Sister Anzac

Sister Anzac is a play about the NZ nurses who worked on the hospital ship The Maheno in World War I.

It is an incredibly sensitive story, told with gutsy humour, gritty reality, and pathos.

We workshopped the script for two site specific performances in 2014 (Navy and Maritime Museums) and were so moved by the response of our audiences who wept and laughed and stayed behind to tell us their personal connection to WWI.

We have been granted an Arts Alive grant to move the show into an Auckland theatre and we are seeking a CNZ grant to support this intention.

Meanwhile we have been invited back to the Torpedo Bay Navy Museum to be part of their WWI commemorations for a special 4 night season.

The Torpedo Bay Navy Museum in Devonport was an incredible space to perform in... the museum houses the heart of our story in its collections, and the play is so very, very pertinent to the local community.

We are honoured to accept their invitation to perform there with a freshly refined script, and to know this is step one in a long term plan of the play being fully developed for a theatre production (set & lighting designs to be created and music to be composed by Victoria Kelly).

We are seeking support for the costs of putting our show on at the Torpedo Bay Navy Museum, including costume hire and marketing costs.