As things begin to heat up for the holidays, The Blue Room are preparing for their Summer Nights program once again. After a short hiatus, the theatre’s ‘short works/long tales’ program 600 Seconds is set to return for 2023. The initiative helps creators take half-baked ideas and transform them into fully-fledged shows with experienced local […]
Following their smashing premiere at The Blue Room’s Summer Nights season, the team behind musical 107 are reuniting for another round. The homegrown musical celebrates the resilience of youth, with writer/composer Michele Gould saying it’s all about “flipping stereotypes on their heads, whilst also flipping them off.” “A fever dream of my private school memories, rambunctious […]
WALK | The Blue Room | til July 23 | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ WALK at The Blue Room exists on the edge of performance art and contemporary dance. The beauty of this kind of work is the interpretative possibilities. No two people will experience this work in the same way, or create the same meanings […]
Pull The Pin | The Blue Room | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ While I know very little about sport at all, I do love a good sports team narrative. The Wolves presented at The Blue Room by Red Ryder Productions back in 2019? Loved it. Bend It Like Beckham? Yes, also obviously should have been a lesbian […]
A new collaboration between Just Friends Theatre Company and The Blue Room Theatre promises a hilarious fusion between goofy comedy Dodgeball and your mum’s book club. In Pull The Pin: ten-pin bowling squad The Old Hags are gearing up for the Mid-Year Tenpin Bowling Championship and the ladies have something to prove. There’s a lot on the line: cash, […]
An upcoming work at The Blue Room Theatre plays with space in a special site-specific work of art. WALK is led by Bobby, your shimmering, battle fatigued guide. Learning to let go of past ghosts, Bobby discovers what it means to be free in their body and walk into their power. WALK promises an immersive dreamlike experience. […]
Salome δ | Summer Nights at The Blue Room | Until 5th Feb | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Sickness and ill-health are ever-present today. They consume every news cycle. We’ve been living with the reality of Covid for exactly two years. And as Omicron makes itself present on a local scale, more and more of us have become […]
107 | Summer Nights at The Blue Room | Until 5th Feb | ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ Developed with Antipodes Theatre Company as part of their 2021 Winter Lab, 107 is a production presented by Michele Gould (writer/composer), alongside Daley Rangi (director) of slam-poetry fame, in what is a fun, feminist, and fierce as hell punk […]
A thrilling, distorting new work by Eliza Smith is coming to The Blue Room Theatre. She’s Terribly Greedy delves into the mind of 20-year-old Ellenore who can’t decide which future to choose. Seven performers construct and deconstruct Ellenore’s identity, tackling multiplicity and contradiction. Ellenore asks – “what should I do with my life? … Should […]
Takatāpui presents a new solo tour de force by unpredictable antidisciplinary artist Daley Rangi, premiering at The Blue Room Theatre’s 2022 Summer Nights Festival. In a performance that promises to be macabre, sardonic, and candid, audiences are invited to challenge themselves; to listen and sit with the truth amidst an electrifying storm of story and sound. […]
