Backyard Theatre — Misconceptions

-Mis­con­cep­tions-

Strange images on the fax?
A dead Okapi in Copen­hagen zoo??
Abused black­ber­ries from the freez­er???
And Rat­ty from The Wind in the Wil­lows????
Who the *#@* is Zoe?????
Does she real­ly have wings??????

For the answers see “Mis­con­cep­tions” — David Lewis’ vir­tu­oso com­e­dy, by turns hilar­i­ous and heart­break­ing, straight-talk­ing and sur­re­al.

Matthew and Lin­da are the per­fect pro­fes­sion­al cou­ple: suc­cess­ful, pros­per­ous and hap­py with their lives togeth­er. They’ve had their prob­lems like every­body else but those are safe­ly behind them, and, yes, they’d real­ly like to start a fam­i­ly soon, but the bio­log­i­cal clock is tick­ing away, and after years of fail­ure, they decide to enlist the help of Matthews’ friend Bar­ry.

All togeth­er the three per­se­vere with their do-it-your­self fer­til­i­ty clin­ic, and though the results are still neg­a­tive, they remain hope­ful, until one night events take a total­ly unex­pect­ed turn.

A play about the games we play and why we play them. It explores the top­i­cal issues of fer­til­i­ty, our bio­log­i­cal place in the world, the way we live our lives today and reveals a very nov­el use for frozen sum­mer fruits!

Con­tains adult themes and some strong lan­guage.

Star­ring: Kat­ri­na Baylis, Simon Boyes, Dar­ren Stub­bers­field and Anna O’Brien.

Per­for­mances: Gryphon The­atre, 22 Ghuznee Street.
8pm — 13–16 and 21–23 July, 4pm 17 July, 6:30pm 19 and 20 July.
Tick­ets: $20. Groups and con­ces­sions :$15.
Book­ings phone 934 4068; www.backyardtheatre.co.nz;
e‑mail:backyardtheatre@paradise.net.nz;
PO Box 11390
Welling­ton

A Back­yard Pro­duc­tion