GENERAL MANAGER
Bob King
“Alive, with others, in the moment” is the vision of our theatre. I emphasise ‘our’ asFortune Theatre is part of Dunedin and the wider region. What we present on our stages reflects our diverse community. When the 2017 Season was being developed that community was very much at the forefront of our thinking as to what plays our community wants to immerse themselves in. We believe we have achieved this with Fortune Theatre productions and partnerships with leading New Zealand theatre companies. We are confident that within the season there is something for everyone. With the interesting times we live in, Colin McColl of Auckland Theatre Company noted ‘In a world that is becoming increasingly fractured and uncertain, theatre brings people together. Theatre provides an occasion for a community to form to be entertained, to reflect, to be challenged, to celebrate, to be provoked, to escape the madness of the world outside’. We believe our 2017 Season ticks all these boxes. We are fortunate to live in Dunedin a great small city. The arts and culture sector are an important part, both in economic contribution to our economy and bringing diversity and vibrancy to our inhabitants. The importance of the sector is reflected in the Dunedin City Council’s Ara Toi Ōtepoti – Our Creative Future strategy released in 2015. We here at Fortune Theatre are proud to be part of this sector which brings life to our city. The city is also known as an education hub with national and internationally recognised centres of excellence, the University of Otago and the Otago Polytechnic. We are pleased to be able to collaborate with both these institutions in past productions, Punk Rock in 2015 with the University of Otago Theatre Studies Programme students and staff and Grounded in 2016 with students and staff of the Otago Polytechnic. We look forward to continuing these partnerships in 2017 providing students with practical experiences of theatre whether it be on stage, design or one of the many other roles which bring productions to life on our stage. Thank you for your support of Fortune Theatre, we look forward to welcoming you to our place in 2017.
Bob King
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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Jonathon Hendry
We love living in Ōtepoti, We love living in Otago and Southland. Our work celebrates this through bringing people an experience that is alive, with others and in the moment. ALIVE Start the year off with a bang as we pop up near you in our first touring show, share in the magic of Dunedin Fringe and join some great guests to celebrate Fortune’s forty years with Roger Hall. WITH OTHERS A Fortune Company brings back both a Shakespeare and a musical to warm the winter months. This company of eight extraordinary actors will be joined by young practitioners from Dunedin and beyond. IN THE MOMENT Spring brings our second brand spanking new touring comedy and two smash hit New Zealand shows that capture the new through revisiting the past. In order to remain sustainable we’ve made some changes. For example we’re bringing a few selected shows at 11am. Also look out for more 6pm shows in winter and more daytime readings and events. 2017 brings a kids’ season of three shows directed by Jordan Dickson. Our school outreach programme grows further to include the exciting Backstage Pass initiative under the sure guidance of Shannon Colbert. There are a number of ways to work with us including the 4x4 Emerging Playwrights Initiative, various workshops and training opportunities. We’re also partnering with national companies to bring you some of the best work from elsewhere. We’re growing our relationship with local artists through a variety of collaborations. Like the southern lights we’re often only associated with nighttime but look out for us in the day as we may well be around. We strive to make theatre that is entertaining and that you are a part of rather than watching from a distance. An experience that stays with and rewards you long after we’ve been together. As we share the bumper year ahead we’ve profiled some of our local champions. Thanks for taking a look at what we’re up to. Why not join in the fun?
Jonathon Hendry
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11 Feb - 4 March On tour in March
MY DAD’S BOY By Finnius Teppett
Directed by Anya Tate-Manning
A young man writes a play about his father, trying to figure him out. We open our 2017 season with an exciting new play My Dad’s Boy by award winning twentysomething playwright Finnius Teppett. Peter used to play for Otago and in 1985 despite a loss to the Lions in the House of Pain he came close to joining David Kirk’s All Blacks. Honest! Life hasn’t really been as simple since. His son is a chip off the old block in a 2017 kind of way. While he’s writing this play about his Dad he finds out his girlfriend is pregnant. Men, their myths and realities fuel this richly honest kiwi comedy.
I’m thrilled to tempt Dunedin actor, writer, and director Anya back down south from her extensive performance tours locally and internationally. Whether becoming Admiral Ackbar of Star Wars fame in stand up or guiding others in their work development Anya is a force for fun. Look out for My Dad’s Boy over summer as it may pop up anywhere. - Jonathon Show Times: Tuesday: 6pm Wednesday - Saturday: 7:30pm Sunday: 4pm
Show Sponsor:
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Local Larrikins. Peter King -designer, builder and George Wallace -designer, stage manager.
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Luke Major, Actor
Katherine Kennedy, Dancer
Rhiannon Cooper, Singer
Join us in March when the Dunedin Fringe Festival takes over Fortune as we host over a dozen different shows from March 9-19. An eclectic mix of theatre, comedy, dance and more, who knows what the Fringe will have in store! Shows announced on February 8th, 2017 in the 2017 Dunedin Fringe Festival Guide
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Orion Carey-Clark, Comedian
Annemarie Dorcherty, Contortionist
Joanna Leheaux Queen
Autumn has arrived, students are back and an explosion of artistic anarchy happens in Dunedin over ten remarkable days. After experiencing the Dunedin Fringe in 2016 it’s been wonderful to work with festival director Josh Thomas on creating a Fringe hub. Artists from here, out of town and overseas will entertain you at both the Murray Hutchinson Studio and a new pop up auditorium on our very own Fortune main stage. This will allow us to present several shows a night all supported by our bar in the heart of the city. I can’t wait! - Jonathon 7
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Roger Hall Playwright and Fortune Patron
29 April - 27 May
LAST LEGS By Roger Hall Directed by Ross Jolly
Growing old disgracefully. News that Bill English is to open a new wing of the Cambridge Retirement Village sparks a revolution amongst its residents. Though many want to turn on something special for the Deputy PM, others are less enthused and plan to stage a protest. Soon, new fractures appear along old fault lines, transforming the swanky facility into a hotbed of insurrection, intrigue and infidelity. The shenanigans and skullduggery continue right up to the last minute. With the Minister’s car only moments away, a vehicle suddenly blocks the driveway. What’s worse, it’s a hearse!
Roger Hall Play Readings The party continues throughout May as we give public readings of some key plays from Roger’s extraordinary body of work. We invite you to share your own memories with local and guest artists amid much laughter and fun. Programme details to be announced in March 2017. Supported by the Friends of Fortune.
We celebrate 40 years of presenting work from New Zealand’s most loved playwright with his irresistible new comedy Last Legs. In an exciting venture the cast and director from the original Circa production join us here in Dunedin to work with designer Peter King and others. Roger has been a huge part of our story not only as a playwright but for many years as a local theatregoer, patron and at a crucial time serving as Board Chair. He has left an indelible mark not only on us in Dunedin but all New Zealand Theatre. How wonderful to have two original cast members Ross Jolly and Ray Henwood from the world premiere of Glide Time over 40 years ago, along with other Circa favourites, join us for a month of celebration. Let the party begin! - Jonathon Show Times: Tuesday-Thursday: 6pm Friday-Saturday: 7:30pm Sunday: 4pm 11am shows: 4 May & 11May
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FORTY YEARS OF FORTUNE PERSONAL MEMORIES
By Roger Hall When I first came to Dunedin, as Burns Fellow, in 1977, the Fortune was at The Athenaeum. That first year I have hazy memories of Female Transport (condemned by the ODT for its strong language); an impressive Equus, starring a young Simon O’Connor; and an ambitious Macbeth at The Regent. Alex Gilchrist and Murray Hutchinson were the co-directors and they certainly knew their Dunedin audience in a way that no one has ever quite done since. One of their triumphs was doing that fun musical, Irma La Douce, importing the very popular Yolande Gibson to play the star role. Other highlights (though I now forget the order) include the two Sondheim musicals, Pacific Overtures and Side by Side by Sondheim; Renee’s Wednesday to Come, the definitive NZ play about the Depression; the witty and elegant Les Liaisions Dangereuses, starring Bridget Armstrong; and John Godber’s hilarious and energetic Bouncers , where the eager cast of security men insisted on searching women’s handbags before they could go in and watch the play. One of the funniest of all was The Sex Fiend, Stephen Sinclair and Danny Mulheron’s delicious attack on most things PC, probably as relevant today as it was in 1990.. The most exciting and dramatic show of the lot was Deathtrap, full of thrills and so credible that when Peter Verstappen was garrotted and blood poured from his throat, one female student was convinced she’d seen a death on stage. Snuff theatre had come to Dunedin. Fortune has done more of my plays than any other theatre, and I’m grateful. They chose Middle Age Spread to open the new (current) premises. One old lady admired the building but regretted that “they hadn’t chosen a nice English play”. Alex and Murray also put on my first panto Cinderella, the first of six I was eventually to write.
Campbell Thomas directed many of my plays and often built the set as well. For The Hansard Show he re-created the Beehive’s debating chamber, and built a convincing mountain hut for the premier production of Social Climbers. Campbell’s production of the Mills and Boon musical Love off the Shelf was a big success, went to the UK and was within a whisker of getting to the West End. We disagreed occasionally. In By Degrees, I had all the mature women university students tell their story directly to the audience throughout, never to each other. Campbell wanted some dialogue, but I stuck to my guns and it worked (helped considerably by a wonderful cast). Perhaps the most fun for everyone in the theatre on both sides of the footlights was during the run of Footrot Flats when the audience was invited to attend dressed as a Footrots character. The seats were filled with multiple Wals, Dogs, Aunt Dollies, Cheeky Hobsons and several sheep. The cast sensed the added excitement, and loved peering into the audience and spotting their doppelgangers. The least fun was being on The Fortune Board, including being its Chairman for a time. The theatre was teetering on bankruptcy and the then Minister of the Arts insisted we appoint Tony Taylor as Artistic Director. Tony was a great director, but financial acumen was not his strong suit. Only many fund-raising projects including two celebrity auctions, house tours, three midwinter Sunday-afternoon lecture series, and a mammoth mystery envelope scheme together with continual support from the Friends of the Fortune and from loyal sponsors got us through. Which is how we’re here today.
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1 July - 22 July
TWELFTH NIGHT By William Shakespeare Directed by Benjamin Henson
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. Shakespeare is moving back into the Fortune with this perennially rich, bold and classic. comedy. Even after 400 odd years this tale with shipwrecks, gender bending disguises, traps and some terrific party songs hasn’t lost any of its entertainment value. From the beginning of 2017 a number of local Theatre Studies students will work alongside us in every facet of the Fortune organisation to bring you this deeply rewarding meditation on loss, love and lunacy. Under the inspired direction of Benjamin Henson the 2017 Fortune Company will join them to deliver some playful pyrotechnics.
In 2016 Benjamin Henson joined us as part of The Engine Room Programme with Auckland Theatre Company and New Zealand Opera. Working alongside him it became clear that he would be the perfect choice to direct Twelfth Night. In early 2016 he wowed audiences with two sellout productions at Auckland’s Pop-up Globe. His sense of adventure and daring is perfect as we look to build our 2017 company around one of the best plays ever written. - Jonathon Show Times: Tuesday-Thursday: 6pm Friday-Saturday: 7:30pm Sunday: 4pm 11am shows: 6 July 13 July
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Shannon van Roojen University student and production powerhouse in training
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“The difference between a cow and a bean is a bean can begin an adventure.�
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5 August - 26 August
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INTO THE WOODS Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine Directed by Jonathon Hendry Musical Direction by Mark Dorrell
An enchanting musical journey from America’s greatest living composer Crammed with magical moments this 1987 Tony Award winning musical resonates in surprising ways today. This is not exactly the tale you remember as a childless baker with his wife along with Cinderella, Rapunzel, Red Riding Hood, Jack (amongst others) combat giants, break spells and strive for happiness. As each decade passes new generations discover the delights of Sondheim and Lapine’s mashup masterwork. Warm the cold Dunedin winter and take a parent or child on a brilliant adventure into the woods and out again with the 2017 Fortune company. Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia). All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia
We have long talked about doing this show together. It is quite simply magic. Having guided Sondheim work on London’s West End Mark brings vast skill to our second company production. This surprising reimagining of a remarkable musical will include the best emerging young talent from Dunedin and beyond alongside our core company. Through the production, forums and workshops we want to make Into The Woods a lasting experience for as many people as possible. - Jonathon Show Times: Tuesday-Thursday: 6pm Friday-Saturday: 7:30pm Sunday: 4pm 11am Show: 10 August 17 August
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Fortune Friend - Joy Warrington
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All that separates, whether of race, class, creed or sex, is inhuman, and must be overcome. - Kate Sheppard
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26 September - 8 October
THAT BLOODY WOMAN Time to rock the vote
By Luke Di Somma and Gregory Cooper Directed by Kip Chapman
Kate’s back: a kickass role model for equality and people power. May her message continue to roll out across the country. -Metro Magazine New Zealand’s smash hit rock musical That Bloody Woman is back. Our favourite daughter, suffragist, activist and cyclist Kate Sheppard is transformed from the face on the $10 note into a feminist firebrand raising hell and rocking out. Fresh from sell out seasons at Auckland Theatre Company and The Court Theatre, Kate takes the show on the road in 2017.
Experiencing this extraordinary New Zealand musical at The Court Theatre alongside so many delighted women and men of all ages was a highlight of 2016. As topical, fearless and fun as the title suggests, bring a grandparent if you can and get ready to rock! - Jonathon
“Bursting with wit, verve and righteously rocking tunes”, That Bloody Woman presents New Zealand’s founding mother like you’ve never seen her before; loud, proud and in your face. Leading the charge to win women the vote, Kate takes on the patriarchy, public opinion and even Prime Minister Richard ‘King Dick’ Seddon.
Presented with Tour-Makers
A Christchurch Arts Festival 2015 Commission
Show Times: Tuesday: 6pm Wednesday - Saturday: 7:30pm Sunday: 4pm
“...an easy cause to sign up for. Like Hamilton for the US, it’s the show New Zealand didn’t know it needed.” - Metro Magazine “…compassionate, smart, funny and gloriously entertaining.” – The Press 20
Esther Stephens as That Bloody Woman
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21 October - 11 November On tour in November
ONE PERFECT MOMENT By Ellie Smith
Directed by Jonathon Hendry
“I’m going insane! I want to see something that’s not hanging from a clothesline! I need to do something with my life!” Based on first hand experiences with her own daughter, One Perfect Moment is Ellie Smith’s hilarious new work about a mother running from her sixtieth birthday by hauling her daughter on the trip of a lifetime to Europe. The idyllic holiday Pammie had planned is soon flipped on its head. As it turns out 24/7 contact may be a little too much for this pair.
Whether as Edith Piaf, Judy Garland or Sondheim’s Mrs Lovett celebrated actress Ellie Smith has extraordinary transformative power and warmth. Her writing is equally vital and loving. This two-hander comedy gem has either actress play not only themselves but each other and a very colourful world out there. - Jonathon
Show Times: Tuesday: 6pm Wednesday-Saturday: 7:30pm Sunday: 4pm
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Champion Educators - Shannon and Christine Colbert
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Fortune’s favourite cullinary couple from Johnnie’s Southern kitchen. Matt Morgan - sound designer and Dr. Kim Morgan - theatre historian
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18 November - 16 December
HUDSON & HALLS LIVE! By Kip Chapman with Todd Emerson and Sophie Roberts
This play is so funny you could die of it… Theatre rarely gets much better than this. -Metro Magazine Move over My Kitchen Rules, this is New Zealand’s original kitchen reality drama! The oven’s caught fire, David is drinking and Peter has bad news. In this immersive work co-created by theatrical daredevil Kip Chapman, we meet two of New Zealand’s trailblazing TV personalities at a pivotal point in their relationship. Wowing audiences in Auckland in 2015 and Wellington 2016 it’s now Dunedin’s turn to experience Hudson and Halls’ Christmas Special. Prepare to be transported to a 1980s television studio for big laughs, rum-fuelled showdowns and very questionable cooking.
To round off the year in full festive fashion we bring another smash hit directed by the irrepressible Kip Chapman. Kip is no stranger to Fortune audiences having acted recently in 2015’s The Caretaker. Working with Sophie Roberts’ remarkable Silo Theatre team we bring Hudson and Halls back to where they belong - in front of you the audience. A visit to their studio is worth it for the Christmas recipes alone! - Jonathon
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PARTNER PRODUCTIONS
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He Kura E Huna Ana November
Mr and Mrs Alexander: Sideshows and Psychics
Taki Rua, New Zealand’s leading Maori theatre company, presents a tale of the love and dangers of Poutini and Waitaiki and the myths of pounamu. Originally presented in the 2015 Christchurch Arts Festival, Dunedin audiences will be delighted by this redeveloped work.
29 March - 1 April
Acclaimed variety artists Lizzie Tollemache and David Ladderman weave together illusion, mind reading and sideshow in this rip roaring story of New Zealand’s most notorious couple. Expect edge-of-your-seat, breathtaking fun.
The Dunstan Creek Haunting 5 April - 8 April
Based on real life accounts of early New Zealand hauntings, this spine chilling production will make you question every shadow and sleep with the lights on..
The Wholehearted 10 - 13 October
Join us and open yourself up to The Wholehearted. A mix of characters tenderly and humorously share with us their search for a wholehearted way of life. Journeys of heartbreak, grief, and loss are charmingly and vigorously transformed by the ensemble to the courage, compassion and joy that exists within each of us.
The Pickle King 20 - 24 June
Sublime and ridiculous, simple and profound: in it’s 20th year legendary company Indian Ink bring you their award winning play about love, death and what is worth preserving.
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THE FAMILY SEASON In 2016, for the first time in a number of years, we presented our very own, homegrown children’s show, The Emperor’s New Clothes. After this success we’re thrilled to have Jordan Dickson, director of that production, on board in 2017 to direct two classic Kiwi kids’ shows.
Little Red Riding Hood By Brendon Bennetts Directed by Jordan Dickson 22 April - 29 April 11am & 2pm Daily No Show 23 April No Show 11am 25 April Relaxed Performance: Monday 24th April, 2pm
In conjunction with our production of Twelfth Night we are excited to present a new work, co-created by Jordan and musician Zac Nicholls - What You Will. This zany remix of Shakespeare’s classic tale will please both the young and the young at heart.
What You Will
Co-created by Zac Nicholls and Jordan Dickson
Those who joined the fun in 2016 will know what a treat they have in store not once, not twice, but three times!
We are proud to be introducing relaxed performances in 2017. Especially designed to welcome those who will benefit from a more relaxed performance environment, including people with an Autism Spectrum Condition, sensory and communication disorders or a learning difficulty. For more information please see our website.
15 July - 22 July 11am & 2pm Daily No Show 16 July Relaxed Performance: Monday 17 July, 2pm
Rumpelstiltskin
By Gregory Cooper Directed by Jordan Dickson 7 October - 14 October 11am & 2pm Daily No Show 8 October Relaxed Performance: Monday 9th October, 2pm
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We are also hosting two touring works from Capital E Live.
An Awfully Big Adventure 4 – 5 September 10am & 11.30am
Through song and play this highly theatrical work explores the story of two young men and their war…to end all wars. A keen enlister, in the mounted rifles off on his big OE, one a conscientious objector, shipped to Europe for further punishment for non compliance, who then meet at the front on Flanders Fields. Along the way we visit Gallipoli, encountering NZ Commander William Malone, and travel to the Western Front during the final stages of the war.
“I’ve spent months trying to teach my students the history and impact of WW1, and in just 10 minutes you’ve presented something to my students that they totally understand!” – Teacher, July 2014
Fortune Kids - Natalie and Sam
Songs of the Sea Waiata o te Moana
Written by Peter Wilson and Directed by Jacqueline Coats Music Composed by Stephen Gallagher 13 – 14 November 9.30am & 11am As four children play by the ocean a large conch shell starts to whisper stories of the sea. Fluorescent fish float under a starry sky and a magical character appears in a rickety boat to tell his fishy tale. “Outstanding! What a gift in that show… The school has been immersed in the Te Whanganui a Tara inquiry and we loved the Ngake and Whataitai legend… Children were captivated by the magic of the show. Talents and creativity oozed out of the performance- you had us in the palm of your hand!” – Teacher, 2011
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LOCAL HEROES
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Emerging Playwright’s Initiative
Improsaurus is Dunedin’s own critically acclaimed improvised comedy troupe. Beginning in 2009 as a group of Otago University students looking for a creative outlet, Improsaurus has since grown and developed, gaining a great reputation within the Dunedin community. Improsaurus’ speciality is its own original brand of long form improv, and fresh, innovative formats. Catch them every fortnight at Fortune in the Murray Hutchinson Studio.
This highly regarded initiative provides a remarkable opportunity for four emerging playwrights. Working with an industry mentor during a ten week development programme, the writers will create one act plays that will be directed by up-and-coming directors and performed by experienced local actors. Make sure to not to miss the results! Applications open January 2017 Performances: 29 May – 30 May.
Māori Women’s Theatre Festival Featuring Barrier Ninja a solo verbatim play devised by Fran Kewene based on the testimonies of nine people’s personal and professional experiences of hauora. Stay tuned for more details to come in 2017.
Come and check out some of the finest vocal talent Dunedin has to offer at this pop-up, cabaret style event, held in our studio space. 31st Mar - 1st Apr and 8th - 9th Sep
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PARTICIPATE FORUMS
EDUCATION
You are invited to meet the director, designers and cast to ask any questions you might have about the play. Free forums take place on the first Tuesday after opening night of our main stage productions. Additional forums are held throughout the season as required check our website for the latest details.
Fortune Theatre provides a variety of rich learning experiences. Ask us about our low $10 ticket price for membership schools, detailed education packs, theatre tours, and Extension Workshops, which go out to schools to add depth to the experience of seeing a show.
SPECIAL EVENTS
AMBASSADOR PROGRAMME
Keep an eye on our newsletter, website and social media for the latest about what’s on at Fortune. We run regular special events like Backstage at the Library, play readings, meet the actor nights and more! Head to fortunetheatre.co.nz to sign up for our newsletter and find us online @fortunetheatre.
MEMBERS’ BREIFINGS
Ambassadors are selected from local high schools to join us at the theatre throughout the year to delve deeper into the processes involved in creating a production and observing theatre professionals as they work, then sharing their experiences back at school.
THEATRESPORTS™ Groups from participating high schools will hone their skills with a series of workshops at Fortune and at school with expert mentors from Improsaurus, until they compete for the Otago/Southland Theatresports™ Championship Cup in Term 3. The winner will then go on to represent us at the South Island Finals in Christchurch at The Court Theatre.
Held on the first Sunday after opening night of our main stage productions. This exclusive member event features an informal presentation by the director of the current show starting at 3pm prior to the matinee performance.
BACKSTAGE PASS A new initiative launching in 2017 that will use technology to allow us to interact with students in their classrooms from the theatre. Students will use live streaming to observe and talk directly to actors, designers and directors to gain a firsthand understanding of the concepts and practical work that goes into a production before coming to see the show in person.
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SUPPORT US MEMBERSHIP
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For die-hard fans of Fortune Theatre we are proud to offer our Membership Programme. For a small annual fee members gain access to a range of special discounts and events, including
We’re committed to keeping theatre as accessible as possible, while giving an experience that is truly alive; where you can be with others and in the moment. Whether at our Stuart Street theatre or in the Luggate Memorial Hall “we strive” as Feste in Twelfth Night says “to please you every day”. To do this well we need to supplement our box office income with sponsorship and individual giving. Becoming a Fortune patron helps us grow as a company and meet more of you. We love being in this part of the world. Can you help us to keep relevant and sustainable?
• Discounted tickets to Fortune Theatre productions and visiting shows. • Exclusive invitations to special events throughout the year • student-priced tickets at Rialto Cinema • no joining fee, only $15 per week with two FREE personal training sessions at Sky Fitness • 10% off parts and labour* at Dunedin City Motors • 50% discount off the room rate at the Kingsgate Hotel, Dunedin* • 25% off services at Halo Hair Boutique (not valid on product). To become a member call 03 477 8323 or email boxoffice@fortunetheatre.co.nz *Terms and conditions may apply
COMPANY PARTNERSHIPS We want to work with you. Partnering with Fortune in presenting work is much more than giving money to produce a play, it’s investing in our local community and supporting artists in New Zealand.
We’re developing new ways to build relationships with you that can help us both through building brand and reaching target audiences. Let Fortune create lasting and rewarding experiences for you and your clients.
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SEASON TICKET There are four ways to purchase a season ticket for youself or as a gift. 1. Complete this form (below and overleaf) and return it to us either in person or by sending it to: Fortune Theatre, PO Box 5351, Dunedin 9058 2. Complete the online form at fortunetheatre.co.nz 3. Call us on 03 477 8323 4. Email boxoffice@fortunetheatre.co.nz
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Fortune Theatre Staff Bob King - General Manager Jonathon Hendry - Artistic Director Jordan Dickson - Marketing Manager Ruth McKinlay - Administration Manager Shannon Colbert - Education Liaison Peter King - Head of Design Maryanne Wright-Smyth - Costume Design and Wardrobe Lindsay Gordon - Technical Manager George Wallace - Stage Manager Erica Browne - Stage Manager Maureen O’Brien - Box Office Supervisor Alistair McCormick - Cleaner Fortune Theatre Board Haley van Leeuwen - Chairperson Diccon Sim - Deputy Chair, Hon. Solicitor Kate Wynn-Williams - Treasurer Alister McDonald - Secretary and Dramaturg Beverly Carter - Friends of the Fortune Representative Ross Johnston - Performer Representative Peter Brown - Member
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THANKS TO: Luke Major, Orion Carey-Clark, Rhiannon Cooper, Katherine Kennedy, Annemarie Dorcherty, Joanna Leheaux, Roger Hall, Shannon an Roojen, Joy Warrington, Christine Colbert, Matt Morgan, Kim Morgan, and the whole Fortune Theatre team.