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Napier Repertory Players Inc is one of the longest running community theatre groups in the Hawke's Bay region
A not-for-profit organisation, Napier Repertory was founded in 1933
A variety of theatre productions are presented each year including for the Hawke's Bay Art Deco Festival; Studio Productions designed to foster growth in our adult performers and and to showcase new directors; and Youth Productions developed to encourage and support young local talent to further themselves in the performing arts
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BLANK
Continuing the formal experiment that marked White Rabbit Red Rabbit, Nassim Soleimanpour brings us BLANK. In a joint effort between audience and performer, the gaps in the script are filled in to reveal a story that celebrates the human imagination. As formally inventive as it is engaging, Blank reverses the typical theatre experience: A script riddled with blanks leaves the audience in charge of how the story will unfold. The concept might be simple, the result is nothing short of empowering as a random audience member sees his or her future determined by the imagination of others.
Known for plays without directors, sets and rehearsals, the acclaimed Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour takes it to new extremes. Each night Nassim’s play full of blanks is to be completed by a new performer before a live audience. The play becomes a story machine to share the life-story of the playwright, the performer and a random audience member.
Much like the internationally acclaimed White Rabbit Red Rabbit, Soleimanpour’s new piece invites critical reflection how our human identity is constructed around the stories we tell. Simultaneously, it celebrates the communal and elusive nature of theatre, as audience members shout, laugh, gasp and collaborate to write the evening’s story, a story that is irrevocably theirs and will never be told in the same way ever again. A heart-warming tour de force.
'Incredibly uplifting and life-affirming, with a feeling of togetherness that “passive” theatre lacks.'
A Younger Theatre
'No play can ever fully [BLANK] the world of the stage.'
Exeunt
'BLANK aims like a sniper, not only at your mind, but also at your heart.'
★★★★ Three Weeks Edinburgh
Wednesday 26 May 2021 - Jeremy Randall
Thursday 27 May 2021 - Natalie Sandbrook
Friday 28 May 2021 - Amy Edwards
Saturday 29 May 2021 - Neil McCorkell
Coming Up
tragedy today
COMEDY TONITE
Produced by David Brock
Sketches, Musical numbers, Play excerpts, from classic British (mainly!) comedy!
21 - 24 July 2021
Youth / Studio Production
This year, a combined evening of our 2021 Youth Production and the 2021 season of Studio Production
11 - 21 August 2021
TheatreFest 2021
This years Local TheatreFest hosted by Napier Repertory Players at The Little Theatre
14 - 15 August 2021
Sinderfella
Written and Directed by Jonathan Smith MNZM
A pantomime based on the famous rags-to-riches story
November 2021
Photo Gallery
And Then There Were None
Adrienne Hurley, Hayley Munro, Edward , Glenn Cook
Cast and Crew
And Then There Were None
Wheeler's Luck
Kat, Brent, Glenn, Brylee, Angus, Stacey
Brylee, Kat, Glenn, Angus
Wheeler's Luck
The Father
Rob Dallas and Kelie Jensen
Kelie Jensen and Glenn Cook
The Father
Arsenic and Old Lace Feb 2019
Cast and Crew
Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace Feb 2019
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Little Theatre 76 McGrath Street, Napier
Seating in the Little Theatre
Full kitchen facilities including Steriliser
Dressing Room facilities
Contact Us
76 McGrath Street
Napier South
Napier 4110
President
Glenn Cook
M: 021 173 4872
Secretary
Jane Lui
M: 027 555 6244
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