Bard Productions

Bard Productions, based in Wellington, New Zealand, is a theatre company best known for offering site-specific and 'adventure theatre.'[1] The company has been in operation since 2007.

Bard Productions
Formation2007 (2007)
TypeTheatre group
PurposeSite-specific and 'adventure theatre'
Location
  • Wellington, New Zealand
Notable members
Frogs Under the Waterfront, Quarantine, A Tempest off Matiu-Somes Island

Performances

Frogs Under the Waterfront, an adaptation of Aristophanes' The Frogs, was the company's first successful site-specific production. The performance took place underneath the Wellington waterfront, with the audience in paddle boats. The company won a number of awards for the production and attracted significant local and national media attention.[2][3][4][5][6]

Two years later the company produced Quarantine, a show about the human quarantine patients who lived and died on Matiu-Somes Island in the Wellington harbour. The audience was taken to the island at night in a chartered ferry, and the performance itself took place in the forests of the island and in an historical quarantine building.[7][8][9][10][11]

In 2013 A Tempest off Matiu-Somes Island, an adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest held in a chartered ferry which took audience members to the island and in a large animal quarantine station abandoned in the 1980s.[12][13]

In 2014 the company mounted a return season of "A Tempest off Matiu-Somes Island". It was made public in January 2014 that the company had joined with the New Zealand Department of Conservation and the Kaitiaki Board to secure a 10-year concession to stage theatrical events and performances on Matiu-Somes Island during the summer months.[14][15]

Other Projects

In mid-2013 the company expanded to Melbourne, Australia and opened up the corporate teambuilding and murder mystery branch of the company, CluedUp Unique Events.[16][17]

References
  1. Powell, Selina (18 January 2013). "Storm Brews over Harbour Island". The Wellingtonian. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  2. "Conchords Ignite Fringe Hall of Fame; awards named". Wellington Scoop. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  3. "Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards 2009". Chapman Tripp. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  4. "Frogs Under the Waterfront TV3". TV3 New Zealand via YouTube. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  5. Somerset, Guy. "What Lies Beneath". The Listener. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  6. "The World Under the Waterfront". The Wellingtonian. 21 January 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  7. "Quarantine TV3". TV3 News New Zealand. 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  8. Thomson, Rebecca (3 February 2011). "Quarantined on Matiu/Somes Island". The Wellingtonian. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  9. Duff, Michelle (3 February 2011). "Quarantined on Somes Island". Dominion Post. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  10. Chug, Kiran (5 January 2011). "Fringe Show to Quarantine its Audience". Dominion Post. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  11. BHONSULE, PRIYANKA (8 February 2011). "Ranger Roped in on Matiu-Somes Island Drama". The Hutt News. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  12. Kingston-Smith, Jonathan. "A Tempest off Matiu-Somes Island". blogspot. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  13. Powell, Selina (18 January 2013). "A Storm Brews off Harbour Island". The Wellingtonian. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  14. Jackman, Amy (9 January 2014). "Somes Island confirmed for 10-year theatre deal". The Wellingtonian. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  15. McKee, Hannah (20 January 2014). "Audience to become shipwrecked on island". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  16. "CluedUp Unique Events". CluedUp Australia. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  17. "Bard Productions Blog". Bard Productions. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
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