Give Way - the Musical
Date:
Thu 1 May 2025, 06:30 pm - 8:20pm
Venue:
Circa Theatre
1 Taranaki Street, Te Aro
Wellington
Category:
Performing Arts, Comedy, Audio Described, Musical Theatre, Relaxed Performance, Touch Tour, Kiwi Culture
Accessibility:
Wheelchair Access, Accessible Toilets
Cost:
$25 per accessible ticket and $25 whanau/companion
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Listed By:
Circa Theatre
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Look left, look right, look out! Give Way – The Musical is an award-winning satire of Kiwi attitudes, telling the unofficial story behind the 2012 change to New Zealand’s Give Way rule. It includes a relaxed performance and an audio described performance, both on 1 May.
Sophie – an idealistic young Ministry of Transport employee with a secret admirer at the next desk – wants to change the world. She starts with the country’s bizarre Give Way rule, knowing a change will make our roads safer. But she attracts a groundswell of opposition in the form of a ‘Resistance’ protest movement that believes Sophie’s rule change will destroy the lives of decent, hard-working New Zealanders. What follows is a battle for the nation’s soul.
With sharp-witted songs and hard-case characters, this musical is both entertaining and thought-provoking.
Review: ‘Hilarious and unique – an inherently Kiwi story with a universal message’ – Winner, 2023 McNaughton South Island Play, Adam NZ Play Award, 2023
Accessible shows:
Relaxed performance: 6.30pm Thursday 1 May
Touch Tour: 5.00pm Thursday 1 May followed by an audio described performance: 6.30pm Thursday 1 May
Written by Steven Page
Director Jacqueline Coats
Set and Costume Designer – Tony De Goldi
Lighting Designer – William Smith, Tungsten Projects
Producer – Dave Armstrong
Potential use of strobe and/or haze.
Duration: 110 minutes, including a 20-minute interval.
