Strays

We are Fragmentum Productions and we are putting on the brand new production of Strays this December at BATs theatre. Strays is an feminist-led, eco-thriller dystopian play that's sure to get Te Whanganui a Tara buzzing. We need your help crowdfunding our new and exciting show so that we can create theatre that is fair and sustainable.

Nathan Arnott- Design Director, Set designer and builder.

Ella Ford- Director

Pan Clark- Script writer, Publicity Manager

Christian Harris- Production Manager

Lily Miller- Stage Manager

Jamie Sayers- Props, Set assistant

Millie Ford- Graphic design

Samuel Bennie- Sound Design

Alex Quinn- Lighting Designer, Publicity video design

Danni Elle Arnott- Costume Design + sewing

Amelia Miller- Costume Assistant 

Scott Maxim- AV Designer

Cast

Izzy Christie- Lorna

Jamie Sayers- Viv

Rebecca Lusty- Looming Branches

Fig Quinn- Screecher

Callie Chinery-Tompkins- Night Stalker

To pay our cast and crew as well as put on Strays, we need to raise funds through your donations to our boosted campaign. 

The cast and crew have been working tirelessly to bring you a show that is sustainable, impactful and enjoyable.

Strays, written by Pan Clark, is a feminist eco-thriller dystopian play, part of the Six Degrees Festival at BATS Theatre, debuting from 3rd-6th of December. Strays is set in a futuristic world with controlling soldiers called ‘watchers’ and where history, literature, culture and art are on the brink of extinction. It explores a future world where human life is scarce and nature has reclaimed the Earth. One individual watcher is sent out to track down an eco-terrorist, Lorna Gold. Inspired from the current political climate, Strays is a warning of what might become of us if this human-led path to destruction continues.

Strays is part of the 6 degrees festival and a part of our study as Master of Fine Arts students. Nathan Arnott's research through this piece aims to priorities the audience. Using the visual aesthetic, soft apocalypse, Nathan and their design team aim to create a familiar space through an abstract set, and show its deterioration over time and the environment. An unsettling reality of the fall of humanity due to overconsumption. Their goals also involve sustainability as a lead focus in the sourcing and recycling of the materials used in this project.

Ella Ford's feminist directing process includes sharing the power gained as a director to uplift and empower the cast and crew. What she hopes to achieve is a rehearsal space where everyone feels safe and comfortable to share their ideas and concerns without fear of judgment. She hopes that this will spark meaningful conversations about the current unjust and destructive social and government systems around the world, and what will become of humanity if we fail to change our ways. She also hopes that her collaborators will take on feminist leadership practices and use them in all aspects of their community to create fairer workplaces and rehearsal spaces that priorities the use of visual aesthetics to influence how the ideas of the show will be perceived by people, rather than economic gain.

These donations will be vital in supporting these artists and to make sure that the New Zealand arts scene fosters a culture of feminist safe spaces and environmentally sustainable practices.

That is the goal of Fragmentum Productions: to impact the arts scene in Wellington for the better. Making shows that have deep and meaningful contributions, not only in the story's that are put on but also in the way we conduct our spaces and the environmental impact we have.

We also have a diverse range of practitioners in our cast and crew that we pride ourselves on giving voices to in the theatre scene.

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