 Event |
Penumbra
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| Venue |
SkyCity Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Umbrella Event |
Auckland Arts Festival 2007 |
| First Date |
9 March 2007 |
| Opening Date |
9 March 2007 |
| Last Date |
17 March 2007 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Epic and ambitious, Penumbra is a journey through the interconnecting lives of over forty characters spanning three generations. Full of wonderfully realised portraits reflecting our own dreams and disappointments, the story touches some of the waypoints of New Zealand’s history, from the 1953 Tangiwai Disaster, to the Bastion Point protests, to the 1999 Solar Eclipse. A young New Zealand girl with Dutch heritage, working for Air New Zealand in the late 1960s, makes a phone call home from LA airport. So begins this sweeping family history, which travels from Auckland to Hong Kong and Amsterdam, weaving together a dramatic portrayal that is intensely personal and tender. Penumbra is contemporary storytelling at its best. Reminiscent of the epic works of Robert Lepage, it is a journey through time. Penumbra is drama in which the scale of issues is directly related to how close they are to a person’s heart. |
| Description Source |
Programme |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Drama
Storytelling
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| Contributors |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
New Zealand
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| Production Nationality |
New Zealand
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Programme |
Auckland Arts Festival 2007 (Electronic Archive). Archived by the National Library of New Zealand. Digital Collection = Kohinga Matihiko 81268192800002836 Alma Collection |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
157957 |
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