ONG CLOUD MIX IT UP WITH JO RANDERSON

17 young performers. One crazy award-winning theatre-maker. Add some inter-generational tension and a planet on the verge of collapse and you’ll get YO FUTURE – a radical hybrid of contemporary clowning and choral choreography; funny, angry and totally original.

Long Cloud Youth Theatre is a hothouse for New Zealand’s most exciting young acting talent. Long Cloud, run by Whitireia Performing Arts Company and based in Wellington, is a unique training and production company for young people aged 16-21.

Over the past ten weeks the actors have been devising with Jo Randerson, creating a work that explores those questions that plague us as a modern society: What does the world look like for young people? With what attitude will they lead us ahead?

YO FUTURE opens a window onto a streetscape of roaming herds of ‘youth’, grazing on identity and locking horns with each other over cultural territory. Who or what are these creatures? Do they know what they are doing? And what are they going to do with this mysterious object they’ve been given?

Following on from Hullapolloi, YO FUTURE builds on Jo Randerson’s new theatrical direction of strong physical scoring combined with bastardised clown to create works that look as much like dance as theatre, yet unlike either you’ve ever seen before.

YO FUTURE by JO RANDERSON and LONG CLOUD YOUTH THEATRE
WHITIREIA THEATRE, 25-27 VIVIAN ST
18th October-23rd October. Tue-Sat @ 8pm, Sun @ 3pm.

$18/$14 | BOOKINGS PHONE 04 238 6225 or ONLINE WWW.THETHEATRE.CO.NZ

ULLAPOLLOI ON TOUR

Jo's celebrated collaboration with Kate McIntosh and Footnote plays in Auckland on 5th October and Tauranga on 21st October.

Step inside the eerily beautiful and disturbing world of Hullapolloi and witness the constantly shifting shapes and identities of its mysterious inhabitants. The power struggle and political dynamics of these amorphous beings tests the limits of behavioural norms and social boundaries.

Stunning costume, scenography and soundscape create a unique performance experience from one of New Zealand's most vibrant contemporary companies who constantly seek to redefine the boundaries of dance.

AUCKLAND: Q - Rangatira (Mainstage)
Wed 05 Oct @ 8pm
- post show forum 9pm
$35 per adult - concessions available

TAURANGA: Baycourt Theatre
Fri 21 Oct @ 7pm
$40 per adult - concessions available

For More Information -
Tempo Festival Website, Q Theatre Website, Tauranga Arts Festival Website

HEATRE FOR KIDS TERM FOUR
Classes start 25 October - Brooklyn and 27 October - Island Bay teaching 5-7 year olds basic performance skills to encourage confidence and self-expression.

We have a new teacher this term! Holly Chappell formerly of Original Scripts in Christchurch, and a current student of the Masters in Theatre Arts (Directing) at Toi Whakaari New Zealand National Drama School.

Find out more here: Barbarian Theatre For Kids