October 8, 2010
Read Out Loud 2010 Series
… your opportunity to hear New Zealand plays, fresh off the page …
HEAVEN HELP US!
by Tim Hambleton
In Heaven’s waiting room, Angela is filling in for St Peter, who’s on leave. Responsible for selecting those allowed to enter Heaven, she’s
made a few mistakes recently and has admitted a few ‘unsuitables’. Unfortunately God’s CEO is suspicious and is keeping a close eye on
Angela’s work. As there are no vacancies in Heaven at present, a group of eclectic characters gathers in the waiting room, vying to get through
to the Pearly Gates. But is Angela’s work still less than satisfactory? Will the lurking CEO expel them all – including Angela – to that ‘other’ place?
Saturday October 16 – Fortune Theatre Studio – 3pm
tickets $5 – door sales only
Tim Hambleton, a fourth generation Dunedinite, is a lawyer employed by the Dunedin Police as a prosecutor.
Always interested in drama, he wrote his first play in the mid 1990s; a legal comedy called A Law Unto Themselves
about a small dysfunctional law firm. The play was produced by the Invercargill Repertory Society in 2000. Tim has
written five plays, all comedies; including his latest offering Heaven Help Us! which had a sellout season in May of
this year when it was performed by the Clyde Theatre Group. Tim is married with two young children.
Heaven Help Us! will be read by Sara Best (Wuthering Heights); Danny Still (The 39 Steps); Serena Cotton, Craig Geenty, Louise Jakeway
(The Pitmen Painters) and Hilary Norris (Director – The 39 Steps). Karen Elliot will direct the reading.
Presented by Stage South, Read Out Loud is supported by the Dunedin City Council and the Fortune Theatre
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