A hand making the peace sign with a nose and whiskers drawn on to make it look like a rabbitBATS is bring­ing the “auda­cious the­at­ric­al exper­i­ment“ White Rab­bit Red Rab­bit to Wel­ling­ton for a fun­drais­ing sea­son.  Writ­ten by Ira­ni­an play­wright Nas­sim Solei­man­pour, the play premiered in 2011 and has since been trans­lated into 20 dif­fer­ent lan­guages. There are no rehears­als, no dir­ect­or, a dif­fer­ent act­or each per­form­ance, and a script wait­ing in a sealed envel­ope on stage.

BATS Pro­gramme Man­ager Heath­er O’Carroll says “White Rab­bit Red Rab­bit is an incred­ible leap of faith for every­one. The per­formers are not sup­posed to know any­thing about the show before they pick up the script and the audi­ence don’t know what to expect from the play. It’s about trust­ing the spon­taneity of the live exper­i­ence, which is what BATS is all about. The play was also chosen as the BATS fun­draiser because it epi­tom­ises the kind of work we strive to pro­gramme. White Rab­bit Red Rab­bit is bold and innov­at­ive, con­tem­por­ary and rel­ev­ant, and engages with audi­ences in new and excit­ing ways.”

BATS Theatre is at the heart of the Wel­ling­ton theatre com­munity. Please get along and sup­port them. You can also donate via the web­site and/or buy a tick­et for the (AMAZING) raffle.

Please note: White Rab­bit Red Rab­bit con­tains dis­cus­sion of sens­it­ive themes and is suit­able for a mature audi­ence, recom­men­ded 15+.  If you have any ques­tions, please con­tact BATS.