World Premiere

An eco-powered black comedy about a scientist, a Greenpeace activist, a Navy SEAL and one huge ozone hole.

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From 17th Dec we are still selling seats at a ‘reduced capacity’ until we have more certainty about the upcoming change in levels. If we appear to be ‘sold out’, please email our Box Office at circa@circa.co.nz and we will add you to our waitlist. You will be contacted again if/when we move levels. Thank you for your understanding.

In 1985, the world wakes to the discovery of the ozone hole over Antarctica.

It’s Wild West days at McMurdo Station and Scott Base, a time of big hair, big make-up, and ice-cold wine coolers. It’s little more than a decade since the US Navy lifted their ban on women travelling to the Ice. Meanwhile Greenpeace, rallying to create the first ‘World Park’ in Antarctica, is protesting the commercial exploitation of oil and mineral deposits under the ice by prospecting governments and companies…

Stella, a NZ scientist, Ioane, a US Navy SEAL from American Samoa, and Bonny, a Greenpeace activist, meet during one Antarctic summer. What unfolds is as dark, funny, and monumental as the discovery of the ozone hole itself. The second play in Lynda Chanwai-Earle’s acclaimed Antarctic Theatre Trilogy, HOLE builds on the innovative use of eco-powered energy as used in the award-winning HEAT.

“HOLE explores the relationship between art and science…[describing] Antarctica as the heartbeat of the world, pulsing as the ice expands with the seasons. Poetry has a way to pull at the heart strings that raw science doesn’t…leaving us in awe of the raw beauty of our planet.” — Art Murmurs

“Incredible…Brilliant…A Winner!” – The Wellingtonista ★★★★★

“Captivating…a metaphor for Antarctica’s peril!” – Sarah Catherall, The Dominion Post ★★★★★

BY Lynda Chanwai-Earle
DIRECTORS Kerryn Palmer and Sally Richards
COMPANY Ice Floe Productions Tapui Ltd

20 Nov – 18 Dec – FINAL WEEK! LAST SHOW SAT 18 DEC!
Circa Two
Tues – Sat 7.30pm
$25 – $52

$42 ‘Concession’ price (i.e. Community Services Card, Gold Card or student ID required)

Runtime: 95mins with no interval

Content Warning: This show contains the following: Flashing lights, coarse language, nudity, use of drugs, violence and stage combat and possible sudden or prolonged loud noises.

PHOTO: PHILIP MERRY/ART POPPY SERANO