A Hardware Love Affair

A Hardware Love Affair is an original, hilariously Kiwi musical where Mitre 10 Mega and Bunnings Warehouse face off in a battle of love and loyalty. We’re Full Volume Theatre pumping up the noise by 15%. We need your help to bring this camp, chaotic love story to life on stage this November.

We’re Full Volume Theatre, a loud and proud theatre company formed by Sophie Helm and Lizzie Bysouth under Te Herenga Waka’s Master of Fine Arts (Creative Practice) programme in Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

CREATIVE TEAM

Creative Leads 

Lizzie Bysouth: Production manager, Music director, Composer, Writer 

Sophie Helm: Director, Writer, Photographer, Graphic designer 

Crew 

Josie Eastwood: Stage Manager 

Daniel Honey: Music director, Composer 

Zalán Orbán: Publicity manager 

Louise Jamieson: Choreographer 

Sarah Paton Taylor: Sound design and operation 

Louis Williamson-Nicholls: Prop design and construction 

Sienna Potvin: Costume design and construction 

Sean Brennan: Set design and construction

Tom Smith: Lighting design and operation 

Ophelia Muller: Assistant production manager 

Cast 

Bella Falconer: Maddie Philips

Cayla Louise: Lee Flathead

Nate Smyth: Brent Toolman

Daniel Harvey: Brenda Lawnmaster

Zalán Orbán: Gary McManagement

Jiseop Shin: Alan Quay

Violet Patterson: Makita Von Drill

We need your help to build A Hardware Love Affair from the ground up. Your support will help us cover:

• Production costs – set, props, costumes, and technical gear
• Creative support – koha for our hardworking cast and crew
• Marketing & publicity – promo to fill the theatre

Every dollar goes directly into building the world of this show.

Set in fictional small-town New Zealand, this show follows Maddie Phillips, a fiercely loyal Mitre 10 Mega employee who goes undercover at rival hardware store, Bunnings Warehouse. In this Mastertopyian world, once you turn 18 you must choose one hardware store to work at for the rest of your life. Here, loyalty is everything. After all, “it’s the way it’s always been, you’re either orange or you’re green.” 

This high-energy comedy is an homage to Kiwi humour and the vibrant history of musical theatre, in a story where true love, loyalty, and ride-on lawnmowers collide.

Backing A Hardware Love Affair means supporting a bold new original Kiwi musical made by emerging creatives. This work is for everyone who’s ever laughed about Aotearoa’s Mitre 10 vs Bunnings, for musical theatre lovers, and for anyone who wants to see fresh, camp, unapologetically Kiwi theatre on stage.

Your contribution helps young artists develop their craft, creates space for ambitious new theatre in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, and gives audiences a night of pure joy, chaos, and community.

Help us turn the Mitre 10 carpark into a stage where power tools meet power ballads.