The controversial issue of wind farming provides the backdrop for The SEEyD Theatre Company's latest play, Turbine, which opens at Bats Theatre in Wellington on November 30.

"Power, speed, economy; blades cutting up, transforming nothing - wind - into power; into heat and light, sending energy into the heart of this beautiful land."The controversial issue of wind farming provides the backdrop for The SEEyD Theatre Company's latest play, Turbine, which opens at Bats Theatre in Wellington on November 30.

"Power, speed, economy; blades cutting up, transforming nothing - wind - into power; into heat and light, sending energy into the heart of this beautiful land."In a small farming village somewhere in New Zealand, locals are divided over a wind farm that is to be erected in their midst. Some will profit handsomely from renting their land to the electricity company ($10,000 per turbine per year), and some will have their view and their peace and quiet polluted, and claim to lose a large percentage of their asset value.
When Joshua - a young, savvy spin doctor for the electricity company - visits an all-female household in the village to complete his local 'consultation process', sibling rivalry kicks in, political leanings flip, and the most unlikely love story unfolds.

"We're the Saudi Arabia of wind."

The SEEyD Company is New Zealand's most consistently successful and inventive theatre company with five award-winning hits in a row: SEEyD, inSalt, SAnD, The Remedy Syndrome and The Brilliant Fassah. Each production has conceptual and emotion depth, tight integrated scripting, beautiful stage design and top class performances.

"inSalt is easily one of the finest productions of the year - There's not room to do justice here to the conceptual and emotional depth of this work, but every aspect of this moving and beautiful production, from the ingenious set to the sweeping choreography, - feels carved from the same piece of native timber."
- Mark Amery, Sunday Star Times review of inSalt

"Yet again a small, independent, project group has invested its talents on spec and produced an exquisite 80 minutes of riveting theatre that deserves to be seen around the country and the wider world. Catch it if you can."
- John Smythe, NBR review of The Remedy Syndrome

"Get your diary. Write this down. I must book for SEEyD! Make it your mantra. This is an intelligent thought provoking concept that's well researched, with full blooded characters, exceptional acting, inspired staging and original music that enhances the experience - "
- Lynn Freeman, Capital Times review of SEEyD

Season: 30 November - 16 December
Time: 8pm
Tickets: $20 full/$12 concession & groups 10+ (no show Sun/Mon)
Booking: phone 04 802 4175 or email book@bats.co.nz