Unitec Year 3 Graduation Play 2016

Can I take you somewhere? 

Somnolence: The tantalising seduction of sleep. 

You’re on the brink of consciousness… Your eyes flicker open and the world pours in. Your world? Or another? Are you lost? Or are you exactly where you’re supposed to be? 17 characters; 17 worlds; 17 desperate searches for belonging, all come crashing into each other as reality turns to dream, dream turns to nightmare, nightmare turns to a vision of what could have been.

Written and devised by the next generation of Auckland’s hottest actors alongside devilish wunderkind director Benjamin Henson, Somnolence is a stingingly original, surreal, beast of play that refuses to behave. Come experience the premiere of this extraordinary work to celebrate Unitec’s freshest crop of actors bursting into the industry.

Unitec Theatre, Gate 1, Carrington Road, Point Chevalier
Friday 4 – Saturday 12 Nov @7pm
(no show Sunday)
Book here

CREATIVES
Benjamin Henson – Direction
Rachel Walker – Set Design
Zach Howells – Lighting Design
Ariana Shipman – Sound Design 
Joan James, Renee Blackwell-Vano, Rose Morgan, Rhiannon Prime, Kellen Worger – Costume Design
Lucas Haugh, Kyle Shields, Carla Newton, Conil Todd, Dylan Underwood – Sound composition
Brent Hargreaves – Props design
Forrest Denize, Dylan Underwood, Saale Ilaua, Anna Thomas, Nina Teauraki, Grace Cullen, Matt Smith – AV Design 

CAST
Patient 37 – Anna Thomas
Wolfgang – Lucas Haugh
Amy – Melissa Cameron
Rian – Matt Smith
Damos the Great – Dylan Underwood
Tabatha the Not So Great – Forrest Denize
Francis – George Shead
Lee – Grace Cullen
Karen - Nina Teauraki
Jamie – Saale 'Ilaua
Sarah – Marianne Infante
Freddy – Kyle Shields
Sebastian – Conil Tod
Kate – Carla Newton
Ruby – Lisa Swinbanks
Sam – Todd Waters
Murray the Koala – Aaron Richardson

PRODUCTION CREW
Vanda Karolczak – Production Manager
Emily Johnson – Production Assistant
Miya Zhu – Stage Manager
Natasha Hoyland – Assistant Stage Manager
Brandon Lunny – Lighting Operator 
Lisa Joe – Sound/AV Operator
Sarah Briggs and Peter Dexter – Technical/Venue Managers
Anna Karolczak-Young – Makeup effects
Frank Checketts – Set Construction
Renee Te Pairi, Rachael Walker, Jessica Stephenson – Scenic Painting
Roshan Nama, Paul Bennett, Zane Allen, Michael Goodwin, Sian Kerr – Production Crew  

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