Owls Do Cry

Considered the first great New Zealand novel by celebrated author Janet Frame, Owls Do Cry tells of the Withers siblings, Daphne, Chicks, Toby and Francie, and their lives in small town New Zealand following a family tragedy. Bringing the characters, imagery and poetry alive through Red Leap's trademark physical and visual style, Owls Do Cry reveals Frame's insight into our society and communities. We are devising through a personal connection and identification with her language, making this extraordinary piece of literature relevant for all New Zealanders.

Janet Frame's classic novel will be adapted for the stage for the first time by an exciting creative team: Director Julie Nolan, Choreographer Malia Johnson, Designer Penny Fitt and Dramaturgy by Heather Timms.

Cast: Ross McCormack, Margaret Mary Hollins, Ella Becroft, Hannah Lynch, Comfrey Sanders and Arlo Gibson. 

We are running a Boosted campaign to raise $7,000.00 towards our premiere season of Owls Do Cry.

It is incredibly important to us to premiere the show in O?amaru, where Janet Frame spent much of her childhood and where the novel is largely set. The opportunity to finish shaping the show in the landscape of the novel will contribute powerfully to the tone of the performance.

Our funding unfortunately does not cover the costs of this additional season in ?amaru, but we believe this is a vital part of the process of making this show and an important and essential way to honour the place where the story is from. 

We will spend our last week of rehearsal in O?amaru, allowing our cast and creative team the opportunity to finish creating the show in the historic O?amaru Opera House. We will then have our premiere season there as part of the Waitaki Arts Festival. Following this we will have a season in Auckland at Q Theatre. 

The funds raised from this Boosted campaign will pay for: 

� Transporting the full cast and creative team to O?amaru 

� Our final week of rehearsal

� Venue hire costs of the historic O?amaru Opera House

� Accommodation costs 

Performance details:

?amaru - Waitaki Arts Festival, ?amaru Opera House
4-5 October 2019

Auckland - Q Theatre
17 October - 2 November 2019