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TRANSMISSION is an original, multi-media theatre show, drawn from over 20 hours of verbatim interviews recorded since April 2020 with NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson and leading epidemiologist Michael Baker around the decision to lockdown NZ in response to Covid-19 and its targeted elimination. It is a behind the scenes glimpse into how they were thinking and feeling at the time — and into the life events that have shaped them as leaders.From the creators of VERBATIM (1993), PORTRAITS (1997), FLOWERS FROM MY MOTHER’S GARDEN (1998), BIOGRAPHY OF MY SKIN (2009), a verbatim show about “going early and going hard”.
Creative Team
Miranda Harcourt and Stuart McKenzie stand at the forefront of international verbatim theatre with their plays, VERBATIM (1993), PORTRAITS (1997), FLOWERS FROM MY MOTHER’S GARDEN (1998), BIOGRAPHY OF MY SKIN (2009). Reviewer Laurie Atkinson said of BIOGRAPHY, "Received with rapturous applause... the conventions of theatre were turned inside out with Stoppardian-like skill." Miranda's show VERBATIM which premiered at BATS Theatre in 1993 was acclaimed internationally. Michael Billington in THE GUARDIAN called it "a remarkable show about violence". Miranda and Stuart are also filmmakers. Their latest film THE CHANGEOVER (2017) starring Tim Spall was called "a perfect genre film" by rogerebert.com; and celebrated as "bringing YA fantasy magically to life" by the LA TIMES.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand
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