Ship Songs

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Event Ship Songs
Venue Circa Two, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand
First Date 4 August 2009
Last Date 29 August 2009
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description …Using as a foundation the romantic story of his parents meeting and falling in love in Canada, he weaves together three differing but complementary journeys of exploration and discovery: his mother's escape from stultifying Yorkshire to sail across the Atlantic with a dream of helping the Eskimos give birth; an Irish whaler who jumps ship and falls in love with a Maori maiden before being recaptured and punished with 60 lashes; and the story of Zheng He, the great Chinese explorer whose extraordinary exploits were expunged from the records when the emperor decided he no longer existed….
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Solo
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Ian Hughes Actor
Anna Marbrook Director
Don McGlashan Musician
Ian Hughes Playwright
John Verryt Set Designer
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Further Information Songs and music by Don McGlashan.
Event Status Completed
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 201612