Captive Audience Quarantined | Somes Is.

Bard Productions, the innovative theatre troupe that brought you Frogs Under the Waterfront in 2009, is back in action with a theatrical adventure taking place on Somes Island.

This February the New Zealand Fringe Festival plays host to an historical horror on Somes Island—bringing to life the eerie stories of the human quarantines of the late 1800’s.

Suspected to have contracted severely communicable diseases, the audience will be taken from Wellington City to the island on a chartered ferry, at dusk. Subjected to the archaic medical practices of a forgotten past and locked away in a disused convalescence chamber until they are fit to return to civilization, the audience will come face to face with the supernatural stories of this mysterious Island…and will be lucky to escape with their lives.

Written by Luke Hawker, award-winning screen-writer; Directed by Paul Stephanus; composed by James Dunlop; Supported by Sir Richard Taylor with Creature and make up effects by his award winning Weta Workshop team; Performed by a cast of five outstanding Wellington actors in a disused human quarantine barracks usually off-limits to the public, Quarantine is guaranteed to be the theatrical adventure of a lifetime.

Seven performances on three consecutive weekends in February: 3-5; 11, 12; 18, 19. Starting at the East by West Ferry terminal on the Wellington Waterfront at 7:25 PM. Ferry leaves at 7:30 sharp. Audience members should remember to wear sturdy shoes for a five-minute walk up a hill to the island venue.