OUR 2024 SEASON
Something for everybody
We’re proud to be bringing 4 great shows to Wellington audiences in 2024, including a locally written adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations: Pip – The Musical hits the stage in November! In the meantime, there is PLENTY to keep you entertained!
CLICK HERE TO BOOK!MURDERED TO DEATH
Mar 20th–30th
Gryphon Theatre
directed by Jamie Byas and Oliver Mander
Wellington Repertory is proud to present this not-very-deep-and-meaningful show!
Murdered to Death, written by Peter Gordon, is a comedy spoof of the Agatha Christie ‘whodunnit’ – with a twist. The setting is 1980’s Auckland. Think shoulder pads, big hair and that quality television drama ‘Gloss‘. This show has it all. The inept and bungling Inspector Pratt, who battles against his own incompetence. The classic French art dealer and his sensuous companion. The ex-army bloke who loves shooting and cricket. And even the local gossip from St Heliers. It soon becomes clear that the murderer has a bigger agenda; will the miscreant be unmasked before others meet their doom or will the audience die laughing first?THE MISADVENTURES OF PETER & TINKERBELL
May 29th – Jun 8th
Gryphon Theatre
directed by Shay Tanirau
Join us for a journey with Peter Pan as he shows just how different fairytales might have been portrayed within Neverland. This is a show for the young and young-at-heart in your household. At only $15 a ticket, this is a show the whole family can enjoy. Toybox Theatre, supported by WRT, ventures into theatre that is designed, written and targeted for a whole new generation of future theatre-lovers. This is a show written and devised by the cast and crew!THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
Aug 7th-17th
Gryphon Theatre
directed by Ewen Coleman
Wellington Repertory is proud to present this new adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles (written by Jon Jury) – as swift and clever as the famous detective himself.
A singular crime demands a singular detective, and the web of mystery surrounding Baskerville Hall is so strange that only the great Sherlock Holmes can take on the case. A local legend of a phantom hound is easily dismissed over a cup of tea, but when Lord Baskerville is found dead beside the footprints of just such a creature and his heir receives an ominous warning, Holmes and his loyal friend Watson must discover the truth about the danger lurking on the desolate moor. When the game’s afoot and the fog rolls in, will the unflappable master of logic meet his match in the jaws of the supernatural? Only Holmes can stop the beast. While mysterious lights signal Baskerville Hall, and the hound terrifies the countryside, the sleuthing begins and suspicion falls on sinister servants, butterfly collectors, ladies in distress, and escaped convicts.PIP: THE MUSICAL
Nov 27th – Dec 7th
Gryphon Theatre
directed byTanya Piejus, Musical Director, Saar Cohen-Ronen
Pip: The Musical is a new adaptation of Charlies Dickens’ classic novel, Great Expectations. It was written over a period of about 10 years by John Golder, a former and much-loved member of Wellington Repertory Theatre, before he died about 10 years ago. This classic show serves as a memorial to his memory – and will be a great night out for Wellington theatre audiences!
John wrote the book and lyrics for songs, but not music. A team of talented Wellingtonians (Katie Morton, Talia Carlisle and Tanya Piejus) have adapted the script to a musical format., with the music composed by Katie Morton and orchestrated by Phoebe Caldeiro. This musical adaptation of Great Expectations is the story of Pip, an orphan boy adopted by his sister and her blacksmith husband. The story traces Pip’s good luck and great expectations as a result of an anonymous benefactor – and his eventual fall through his own rashness. Throughout, however, Pip learns how to find happiness, the meaning of friendship and the meaning of love.OUR STORY
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