It’s 1840 and all the players are here at the bottom of the world, at the dawn of the great new British colony: Port Nicholson, Wellington, New Zealand.
Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School is excited to present The Undertow: The Ragged, the first instalment of writer Helen Pearse-Otene’s quartet of plays about Wellington.
The Ragged explores the early relationships between settlers, the New Zealand Company, and tangata whenua as the settlers try to find their own place to call home.
Follow the struggles of the ordinary, yet extraordinary people who called Wellington home in 1840.
Directed by Regan Taylor and featuring the work of Second Year Acting, Second and Third Year Design and Management, Second Year Costume and Set & Props students from Toi Whakaari.
By arrangement with Playmarket NZ
Content warnings: Imitation firearms, violence, strong language, use of smoke/haze
Performance Season (Runtime 90 mins):
Friday 14th June – Opening night 5.30pm
Saturday 15th June – 5.30pm
Sunday 16th June – 5.30pm
Tuesday 18th June – 5.30pm
Wednesday 19th June – Agents’ night & Closing night 5.30pm
Toi Whakaari presents both The Undertow: The Ragged and The Undertow: Dog & Bone by Helen Pearse-Otene as part of our Term 2 Productions. Both shows run in concession of each other with an hour break in between, however, tickets must be bought seperately.
