August 21, 2007

ADAM PLAYREADING SERIES 2007  

Downstage Theatre 
26 August – 16 September, Sundays at 3 pm 
Presented by Playmarket, Downstage Theatre Society and Downstage Theatre with sponsorship from the Adam Foundation. 

Join us for this introduction to Wellington of four superb New Zealand plays with top-flight Wellington actors and directors. 

The Curative – adapted by TONY McCAFFREY 
26th August 3pm
William Lonsdale is chained to the wall of a filthy room in the "incurables wing" in London’s infamous Bedlam at the turn of the 19th century. He doesn’t know how he got there or if he will ever get out. This adaptation of Charlotte Randall’s compelling celebrated novel gives it theatrical flesh, in a play peopled with vivid and unforgettable characters. 

The Trial Adapted – by DEAN PARKER
2nd September 3pm
A brilliant adaptation of Franz Kafka’ s classic story by a leading playwright. Josef K awakens one morning and finds he’s being arrested – no one however will reveal what his crime is. No surprise given the current international political climate that The Trial‘s politics of paranoia have contemporary charge in this vital and daring adaptation.  

Caustic – by THOMAS SAINSBURY 
9th September 3pm 
A major and provocative work by one of this country’s most exciting new playwrights. Dark and funny, set in a 1950s-inspired future dystopia of enforced consumerism and government-by-corporation Caustic makes you look at your soft drink from a new perspective. 

The Love Wrangler – by RYAN McFADYEN  
16th September 3pm
Written at the turn of the millennium, this powerful piece of magic realism is set in a future post-greenhouse affected city, where water levels have risen to leave the inhabitants of an apartment building marooned. Love arrives to fulfill a promise to Hope, however Hope has already given up and committed suicide. Enter the Love Wrangler.