Backstage Pass
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Backstage Pass
Backstage Pass
A lively and entertaining look at the Auckland Theatre Company - its people, its shows, the backstage crew, the theatre, and the company's ups and downs over the years.
Auckland Theatre Company has presented a huge range of plays to enthusiastic audiences since its first show in 1993 - Lovelock's Dream Run. From Shakespeare and Chekhov to Nathan Joe and Oscar Kightley, variety has been key with a strong Kiwi sensibility throughout.
Rising from the ashes of the Mercury Theatre after its abrupt closure in 1992, the fledgling company struggled to find venues and moved around the city using spaces as they found them, until setting up home in the fabulous purpose-built ASB Waterfront Theatre.
The many personalities, shifting fashions and cultural expectations, artistic disagreements, talented contributors and wildly successful shows through changing times lead to a colourful patchwork of stories that make a thoroughly enjoyable read.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781927158418
Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 14 November 2023
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Penguin Books (NZ)
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 189.0mm
Height: 245.0mm
Weight: 1030g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Frances Walsh is an award-winning journalist and writer. Her 2020 book Endless Sea- Stories Told Through the Taonga of the New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui te Ananui a Tangaroa was long-listed in the Ockham NZ Book Awards. She has also worked as the organiser for Equity New Zealand, the trade union for performers.
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