DANCE TROUPE SUPREME

THOMAS SAINSBURY directs JAQUIE BROWN, MORGANA O’REILLY, YVETTE PARSONS and MADELEINE SAMI in his new black comedy, DANCE TROUPE SUPREME, opening at Maidment’s MUSGROVE STUDIO on MARCH 19th.

A dance troupe has been formed. A tour has been organized. Now it’s just time to dance, dance, dance. Join Charlotte, Amber, Kellyanna, Sean James and their stage manager, Honcho, as they tour New Zealand. Watch them interact with the locals, starve themselves to perfection, and live out their dreams to audiences of seven and to the beat of Britney Spears’ouvre.

Charlotte, the innocent ingénue on her first job, will be played by JAQUIE BROWN. Jaquie is well-known to New Zealand audiences for her presenting on C4 and her recent comedy series, The Jaquie Brown Diaries.

Kellyanna, the self-proclaimed leader of the troupe, will be played by MADELEINE SAMI. Madeleine recent credits include The Jaquie Brown Diaries, Sione’s Wedding and No. 2. She will next be seen on television in her new comedy, Super City.

Amber, the hard-partier and sweetheart of the group, will be played by Morgana O’Reilly. Morgana’s recently appeared onscreen in Piece of My Heart. She has also starred in Sainsbury’s LUV and The Mall, and her one-woman show, The Height of the Eiffel Tower. She will next be seen in Silo’s When The Rain Stops Falling.

Honcho, the loveable yet fallible stage manager, will be played by Yvette Parsons. Yvette is fresh from a stint in Wellington where she starred in Entertaining Mr Sloane and the hit New Zealand comedy, Gas. She has also recently starred in Outrageous Fortune and Legend of the Seeker.

Sean James, the predatory love machine, will be played by Thomas Sainsbury. Thomas has also written and will be directing the piece. In the last two years Thomas has written and produced his plays LUV, Loser, The Mall, Beast, Gas and The Feminine. He has recently resided in London where he has produced productions of his plays A Simple Procedure and . . . and then you die. Thomas’s plays The Mall and Loser have been published by Play Press. Loser and his play Main Street are being adapted for the screen. He is currently working for TV3 with a new comedy, Super City.

WHEN: MARCH 19th, 20th and 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th @ 8PM