ABOUT

The Engine Room poster

In 1981 the South African rugby team toured New Zealand, and our country was plunged into chaos. Flash forward a few decades, and the 2008 election saw the conflict make headlines again, when John Key told reporters he ‘couldn’t remember’ his position on the tour. So what was John doing during these fateful months? And where was Aunty Helen? The Engine Room imagines these political icons in a partly factual, mostly fictional account of two seminal moments in New Zealand’s history.

 

The Engine Room

By Ralph McCubbin Howell
Directed by Hannah Smith
Produced by Hannah Banks

Starring Alex Greig, Harriette Cowan, Erin Banks and Paul Harrop

BATS Theatre

27th September – 8th October 2011

Show time: 8pm

Tickets Prices:

$18 waged
$13 unwaged

To book: phone 04 802 4176 or email bats@bats.co.nz.

Media contact: bankshann@gmail.com