Florence McFarlane directed Peter Nichols' play A Day in the Death of Joe Egg as our mid-year play. The production won the following awards at the Wellington District theatre Federation's full-length play competition. Best Female Actor - Ann Garry Best Black Comedy Best director - Florence McFarlane.
Peter Baldock directed Fiona Samuel's play One Flesh for a five-night run in the St Alban's church. Avi Duckor-Jones won an award for best male actor in a supporting role ad ray Dickenson won for best original music. Publicity 2010 ‘One Flesh’ is set in a central Wellington boarding house, the likes of which can still be found on the Terrace or upper Willis Street. It is occupied by a small group of ‘permanently casual’ residents, whose tranquillity is disrupted when a new guest arrives. ‘One Flesh’ has been described as a ‘damaged comedy’. It is a very powerful and moving story. Fiona Samuel has written ‘characters’
Bard in the Yard 2019 was As You Like It. This was the second time the Troupe had produced the play although the previous production had been in 2001 when we still performed in people's back yards with book in hand. The 2019 production was directed by Anne Manchester. Publicity 2019 I'd like to let you know that Eastbourne's Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe is putting on its summer Bard in the Yard Shakespeare production in the first week of March. This year (our 23rd annual Shakespeare production) Anne Manchester is directing As You Like It. She's giving the Bard's romantic comedy a contemporary New Zealand twist. As in
The mid-year play was a farce by Ray Cooney, directed by Florence McFarlane. Publicity 2021 Get ready for your glasses to steam up with laughter: Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe is performing It Runs in the Family by Britain’s master of farce, Ray Cooney. In this larger-than-life tale of comical chaos, Dr Mortimer (a successful neurologist) must fend off a surprise paternity case: whilst keeping his wife out of the picture, and simultaneously giving a prestigious international lecture that may lead to his knighthood - if done properly. This is a farce though, and as Dr Mortimer tries to get himself out of one sticky situation,
