Zen Dog Satori

Actor Mick Innes (Housebound, Home and Away) returns to THE BASEMENT THEATRE with the follow up to his beloved solo show Zen Dog� 3 years later, after surviving a heart attack and two major strokes.

He will perform on the very stage where he had his heart attack - an opportunity for the audiences to hear firsthand, with his usual charisma and sense of humor, how it all went down. And how his near death gave him a new life. After a long recovery process, Mick is back on the stage doing what he loves.

ZEN DOG: SATORI is a completely new show, focused on family and some ghosts from his past - many confessions and cathartic moments can be expected. It is an important story due to its simplicity: we take the audience on a journey, using humor and raw honesty. Mick is a fearless performer with a very interesting life, so this show will appeal to anyone who likes great stories.

We need YOUR help. This is a fundraising season for a documentary (currently in production) about his life - an unique opportunity and all proceeds going into the making of the film. Mick and Roberto already started work on the documentary - an exciting visual film about Mick's life, combining animation, interviews with Mick himself, some of his family members and a very honest story telling approach. The end result will be cinematic and touching.

Featuring Mick Innes
Directed by Roberto Nascimento
Devised by Roberto + Mick
www.basementtheatre.co.nz/whats-on/zen-dog-satori/


BACKGROUND
Actor Mick Innes (Housebound, Home and Away) returns to THE BASEMENT THEATRE with the follow up to his beloved solo show Zen Dog� 3 years later, after surviving a heart attack and two major strokes. He will perform on the very stage where he had his heart attack - an opportunity for the audiences to hear firsthand, with his usual charisma and sense of humor, how it all went down. And how his near death gave him a new life. After a long recovery process, Mick is back on the stage doing what he loves.

ZEN DOG: SATORI is a completely new show, focused on family and some ghosts from his past - many confessions and cathartic moments can be expected. It is an important story due to its simplicity: we take the audience on a journey, using humor and raw honesty. Mick is a fearless performer with a very interesting life, so this show will appeal to anyone who likes great stories.


THE TARGET
We need your help in order to raise $1,500 needed to put towards paying our cast and crew - as well as helping the production of our documentary. Tickets to our week-long season on the STUDIO stage at Basement Theatre will raise enough funds to cover our production and publicity costs, but little else. Without your assistance we won't have enough funds to keep working on our documentary, Butterfly - an in depth documentary about the incredible life of this fantastic man, Mick Innes.

By collaborating, you become part of the making of this 100% independent feature and help us cover extra costs for production. Luckily we are a small team - so your contribution will mean the world to us.

Zen Dog: Satori is a continuation of a long lasting friendship and working relationship with Mick Innes. The play will be material for the documentary.


HOW CAN YOU HELP?
You can help us achieve our funding target in two easy steps... Step one: donate to our campaign. Any donation, big or small, makes a huge difference in reaching our goal. And step two: support us further by sharing our campaign out to your networks.

Boosted is an all or nothing crowdfunding platform, which means that if we don't reach our target, the donations are returned to the donors and we receive nothing. It only takes 80 people contributing $25 each to reach our target so please support us in creating this show.

THE TEAM
Mick Innes has a career spanning 3 decades, both in Australia and NZ. His credits include classic Australian films like Bootmen, Praise and Two Hands (alongside Heath Ledger) and most recently Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor. On TV he appeared in Home and Away, All Saints and Echo Point - where he played Martin Henderson's father. Back in NZ Mick has appeared in a range of roles in TV and film: Housebound, Netherwood, Amazing Extraordinary Friends, Super City, Sunny Skies as well as the lead in TV3's Hounds.

Roberto Nascimento has been working as an actor, producer and director for the past 9 years. In theatre he has directed Season 1 of Zen Dog (devised with Mick Innes), as well as several short format plays- Legacy Project, Like Minds Theatre, Short + Sweet.
Roberto also works in film, having created the New Zealandly successful web series The Adventures of Suzy Boon (8 New Zealand festivals) and another web series, called Sui Generis (Season 1 in post production, Season 1 currently in production). He also directed 6 shorts films (selected by several festivals, including Fort Lauderdale Film Festival, MICA Festival in Brazil, Arohanui Festival in NZ, Pasadena Film Festival, Visionaria). Zen Dog: Satori is a continuation of a long lasting friendship and working relationship with Mick Innes. The play will be material for the documentary Roberto is making - with Mick being the center of it - called Butterfly.