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Tessa Mitchell

TESSA MITCHELL

  
Nationality:    New Zealander
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below is a list of Tessa Mitchell's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         I wanna be na nah na nah nah         Unlikely Angels

I wanna be na nah na nah nah

Synopsis:
Ponsonby 1983. Teenage girls with fake IDs and boys with too much time on their hands. I WANNA BE NA NAH NA NAH NAH takes you to another Ponsonby, before neighbourhood fences and fashionable bars, when the future of this working-class melting-pot was anything but certain. Theatre makers Stephen Bain, Tessa Mitchell and Dave Fane weave true stories and interviews into a real-time journey through present-time Ponsonby, from 12-22 February as part of Auckland Fringe. Audience meet at The Basement to catch a Free Bus to Ponsonby. Once there they are each given wireless headphones and lead through backyards, alleyways and Ponsonby Road itself. Actors move between past and present as guides, performers and conductors of unexpected meetings along the way, all set to a darkly pulsing 80s soundtrack. Jess remembers growing up in Ponsonby in the 80s when it was a working class suburb. She recalls the large Pacific Island families in her neighbourhood, the Maori neighbours hanging out in the front porch and the big groups of students who lived cheaply in the big villas up the road. But most of all Jess remembers being a teenager looking for her place in these mixed-up times of social change. She could be whoever she wanted to be if only she could work that out. For now she will go to as many parties as possible, ride in cars with boys and fit into every scene she can. Like Ponsonby, Jess is a teenager in a state of change, looking for the fastest way up. Joe lived with his brothers and sisters in 80s Ponsonby too. His parents emigrated from Samoa, making a new life in New Zealand through good times and hard times. School, church, pub and neighbourhood backyards were all places that brought people together. There was a sense of belonging to Ponsonby whether you liked it or not. He remembers the famous Gluepot Tavern when the greatest bands in the country would play there, from The Straightjacket Fits, to Blam Blam Blam to The Twelve Tribes. A natural charisma allowed Joe to move between social classes, meeting his heroes and heading for the big times. This is less a show about 'the good old days' and more a contemplation on what we went through to be where we are today. Ponsonby is a vehicle to view the rapid change New Zealand went through to find a new identity.

Notes:
Written by Tessa Mitchell, Stephen Bain & Dave Fane

1st Produced:
Meet at The Basement Theatre, bus to Ponsonby, Auckland    12 Feb 2015

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Further Reference:
http://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/production.php?id=4302

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Unlikely Angels

Synopsis:
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Notes:
by Lisa Brickell, Tessa Mitchell, Greg Goodyer, Lucy Bennett

1st Produced:
pArt of Short and Sweet, Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, the Edge, Auckland    12 Jul 2011

Organisations:
Funny Business

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Music:
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Genre:
ten min play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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