Save the date now for your next Wellington Arts on Wednesday culture-fix – and be the first to see brand new devised multi-media/performance works by Massey Wellington theatre students.
The Student Theatre Showcase at Wellington Arts on Wednesday on May 28 will feature a modern drama mosaic entitled ‘Women and War’ (with a linked series of pivotal scenes from the great modern dramatists Ibsen and Brecht, directed and performed by 139.303 Modern Drama students), plus three brand new, innovative short multimedia/performance works devised by students in 139.223 Creative Processes.
In their devised works, the Creative Processes students use theatre, film and creative writing to explore ideas about individuality and creativity. Their works engage with both Classical and Enlightenment ideas about ‘genius’ and ‘the muse’, subverting and challenging myths of the ‘tortured artist’ while simultaneously acknowledging the students’ own struggles to find an artistic ‘voice’. The result is a series of personal and compelling narratives about artistic processes, and the place of art and creativity in 21st Century Aotearoa/New Zealand Society.
Where: The Theatre Lab, Room 5D14, Massey University Wellington campus
When: Wednesday May 28, 12.30 to 1.30
What:
- Women and War – Key scenes from ‘A Doll’s House’ and ‘Mother Courage’ reinterpreted for our times
- ‘Not Me’, ‘Support Group’ and ‘Noir’: The premiere of three original performance pieces about creativity
- Q&A with the student directors, writers and performers at the end of the show
- Free light refreshments
Artwork credit: By Virginia Wickham, Creative Processes student, as part of her ‘Me Box’ assignment work.
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