360
A THEATRE OF RECOLLECTIONS
360 – a theatre of recollections is a prodigal son story; it is also the story of a man looking back at his life, a life where as a young man he left his embarrassingly childlike family to seek fame and fortune. 25 years later he gets a phone call that starts a journey back. The way home triggers memories of walking away from them, and his mind starts losing any sense of present time.
The memories from long ago and the people he meets on his way home become blurred and he experiences a leveling contemporaneity of everything he has experienced and just as a circle has no beginning or end, suddenly the past, the present, and the future seem to have equal significance and the things he normally values in life begin to be questioned. Arriving home he's finally forced to face himself, and through tragedy discovers his family’s love. Is it only through suffering that people truly change?
The show is performed on a raised circular stage with the audience seated in the middle of the circle on swivel seats.
360 was commissioned by the New Zealand International Arts Festival and the Auckland Festival.
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2014 Excellence Award for original concept and outstanding creative execution - Auckland Theatre Awards
2014 Hackman Cup People’s Choice award for ‘Most Original Production - Auckland Theatre Awards
2010 Nominated for Most Original Production - The Chapman Tripp Awards
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Carl Bland
Peta Rutter
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Carl Bland
Peta Rutter
Ben Crowder
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Megan Adams
Carl Bland
Ben Crowder
John Gibson
Brad Gledhill
Michael Hodgson
Nik Janiurek
Kate Parker
Main Reactor
Peta Rutter
John Verryt
Elizabeth Whiting
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Milo Cawthorne
Ray Henwood
Jonathon Kenyon
Bruce Phillips
Olivia Tennet
Rosalie van Horik
Edwin Wright