Wonderful : Dunedin Fringe Festival

Wonderful

Ōtepoti | Dunedin

Modern but timeless

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Ōtepoti | Dunedin

Wonderful is the story of the divine Lady Hermione and her loyal butler Roberts, as they grapple with the important issues of modern life - biscuits, trousers, sausages, art and what to do about Penelope.


Set in England during the witty and just a little bit notorious roaring 20s, its characters cast aside the darkness, despair and bad poetry from the Great War and fall headlong into the brave new world of martinis, monocles, romance, and fountains; the starlight glittering on the water like diamonds.


One part drawing-room farce, two measures of love and a splash of the comedy of manners, it asks the age-old question of all great love stories: what is the price of following your heart and are you willing to pay it? Where does Uncle Dickie keep the biscuits, and what did the actress actually say to the bishop?


Written by one of Dunedin's most successful playwrights and performed by Sarah and Blaise Barham.  


Reviews:


"Richard Huber’s script (he also directs) very cleverly blurs distinctions between reality and possibility and shifts and retracts social class distinctions … Intriguing and sometimes puzzling, rich in literary allusions, actress-and-bishop jokes and pathos ...” - Barbara Frame, Otago Daily Times review, 12/11/2022


"In the Barhams, Huber has found the perfect accomplices. Their tongue-in-cheek enjoyment of the absurdities of the situation is one of the great pleasures of the play. They inhabit their roles with ease, in a cracking conversational duel." - Terry McTavish, Theatreview, 11/11/2022 


“Combining drawing room farce, romantic comedy and fast-paced dialogue, Wonderful is thought-provoking and entertaining.” - Brenda Harwood, The Star, 17/11/2022

Fri
17
March
08:00PM
Sat
18
March
08:00PM
Sun
19
March
08:00PM

Price

$10.00 - $20.00

R13

Duration

1hr

Venue

Allen Hall Theatre

90 Union Street Dunedin 9016

*Accessible Toilet Available

Theatre Comedy

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The Dunedin Fringe Festival is the world’s southernmost Fringe Festival. Initiated in 2000, Dunedin Fringe aims to bring experimental contemporary art to a wider audience and to support the work of emerging artists. Dunedin Fringe is an annual event which happens every March timed to coincide with other fringe festivals in New Zealand and Australia.

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