“I want you to build me a room to die in.”

From Page Left (the Production Company that brought you the “unforgettable” McKenzie Country) comes the international debut of Sketch by Kate Morris.

Described by the BBC Writers’ Room as “compelling” and “particularly inventive”, Sketch is a multi-award winning new stage play by New Zealand playwright Kate Morris. It won NZ Young Playwright in 2009 and was Runner-Up for the Adam NZ Play Award (Best New NZ Play) that same year.

Sketch follows the inception and journey of a provocative exhibition by a Japanese artist that explores the nature of truth and art against the backdrop of a crumbling family relationship.

Unprepared to deal with the magnitude of the controversial exhibition, the gallery that commissioned the work struggles to maintain control over the public and the Artist, as a series of personal and PR blows threaten to close it down for good. And it is soon exposed even the Artist no longer has control.
...In which case, who does?

Directed by Chapman Tripp award winner Eleanor Bishop (Most Promising New Director 2009 for The Intricate Art of Actually Caring by Eli Kent) the production is paired with a strong design aesthetic helmed by Alice Hill and Thomas Press, with a cast composed of some of Wellington’s most exciting established and emerging talent.

At times comic, at others shocking, this astutely told tale is a sophisticated and provocative piece of theatre sure to challenge even the most hardened of theatre-goers, and draw in those new to viewing live theatre.

Sketch is suitable for the 15+ age group.
Venue: BATS THEATRE
Dates: 6th - 17th September
Tickets: $20 Waged/$14 Unwaged/Student
Book: book@bats.co.nz or phone (04) 802 4175

Written by Kate Morris  and directed By Eleanor Bishop.

Cast:
Paul McLaughlin (Seven Periods with Mr. Gormsby, Hotel) Alex Lodge (Tea for Toot)
James Winter (Le Sud)
Ralph Johnson
Sonia Yee (The Holy Grain) Aidan Weekes (End Game) Te Aihe Butler
Rose Guise