Unitec Tickets

The 53rd Victim

 

Pip Hall’s multi-award-winning play The 53rd Victim is based on a true story.

2005. London is in chaos. Terrorists bomb morning commuters on their way to work. Death and destruction abound. Outside Tavistock Square, a New Zealand doctor boards an exploded double-decker bus and saves a number of lives. The media hail her as a hero – a bright, upstanding woman with everything going for her. Yet, two weeks later, the woman is dead and her reputation is in tatters - ‘the 53rd victim’ of the London bombings. Hero to victim in just two weeks - how does such a fall from grace occur so quickly?

Directed by Miriama McDowell. Performed by Unitec’s graduating acting class of 2024.

By arrangement with Playmarket.

Supported by Auckland Live

 

 

Spring Awakening

A group of teenagers – silenced and controlled by a censorious society – discover a new world of feeling and freedom outside the classroom. The consequences are beautiful and devastating. Spring Awakening explores ‘the b*tch of living’ for young people denied knowledge, power, and autonomy. Winner of the Tony and Olivier awards for Best Musical, Spring Awakening tells a story of adolescent anarchy, set to one of the most loved scores of the 21st century.

Featuring UNITEC’s graduating actors, it is a poignant and thrilling ride that stings with resonance for today’s world.

Book & Lyrics by STEVEN SATER & Music by DUNCAN SHEIK.
Based on the play by Frank Wedekind.
Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).
Directed by Cherie Moore. Performed by Unitec’s graduating acting class of 2024

Supported by Auckland Live