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Animal Farm

Animal Farm by George Orwell adapted by Peter Hall Directed by Barry Mawer, music by Richard Peaslee, lyrics Adrian Mitchell. Publicity 2015 The award-winning Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe is bringing George Orwell’s Animal Farm to the stage with a dramatisation originally adapted from the book by Peter Hall, former Director of the National Theatre, London.  This fast-moving musical play of George Orwell’s classic satire is fresh and immensely enjoyable without compromising the original material in the book.  In fact it is very faithful to the book and includes a large cast of farm animals (played by adults and children).  Director Barry Mawer says that the

The Tempest

Bard in the Yard 2016 was The Tempest directed by Emannuel E Garcia. Director’s Notes The Tempest, widely considered to be Shakespeare’s last play and a summary comment on his creative endeavours, is a unique blend of magic and realism.  It is a story about a usurped monarch, slavery, love and redemption, and a brave new world of possibilities.  Our production will emphasise the surreal and dreamlike nature of the drama, as well as its earthiness and ambiguity.  We are fortunate enough to have an experienced cast of Shakespeareans, as well as original live music specifically composed for this Bard in the Yard theatrical experience.

A Little Hotel on the Side

This wonderful French farce was written by Goerge Faydeau & Maurice Desvallières, translated by John Mortimer and our production was directed by John Marwick.

The Merchant of Venice

The Troupe's Bard in the Yard production in 2017 was The Merchant of Venice direcetd by Peter Baldock. John Marwick won an excellence in acting Antoinnette award for his part as Antonio.

On Dry Land

On Dry Land was a short play written by Troupe member Avi Duckor-Jones. It was directed by John Smythe and starred Avi with John Marwick.

Trials and Tribulations

Trials and Tribulations was a programme of scenes from Shakespeare, loosely based around trials in the various plays. Scenes were chosen and adapted by John Marwick and were directed by a number of people: Lian Butcher, Anna Rodgers, Emannuel E Garcia, John Marwick, Anne Manchester, and Laurence Ward.

Taking Steps

Taking Steps by Alan Ayckbourn was directed by Florence McFarlane in August 2018.

As You Like It

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

And Then There Were None

Our mid-year production was an Agatha Christie "spine-tingling winter warmer" directed by Lian Butcher. Publicity 2019 A spine-tingling winter warmer Love a good Agatha Christie murder on a Wintery night? Then you are bound to enjoy a spine-chilling evening of live Theatre with a glass of bubbles in hand. Eastbourne's Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe's production of And There Were None Is based on the best-selling murder sales to date. According to director Lian Butcher, it's Christie's masterpiece. with her own stage adaptation of this dark and captivating tale to thrill and enthral audiences, as murder unfolds. The story begins as ten strangers are invited To

A Farmhouse Called Shelter

This is the premiere of a play written by Lower Hutt Playwright MichaelJohn Butcher. The background of the play is the Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982. A British paratrooper has been wounded in the Falklands War and is rescued by Costa, an Argentinian deserter, and taken to the farmhouse of Costa's islander girlfriend where they duly attend to him. Then they both realise the awful truth – they can’t hand him over to the Argentinian Army because Costa, the Argentinian, will be shot as a deserter. They can’t hand him over to the English because win or lose the conflict

Othello

Our Bard in the Yard production was Shakespeare's great tragedy of jealousy - Othello. We sneaked in just before the COVID pandemic. Publicity 2020 Love, jealousy, race, revenge and madness -- such are the major themes of Shakespeare';s Othello. And like all of the great tragedies, nothing is quite as black and white as it may seem. How pure was Desdemona? How gullible was Othello? How evil was Iago? Join us for a fast-paced production of a drama that builds towards a passionately explosive conclusion like no other.

SNAP

In September 2020, while the rest of the world suffered through the COVID pandemic, New Zealand for a time was normal and Anne Manchester directed SNAP - a classic whodunit based on the novel “Photo Finish” by Ngaio Marsh – the New Zealand Queen of the genre. An extremely temperamental Callas-style operatic diva, Isabella Sommita, has been hounded around the world by an odious member of the paparazzi. Her manager takes her to a grand but remote lodge on a South Island lake and invites the London-based portrait painter Troy Alleyn (and her detective husband, Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard) to paint her portrait. We

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