All Heroes : Dunedin Fringe Festival

All Heroes

Ōtepoti | Dunedin

Presented by: Sahara BreeZe (SBZ) Productions

Theatre Comedy Physical Theatre

Jandoe's having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Who's the problem: them or the people they meet?

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Ōtepoti | Dunedin

Presented by: Sahara BreeZe (SBZ) Productions

Jandoe's having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Who's the problem: them or the people they meet? It’s 2030 and software in your glasses has replaced cell phones. Follow a very special day in the life of Jandoe Wilkins, a socially-awkward payroll clerk. You see, Jandoe has unwittingly agreed to trial Senseless Software Inc’s new technology.

Award winning Dunedin-based couple Blaise and Sarah Barham premiere SBZ's new play 'ALL Heroes', written by Sarah Barham. This comedic duet piece sees Sarah as Jandoe Wilkins having a very bad day indeed interacting with multiple characters played by Blaise and draws on the couple’s comedic training at the Philippe Gaulier school in Paris, and postgraduate theatre studies at the University of Otago.

This funny, poignant and thought-provoking play was developed through a short season in Auckland and at Otago University with Auckland-based director John Goudge.

Are we becoming too dependent on technology to the extent that it is damaging our ability to communicate and socialise in person? What would happen if we could see how others experience us and the world? Would it change the way we behave and interact?

Sarah and Blaise formed their own theatre company – Sahara BreeZe (SBZ) Productions in 2019 and have subsequently produced 15 shows.

*** Nominations ***
2021 Dunedin Fringe - Outstanding Performance.
2023 Dunedin Fringe - Best in Fringe, The Theatre Award, Outstanding Design, and Outstanding Technical Achievement.
2024 Dunedin Theatre Awards - Outstanding Director, Outstanding Performance: Female role, Outstanding Performance: Duo/Ensemble, Outstanding Script/Narrative/Libretto, and Production of the Year.

*** Awards ***
2023 Dunedin Fringe NZ Touring Award and the City of Literature 'Beyond Words' Award.
2024 Dunedin Theatre Awards: “Outstanding Contribution to Dunedin Theatre.”

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Thu
20
March
08:00PM
Fri
21
March
08:00PM
Sat
22
March
08:00PM

Duration

50min

Price

$10.00 - $20.00

All Ages (licensed venue)
Content Warning

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Venue

New Athenaeum Theatre

23 The Octagon Ōtepoti, Dunedin Dunedin 9016

| Wheelchair Access YES

Accessible Bathroom YES

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