Youth Night

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Youth Night Performances

Connecting young people to the transformational magic of theatre, Youth Night performances of every ATC production are dedicated to and curated by young people.

School groups can book for Youth Night at the same price as school matinees.

Performances are followed by a Q&A with selected members of the cast and creative team.

Please check the content and suitability of these plays for your students on our website or contact us for more details. All Youth Night performances are at 7pm

Grand Horizons

Tue 15 Feb

Lysander’s Aunty Witi’s Wāhine

Tue 22 Mar Tue 17 May Scenes from a Yellow Peril Tue 28 Jun Long Day’s Journey into Night Tue 12 Jul Dawn Raids Tue 23 Aug The Made Tue 27 Sep North By Northwest Tue 1 Nov

Grand Horizons

By Bess Wohl Direction: Jennifer Ward-Lealand

ASB Waterfront Theatre | 8 Feb – 5 Mar Youth Night: Tue 15 Feb, 7pm | Term 1

They’ve done old, blue and borrowed. Time for something new.

The New Zealand premiere of Bess Wohl’s Tonynominated uproarious comedy, Grand Horizons, is a heart-warming and cathartic unravelling of a family unit, which is trying to pursue happiness and fulfilment, when each member is at a different stage of life.

Advisory: Contains strong language

The Life of Galileo Opening Night. Credit: Jinki Cambronero Photography

North by Northwest

Adapted by Carolyn Burns Direction: Simon Phillips

ASB Waterfront Theatre | 25 Oct – 19 Nov Youth Night: Tue 1 Nov, 7pm | Term 4

One simple mistake. A thousand miles to run.

Frantic and fun, inventive and intriguing, Alfred Hitchcock’s trailblazing thriller North by Northwest is boldly re-imagined for the stage.

Suggested Youth Night titles for school groups:

Long Day’s Journey into Night

By Eugene O’Neill Direction: Shane Bosher

Q Theatre, Rangatira | 5 – 30 Jul Youth Night: Tue 12 Jul, 7pm Term 2 School Holidays

We all have our demons. Sometimes, they escape.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1957 and regarded as a masterpiece of 20th-century American playwriting, Long Day’s Journey into Night is a deeply moving and poetic portrait of the irresistible pull of family and, most remarkably, the family’s capacity to heal.

Advisory: Contains strong language and references to addiction

The Made

By Emily Perkins Direction: Colin McColl

ASB Waterfront Theatre | 20 Sept - 8 Oct Youth Night: Tue 27 Sep, 7pm | Term 3

Just because someone is made, doesn’t mean they’re owned.

Visionary scientist Alice is at the cutting edge of her field, striving to generate emotions in robots. But, when those robots are used for domestic service, how will they feel?

Award-winning New Zealand author Emily Perkins (Novel About My Wife, Not Her Real Name and Other Stories) explores the concepts of humanity, creation and family connection with characteristic insight and wit.

Advisory: Contains strong language and sexual content