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The Dumb Waiter
With Stephen Papps and Michael Lawrence.
Directed by Edward Peni.
‘I hope the bloke’s not going to get to excited tonight, or anything. I’m feeling a bit off. I’ve got a splitting headache.’
Edward Peni directs Michael Lawrence and Stephen Papps in Pinter’s famous one act play…menacing, snappy and enigmatic. A modernist tragicomedy.
‘A solid and enjoyable feast’
A one-act play about two hitmen stationing in wait for their target. The play entangles you in several parodies of conversation as well as the usual absurdness of it all. It explores the idea of humanity facing a mysterious universe and an impending confrontation with mortality. The play’s absurd series of events is characteristic of Pinter’s work.
June 14 @ 2.30pm & 7pm June 15 @ 7pm
Ellerslie War Memorial Hall & Community Centre
134-138 Main Highway, Ellerslie, Auckland.
Booking information:
Bookings: www.iticket.co.nz
Tickets:
$25 ($20 concessions
“Supported and funded by the Ōrakei Local Board”
Past Productions
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Rogue
Coming soon.
2023
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The Homecoming
by Harold Pinter
2021
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The Hothouse
by Harold Pinter
2019
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Eigengrau
by Penelope Skinner
Bats Theatre & Basement Theatre
2012
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The Birthday Party
by Harold Pinter
Musgrove Studio (Maidment Theatre)
2012
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The Public Eye
by Peter Shaffer
The Jack Studio London
2011
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The Pitmen Painters
by Lee Hall
Q Theatre, Auckland
2011
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Creditors
by August Strindberg
Translation by Michael Meyer
Maidment Studio
2009
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The Chairs
by Eugene Ionesco
Maidment Studio, Auckland
2009
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The Hothouse
by Harold Pinter
Maidment Studio
2008
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The Homecoming
by Harold Pinter
Herald Theatre, Auckland
2007
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Strange Children
by Stephanie Johnson
Herald Theatre, Auckland
2005
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Sexual Perversity in Chicago
by David Mamet
Greenwich Playhouse, London
2005
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The Caretaker
by Harold Pinter
Maidment Studio, Auckland
2004
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Blue Orange
by Joe Penhall
Maidment Studio, Auckland
2003
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Marlene
by Pam Gems
Baycourt Theatre, Tauranga
Herald Theatre, Auckland
2003
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Miss Julie
By August Strindberg
Maidement Studio, Auckland
2003
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Old Times
Maidment Studio, Auckland
2002
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Decadence
by Steven Berkoff
Maidment Studio, Auckland
Circa Studio, Wellington 2002