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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Muritai School Yard Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, New Zealand (+64), New Zealand

Bard in the Yard 2022 was A Midsummer Night's Dream directed by Anne Manchester. Watch on YouTube Watch a recording of this production on YouTube Publicity 2022 A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy written by William Shakespeare c. 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict among four Athenian lovers. Another follows a group of six amateur actors rehearsing the play which they are to perform before the wedding. Both groups find themselves in a forest inhabited by fairies who manipulate the humans and

The Ghost Train

Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley directed Lian Butcher August 2022 Publicity 2022 The Ghost Train will have you laughing one minute and jumping out of your seat the next. Set in the 1920s we follow a group of stranded passengers stuck overnight on a haunted railway station….what will be their outcome, only time can tell.

Talking With

Muritai School Hall 166 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

The mid-year production in 2023 was Talking with by Jane Martin directed by Suzy Cain. Publicity 2023 Eleven idiosyncratic individuals.  Eleven compelling stories. One incredible night of theatre. Join us for multiple award-winning play - Talking With – by Jane Martin, presented by Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe, Eastbourne, on 6, 7, 8 and 13, 14, 15 July at 7.30pm. Talking With is must-see theatre with intelligent, quirky, funny and original characters that will make you laugh, cry, and wonder what the heck this big old world is all about. Talking With premiered at Actor’s Theatre, Louisville, Kentucky in 1982 and went on to its New

Macbeth

Muritai School Yard Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, New Zealand (+64), New Zealand

This was the 28th consecutive year that the Troupe had presented a Shakespeare production - and the second time we have presented Macbeth (previously 2008).  This year's production was Bard in the Yard and the weather gods were favourable with only one night having to move into the school hall. Allan Burne, who played Macbeth, won an Antoinette Award for Excellence in Acting at the annual Wellington District Theatre Federation Full Length Play Competition. The play was presented in a crime family setting. The three witches were described as Three Women and were present on stage during the whole production playing multiple roles. Cast Woman

The Nerd

Muritai School Hall 166 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

The Nerd, by Larry Shue  Our mid-year production was a comedy by American playwright Larry Shue. Set in the mid-Western, mid-sized city of Terre Haute, Indiana, Willum’s architectural career is ticking along nicely. When he has a surprise phone call and hears that he will finally meet the man (Rick Steadman) who anonymously saved his life in Viet Nam, he is thrilled. His positive outlook quickly turns sour when he discovers that Rick is a hopeless nerd, devoid of any social and emotional intelligence. And when Rick moves in with him without being invited, his life turns upside-down and all he can focus on is