A performance revue like you'll never get in an office tower! This cheeky number takes on the ridiculous and objectionable in the modern workplace in the form of the blues, rap, latin plainchant and more to see what meets expectations and what needs improvement.
Note: Extra performances have been added due to overwhelming demand!
A performance revue like you'll never get in an office tower. This cheeky number, fresh from a sold-out season at NZ Int’l Comedy Festival, takes on the ridiculous and objectionable in the modern workplace in the form of the blues, rap, latin plainchant and more to see what meets expectations and what needs improvement.
The sketches, written and composed by Amy Mansfield, in a wicked range of genres, play with such hot topics as coworker communications ('Mansplain it to me'), Uniformity and Exclusion ('CEO Song: Okay so I'm white') and endless restructuring. This season includes new material, direction by Katie Burson and choreography by Lara Fischel-Chisholm.
Drawing on influences as diverse as comedy TV series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs, H.R. The Musical will have you laughing with despair, and wondering - along with the rest of the world - when the revolution is coming, then putting it on your to-do list.
The cast includes Mika Austin, the critically acclaimed darling of Artsense Productions' I Didn't Invite You Here to Lecture Me and you are [not] alone here, along with the madly talented Zoe Triggs, Amy Mansfield, Hayley Dallimore and special guests Leith Macfarlane, Dr Kirsten Locke and Kate Saunders, who'll sing, dance and play various blowable and plucky instruments throughout.
Gather your co-workers and your boss and get to this work!
Audiences from the sold-out seasons in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch said: “I was laughing so hard I nearly fell out of my seat”
“Loved every moment of it”
“Bloody brilliant”
“Irreverent, provocative, unmissable”
“Every word cleverly crafted, every song belly-laughingly witty”
“Everyday HR and corporate terms rightly denuded into their ridiculous reality.”
“The full house – regardless of age or background – laughed their cotton socks off." - Theatreview Auckland
“The absurdity of office nitwittery is on full display in this show and it is a riot.” - Theatreview Christchurch
Presented by:
Artsense Productions
Creative Team:
Written and composed by Amy Mansfield
Directed by Katie Burson
Produced by Artsense Productions Performed by Mika Austin, Zoe Triggs, Amy Mansfield, Hayley Dallimore, Leith Macfarlane, Dr Kirsten Locke and Kate Saunders
Artwork and AV design by Lizzie Buckton
Costumes by Janet Austin and Zoe Triggs Choreography by Mika Austin, Zoe Triggs, Lara Fischel-Chisholm
Further collaborators to be announced.
Audience Warnings:
May contain colourful language, adult themes, and references to sexual harrassment. This performance also contains smoke/haze.
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