REACT in return play
Christchurch co-operative theatre, REACT, is back. Rehearsals are underway for the theatre’s first 1985 production, “A Lesson From Aloes” by Athol Fugard. The play will be presented in the Free Theatre from March 20 until April 13. REACT went into recess last year when it lost its Durham Street premises. This year the group plans to used established theatre venues. The members of the group want to develop a distinctive New Zealand style and standard of theatre through the presentation of relevant and entertaining works. REACT Theatre runs as a
professional co-operative theatre of trained and experienced theatre workers, Z based in Christchurch, who produce plays within a - profit-sharing structure. 'i The play, “A Lesson L* From Aloes,” is set in South Africa but does not have a V strident political message "b instead leaving the audience to make up its own mind. ■ ■'* A cast of three, Stewart r Ross, Yvonne Martin and Russell Smith, will be ” directed by one of REACT’s founding members, Martyn Duffy. i: The group is looking for •’i some aloes to play the title 3 role and would like to hear from anyone who can help."
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Press, 13 March 1985, Page 20
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