With its razor-sharp sense of humour and its unclassifiable genre, multi-award winning ‘The Sensemaker’ features a dystopian battle between a woman and an answering machine.
'All of our collaborators are currently busy. Please wait, thank you'.
Have you ever waited on the phone for too long, with a muzak playing on a loop and an irritating robotic voice telling you endlessly that your request is being processed?
Yes, you have... And so does the protagonist of solo-show The Sensemaker until she is gradually stretched beyond her limits.
With its razor-sharp sense of humour and its unclassifiable genre, multi-award-winning The Sensemaker features a dystopian battle between a woman and an answering machine.
'It is a dance show in which the protagonist spends much of the time standing still. It is a piece of mime which can get very noisy indeed. It is both a dream and a nightmare' The Peg Review
'An astonishing, disturbing shapeshifting sliver of genius' ★★★★★ FringeReview 'A journey from darkly comic to deeply discomfiting' ★★★★★ Fringe Biscuit
FringeReview Award for Outstanding Theatre 2019
Buzz Award Gothenburg Fringe 2019
STOFF Award, Category Theatre and Spoken Words 2019
Direct from the prestigious Holland Dance Festival The New Zealand Dance Company showcases unique creative voices from Aotearoa New Zealand in this stunning double bill WHENUA.
ScatterGun weaves together poetry, movement and sound, with the voices of whānau from Tūhoe, in a celebration of the profound connection between the human body and te whenua ūkaipō (homeland).
Acclaimed as a work of genius. The contradictions of modern India, with its iPhones and ancient gods, come alive in this much-loved play from one of New Zealand’s finest performers.