust, Southern Lights and the University of Otago Division of Humanities Performing Arts Fund.

Development of Now. Here. This. Was supported by the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center during a residency at the Cabaret and Performance Conference of 2009.

Now. Here. This. is presented through special arrangement with ORiGiN™ Theatrical on behalf of R & H Theatricals, A Concord Theatricals Company

Based on the Collaboration by Hunter Bell, Michael Berresse, Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff, Jeff Bowen, and Larry Pressgrove