Event |
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
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Venue |
The Bluestone Room, Auckland, New Zealand |
Umbrella Event |
Auckland Arts Festival 2013 |
First Date |
13 March 2013 |
Opening Date |
13 March 2013 |
Last Date |
24 March 2013 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
No |
Part of a Tour |
Yes |
Description |
Pull up a bar stool, grab a dram and settle in for an evening of devilishly good theatre, live music and unusual comings and goings. This Festival, the National Theatre of Scotland is taking theatre to a place Kiwis know and love - the pub. One wintry morning Prudencia Hart, an ivory-tower academic, stops in at a folk pub on her way home from a conference in Kelso, a town in the Scottish Borders. As she props up the bar, a blizzard sets in. Little does Ms Hart know who or what awaits her... Inspired by Robert Burns and the "Border Ballads", the show is delivered via a romp of rhyming couplets, devilish encounters, lyrical ghost stories and wild karaoke with live musicians. Prudencia's dream-like journey of self-discovery unfolds in and around the whisky drinking audience. Tempted by the Devil, what does Prudencia do? With a poetic and seductive text by David Greig, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart is the lock-in to end all lock-ins - a cautionary tale for a cold winter's night. |
Description Source |
Website |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Folk
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Subjects |
Myth
Self-examination
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Related Events |
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
Scotland
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Production Nationality |
Scotland
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Programme |
Auckland Arts Festival 2013 programme - accessed via National Library Online Archive |
Web |
http://2013.aaf.co.nz/events/the-strange-undoing-of-prudencia-hart.aspx.html |
Programme |
Adelaide Festival Programme |
Web |
Adelaide Festival website |
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Event Identifier
| 153441 |
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