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Ben Anderson

BEN ANDERSON

  
Nationality:    New Zealander
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Ben Anderson's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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below is a list of Ben Anderson's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Blue Airplane, The         Go On Waiting, Circustown         Just Above the Clouds         Like Smoke In Here         Risk & Win Arcade         Suicidal Airplane, The         This Kitchen Is Not Imaginary

Blue Airplane, The

Synopsis:
Come see the absurd and exquisite world premiere season of Ben Anderson's the Blue Airplane. Written for the 'man who thought he was ugly', the Blue Airplane is a whimsical and moving theatre that celebrates the unique qualities in us all. When an Airplane suffers chronic self doubt it plummets from the sky. It is up to one of the passengers, 'Man', to reawaken Airplane's self belief before they all perish in a spectacular crash. With a set constructed from recycled materials in the newly refurbished the Hall theatre at Whangarei Girls' High School, the show promises to be visually spectacular with an ecological spin. It's a powerful and fantastic story populated with Bumblebees, gigantic Spiders, terrorist Fruits, sniffer Dogs and even the Sky itself. Join the twenty two members of the Northland Youth theatre Junior Company for an hour of beauty and magic that you and your family will never forget.
- http://www.theatreview.org.nz

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Whangarei Girls High School, Lupton AVenue, Whangarei, Nz     05 Dec 2012

Organisations:
NortHLAnd Youth Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  11            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Go On Waiting, Circustown

Synopsis:
after living in Circustown his entire life, Colter starts to wonder if everything he's been told about the world outside is really true. are there really Cons out there? Will they kill to you or lie to you? Of course they will; Michael said. Still. . .
- theatreview.org.nz

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Musgrove Studio, Maidment Theatre, Auckland     30 Jun 2010

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Just Above the Clouds

Synopsis:
bittersweet puppet show about a boy's quest to find out why he is unable to love. Armed with a pickaxe and guided by the cryptic clouds that float past, Boy smashes his way through the hard crust of his concrete heart but with every new layer he must face past horrors and challenge lies that he holds close. Aided by Girl, who is not what she seems, Boy is drawn into an absurd spiral of bewilderment. Fantastical and enigmatic, Just Above the Clouds uses table-top puppetry, glowing lantern-esque imagery and incorporates genuine innovation to create a Tim Burton-esque dreamlike sensibility.
- http://www.theatreview.org.nz

Notes:
Auckland Fringe 2013

1st Produced:
Q, The Vault, Auckland     28 Feb 2013

Organisations:
the People Who Play With Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
50 min piece

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  chorus

Further Reference:
-

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Like Smoke In Here

Synopsis:
Ben Anderson's Like Smoke in Here in which a woman must try and stop a slowly burning fire from consuming her whole house and the people who live in it
- http://www.theatreview.org.nz

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Basement Studio, Lower Greys Ave, Auckland     06 Nov 2012

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
one act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Risk & Win Arcade

Synopsis:
Running throughout the three weeks of Auckland Fringe, Auckland CBD will become a real-life gaming arena. The experience will begin on the roof of the Aotea Centre, but from there, participants will have to enter to find out. It's like The Amazing Race, an adventure movie and video game combined, played out on the streets of Auckland CBD. Audience members will become investigators as they uncover the mystery of why Cara, a marketing executive at Risk & Win Gaming Corp, has gone missing. A sizeable reward has been offered to anyone who can track her down by Arthur D Skillington, CEO of Risk & Win Gaming Corp and Cara's father-in-law to be. Tokens will be offered for different challenges and there will be clues and encounters along the way which will help competitors achieve their mission. Each night prizes will be awarded to the top 3 competitors who gain the most tokens. Winners will be invited back to compete in a special grand final with a brand new mission.

Notes:
Developed by James Wenley and Ben Anderson. part of 2015 Auckland Fringe Festival

1st Produced:
Aotea Centre Roof (Level 5), 50 Mayoral Drive, Auckland     11 Feb 2015

Organisations:
Theatre of Love and Auckland Live

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
interactive site specific piece

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/production.php?id=4309

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Suicidal Airplane, The

Suicidal Airplane, The
When a plane realises that it should not be able to fly it starts plummeting to earth

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
-    

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Play Press   978-1877319150

Music:
-

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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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This Kitchen Is Not Imaginary

Synopsis:
the play involves the character of Man' who begins to build a boat with the confines of his own mind in order to sail to a place where he can hide from his troubles. We see his internal journey play out physically before us involving sharks, lumberjacks and a woman found hiding in a giant tree.
- www.theatreview.org.nz

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Basement Theatre, Lower Greys Ave, Auckland     10 Apr 2012

Organisations:
the People Who Play With Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

To Buy This Play:
If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

Booksellers:

Genre:
piece

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
http://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/production.php?id=2545

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