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The Six O'Clock Swill: pint-sized theatre at The Mighty Mighty

27 Sep 2007
Like your theatre pint-sized? The Six O'clock Swill is a monthly series of one-act plays held at The Mighty Mighty in Wellington. October's series features the NZ premiere of On Story by…

Like your theatre pint-sized? The Six O'clock Swill is a monthly series of one-act plays held at The Mighty Mighty in Wellington.

October's series features the NZ premiere of On Story by Hollywood writer and producer Bill Wrubel, Jo Randerson's black comedy Cow and improv saga Magnum: The Lost Episodes.Like your theatre pint-sized? The Six O'clock Swill is a monthly series of one-act plays held at The Mighty Mighty in Wellington.

October's series features the NZ premiere of On Story by Hollywood writer and producer Bill Wrubel, Jo Randerson's black comedy Cow and improv saga Magnum: The Lost Episodes.On Story writer Bill Wrubel has written and produced for Ugly Betty, Will & Grace and Sports Center. His play, directed by Steven Whiting, provides a peek at the twisted characters that create a Hollywood sitcom. Welcome to the comedy writers' room - enter at your own risk.

Directed by Gene Alexander, Cow is an absurdist exploration of a young girl's unwillingness to conform. All Beth wants to do is make a cow out of leaves, but her efforts are thwarted by, amongst others, a father who thinks he's cat, an interfering yuppie couple and a loud American tourist.

Television's Lost meets Magnum PI in Magnum: The Lost Episodes. Directed by improv guru Derek Flores, Magnum will run every month with a new exciting instalment.

When: 10 & 11 October 2007, 6pm
Where: The Mighty Mighty, Cuba Street, Wellington
Tickets: $5 - door sales only from 5:30pm

27/9/07