Peer Gynt
Ibsen's Peer Gynt is an anarchistic, poetic romp about theatre's most energetic wastrel, who treks through space and time in a desperate attempt to avoid facing himself.
This year the Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School graduation production is a heady mix of the profoundly philosophical, the bizarre, the deeply moving and the completely ridiculous.
Between trolls, elopements, unrequited love, slave trading, prophets, harems, the battle between good and evil and button-making, Peer Gynt takes on absurdism and scores.
Peer Gynt is directed by John Bolton, currently Head of Acting at Victoria College of the Arts. John trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, and Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Paris.
| When: | 8pm, Sat 21 - Sat 28 October 2pm matinee Sat 28 Oct, no show Mon 23 Oct |
| Where: | Te Whaea Theatre , 11 Hutchison Road, Newtown |
| Price: | $15 / $10 |
| Bookings: | 04 381 9253 (automated line) |
John Bolton was director of theatre at The Theatre Workshop Edinburgh and co-founded Artworks, a company specializing in large scale community shows in Scotland and Europe in the late 70’s. John toured Ireland and the Cote D’Azur and Corsica with his solo show Bum’s Ride and was invited to join Welfare State International as a puppeteer, maker and actor for their Tempest as part of the Toronto International Festival.
John has toured his solo show Jumping Mouse throughout the USA, Scotland, Australasia and been invited to the Dublin Festival, New Zealand International Festival and numerous tours over the last 30 years.
His directing and co-creation credits include Odyssey with Andreas Litras, which was invited to many festivals including the Barbican International Theatre event in London, I don’t Wanna Play House with Tammy Anderson for which she was twice nominated for Best Actress for the Melbourne Green Room Awards and was invited to The Dublin Festival and the Hong Kong Festival. He has been awarded Two Green Room Awards, Three Melbourne Fringe First awards and was awarded the 2002 Kenneth Myer Medallion for services to Victorian Theatre.
He has taught at WAAPA, Drama Action Centre and Toi Whakaarei, as well as running his own Theatre School in Melbourne for 8 years and conducting professional theatre workshops throughout Australia.
