Back to Square One?
By Anders Falstie-Jensen
Presented by The Rebel Alliance
It's theatre, but only just!
When: 7.30pm, 3–10 September
4.30pm, 11 September
Where: Circa Two, Circa Theatre, 1 Taranaki St (wheelchair accessible)
Cost: $35 · $25 · $15
The Rebel Alliance invites you into 95-year-old Inga's living room in Denmark as she reaches out through space and time to her grandson in New Zealand.
Inga has seen world wars, cold wars, civil wars. In real life and on TV. And when you’re close to 100 you know a thing or two about a thing or two.
Originally designed for driveways, cul-de-sacs and parks, Back to Square One? features lots of chalk and a Viking God cameo, in a remarkable story of unremarkable lives and the (sometimes) misdirected urgency that drives us all.
Back to Square One? is based on conversations Anders had with his 95-year-old grandmother in Denmark during the first lockdown and interviews he conducted with his neighbours about their experience of suddenly finding themselves living in a global pandemic.
Coffee & cake included.
Circa Two is wheelchair accessible. For full details about accessibility at Circa, go to circa.co.nz/your-visit/accessibility
“Beautifully crafted, it will bring a smile to your face long after you leave the theatre. ”
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Image Description: A friendly man in his early 40s with glasses and a pointy nose, wearing a red and white chequered shirt, shorts and jandals is looking up into the camera. He is holding a piece of chalk and is standing on dark concrete. There is a circle drawn in white around him underneath which says 'Inga'. Next to him on the ground is written in chalk "This is not the end"