King Lear – Bard in the Yard, Butterfly Creek: 19-28 Feb
February 19 @ 7:00 PM - February 28 @ 10:00 PM NZDT
King Lear is this year’s Bard in the Yard production. Don’t miss the chance to see one of the world’s great plays.
Our February 2026 Bard in the Yard production of King Lear will be a bold, contemporary production of King Lear to be directed by Elspeth Cotsilinis. Our wonderful cast in alphabetical order:
| Martyn Barry | King of France & 1st servant |
| Rhiannon Bertaud-Gandar | Cordelia |
| Penelope Bond | Lady Kent |
| Lian Butcher | Goneril |
| Suzy Cain | Lady Gloucester |
| Brandon Chung | Oswald |
| Ruth Corkill | Regan |
| Kevin Lenahan | Edmund |
| Izzy Longson | Curan, Messenger & 2nd gentleman |
| Anne Manchester | Doctor, Knight & 1st gentleman |
| John Marwick | Lear |
| Lauchlin Mead | Edgar |
| Martin Robinson | Duke of Albany |
| Philip Rossiter | Duke of Cornwall & Captain |
| John Smythe | Fool |
Production dates are 19, 20, 21, 26, 27 & 28 February. The show will be in the Muritai School Courtyard unless the weather is unfavourable – in which case we will be inside the adjacent school hall.
