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  • Shakespeare’s Macbeth – 29 Feb to 9 March – Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe

    Muritai School Yard

    Something wicked this way comes - the only Summer Shakespeare in the Wellington region this year. A stunning, contemporary production of Shakespeare's fast-paced and powerful tragedy of unchecked power and ambition. Macbeth leads the notorious Scotland crime family's successful fight against rebels and rivals but he and his wife are ambitious for power. He murders the Boss, Duncan, and assumes control of the family. But who can he trust? Things quickly start to fall apart. Blood will have blood as Macbeth sinks into despotism, friends turn against him and his wife dies. Wrap up warmly for this outdoor Bard in the Yard production (inside if

  • Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe
    Recurring

    Butterfly Creek : Shakespeare’s Richard III

    Muritai School Hall 166 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt

    Ever since the bones of King Richard III were exhumed from a Leicester City Council car park in 2012, interest in the much-maligned king continues to grow. But as far as Shakespeare was concerned, the embittered and physically deformed crown usurper was an unadulterated villain. Director of Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe’s production in early March, Mike Butcher, believes Richard III is the best play Shakespeare ever wrote. He also believes he’s assembled the best cast to tell the story, with Colton Stuart in the main role, Allan Burne as Richard’s right-hand man Lord Buckingham, and Lian Butcher as Lady Anne Warwick, manipulated into marrying Richard

  • The Nerd – Butterfly Creek Theatre (12-19 July)

    Muritai School Hall 166 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt

    We are adding an extra performance at 7:30pm on Wednesday 16 July - tickets on sale through Humanitix. Those who had tickets for Thursday or Friday last week will have received an email about rebooking. Our next production – The Nerd, by Larry Shue – is now cast and in rehearsal. The production will be in the Muritai School Hall at 7:30pm on July  12, 16, 17, 18, 19 Tickets are now available from Humanitix. Set in the mid-Western, mid-sized city of Terre Haute, Indiana, Willum’s architectural career is ticking along nicely. When he has a surprise phone call and hears that he will finally meet the man (Rick Steadman)

  • King Lear – Bard in the Yard, Butterfly Creek: 19-28 Feb

    Muritai School Hall 166 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt

      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

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