The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart

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Event The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
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
Secondary Genre Folk
Subjects Myth
Self-examination
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Contributors
Name Function Notes
Andy Clark Actor and Singer
Annie Grace Actor and Singer
Alasdair Macrae Actor and Singer
David McKay Actor and Singer
Alasdair Macrae Composer
Georgia McGuinness Designer
Wils Wilson Director
David Greig Playwright
Works
Text Nationality Scotland
Production Nationality Scotland
Event Status Completed
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
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 153441