Sometimes the smallest collisions can shake worlds.
RBS Productions creates two pieces of essential theatre, exploring chance encounters between strangers. In Vauxhall, Summer, 12:05pm – 12:55pm, Karen and Paddy are caught in a current of unexpected attraction; in Albion Place, Winter, 10:20am – 11:10am, Carl and Jordan compel each other to reassess their plans for the future.
“… the extraordinary contained within the ordinary.”
For these two plays RBS Productions has adapted the playmaking strategies of theatre and film director Mike Leigh. The process involves developing a meticulously detailed background for each character. When the two characters are brought together, even the most commonplace of exchanges seem charged and nuanced by authentic, vivid past experience.
“In this play the characters talk over the top of each other, interrupt, trail off, repeat themselves and stumble over words in a way that is closer to real speech than most scripted drama.”
Dunedin theatre stalwarts Simon O’Conner and Barbara Power along with director Richard Huber, have created this unique theatre experience for Festival audiences.
One Day is performed in traverse. Audience numbers are limited to 40 people each performance.
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