City of Hands

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Event City of Hands
Venue Bats Theatre Company, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand
First Date 8 June 1994
Last Date 7 July 1994
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional Cooperative
World Premiere No
Description At 3pm on Friday September 13, 1991, in a Lower Hutt car sales yard, 93 people put a hand each on a used Honda City. The last hand to leave would belong to the winner.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Peter Kaa Actor Rees
Dra McKay Actor Alice
Stephen Papps Actor Clive
Lucy Schmidt Actor Claire
Tim Spite Actor Official/ Ambulance Officer
Stephen Bain Director
Stephen Bain Playwright
Deborah Tucker Playwright
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Further Information A novel called Show of Hands was based on the same events, and became a film in 2008, written and directed by Anthony McCarten.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 186295