I Heart Camping
25/02/10 19:51
Theatre Company: Yes Please Theatre
Writer: Sophie Henderson and Curtis Vowell
Director: Cameron Rhodes
Cast: Sophie Henderson, Curtis Vowell, Brett O’Gorman and Michelle Blundell
Location: The Basement
William has surprised Samantha by taking her to the campground she came to every year as a child. Samantha is lying about loving the place. William is lying about being a camping expert. They are about to find out they barely know each other.
Torrential rain. Outrageous neighbours. Stolen baked beans. Third degree burns. No privacy.
Welcome to the great outdoors.
A hilarious look at a Kiwi summer tradition. I HEART camping will evoke wonderful memories of bygone summers.
This was a fun night of theatre. A relatively light-hearted story, recognisable characters, a familiar Kiwi activity and lots of humour.
The main characters did a great job but I especially enjoyed the ‘extras’ which were played by Brett O’Gorman and Michelle Blundell. They did a fabulous job of a sweet, older married couple who wanted everyone to have a relationship as supportive, companionable and lust-filled as their own.
That made it easy to forgive they play’s one weakness for me - expecting us to believe that two people could have gotten married with one person not knowing what the other actually did for a living!?
Writer: Sophie Henderson and Curtis Vowell
Director: Cameron Rhodes
Cast: Sophie Henderson, Curtis Vowell, Brett O’Gorman and Michelle Blundell
Location: The Basement
Synopsis (from the flyer):
William has surprised Samantha by taking her to the campground she came to every year as a child. Samantha is lying about loving the place. William is lying about being a camping expert. They are about to find out they barely know each other.
Torrential rain. Outrageous neighbours. Stolen baked beans. Third degree burns. No privacy.
Welcome to the great outdoors.
A hilarious look at a Kiwi summer tradition. I HEART camping will evoke wonderful memories of bygone summers.
Thoughts on this Production:
This was a fun night of theatre. A relatively light-hearted story, recognisable characters, a familiar Kiwi activity and lots of humour.
The main characters did a great job but I especially enjoyed the ‘extras’ which were played by Brett O’Gorman and Michelle Blundell. They did a fabulous job of a sweet, older married couple who wanted everyone to have a relationship as supportive, companionable and lust-filled as their own.
That made it easy to forgive they play’s one weakness for me - expecting us to believe that two people could have gotten married with one person not knowing what the other actually did for a living!?