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Yvette Parsons

YVETTE PARSONS  

 Nationality:    New Zealander
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Literary Agent:    Auckland Actors


Yvette Parsons won the hearts of audiences throughout New Zealand with her tour-de-force solo show Silent Night, (for which she was nominated for the Chapman Tripp Actress of the Year Award and Most Outstanding Performance in 2012). Her appearances in the TV3 hit comedy series Super City, Comedy Festival favourite Dan Is Dead I Am A Yeti, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Toys, Dance Troupe Supreme, The House Of Bernada Alba and the legendary Gas have established her as an audience favourite.

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

 4 Cynthia         Dolly Mixture         Gas         Janeece Gunton: Herstory         Silent Night

4 Cynthia

Synopsis:
Yvette Parsons wrote and performs monsterlogue 4 Cynthia, the title role being your classic old biddy with Princess Di bag attending the wedding of a couple of youngsters from the neighbourhood. More a simple character study than a true narrative, Cynthia's snuck off to scoff a giant helping of pavlova and express every bigoted view possible about all the people present, as well as Hare Krishnas, Maoris, Asians, wimmins libbers, you name it. Parsons' wee vignette is quite brilliantly conceived and one of the most laugh-out-loud of the evening, which is saying something.
- Nik Smythe, www.theatreview.org.nz

Notes:
part of The Monster Monologues

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Genre:
short play

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Dolly Mixture

Synopsis:
Psychic siblings Crispin and Misty-Lou Melville share an uncanny bond  and a family membership of the Rototuna Doll Collectors Association. But when a malevolent presence manifests in their twisted lives, the Melvilles turn to Satan, as a thousand glittering eyes watch from the darkness. . .
- http://www.theatreview.org.nz

Notes:
Written and performed by Yvette Parsons and Thomas Sainsbury

1st Produced:
Basement Theatre, Lower Greys Ave, Auckland    21 Feb 2013

Organisations:
Pandora Productions

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Genre:
horror comedy

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Gas

Synopsis:
Join forces in this dark comic story of a petrol station, set amongst the bright lights of K' Road

Notes:
devised by Thomas Sainbury, Yvette Parsons, Toby Leach, Rashmi Pilapitiya, Tahi Mapp-Borren, Rina Patel

1st Produced:
Auckland, NZ    2008

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Genre:
Piece

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Janeece Gunton: Herstory

Synopsis:
Yvette Parsons has written a new comedy with Tom Sainsbury. It's pitch black, and characters and occurrences in the play are based on the kind of newspaper accounts of child and elder abuse none of us want to read. Perhaps some nasty truths behind this piece? When life hands Janeece Gunton lemons, she makes lemonade - and force feeds it to her diabetic hubby, Lloyd. Janeece is the go-getting matriarch of the Gunton clan; wife, mum and gran to them all  her only respite is a good twelve to fourteen hours on the pokies at Sky City - and she's bloody had a gutsful. So she's dealing dope, turning tricks and benefit-frauding her way to some quality me time on The Pride Of Free Enterprise  a floating casino cruise on the Mediterranean. All she needs is a wallet full of cash to get started on the tables. And to get shot of her dying hubby, leeching daughter and a pesky fraud investigator... Inspired by people-watching at Sky City, and not least by newspaper horror stories of gambling addictions, and family neglect, Yvette Parsons and Thomas Sainsbury bring you the dark comic tale of Janeece Gunton. Luck be a lady tonight&
- http://www.theatreview.org.nz

Notes:
written by Yvette Parsons & Thomas Sainsbury

1st Produced:
The Basement, Lower Greys Ave, Auckland    18 Jun 2013

Organisations:
Pandora Productions

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Silent Night

Synopsis:
With her tea trolley polished, Cameo Cremes on the cake stand and sherry glasses at the ready, Yvette Parson's intimate solo show Silent Night shuffles into the Musgrove Studio for seven shows only from December 13th 2010. It's Christmas Day and an elderly Irene McMunn demonstrates her unusual and innovative cooking, shopping and festive decorating techniques while awaiting the arrival of her guests. In this time, Irene remembers stories of her past  the Tangiwai disaster, the effects it had on her and her family, the courtship and marriage of her late husband Len and her relationship with daughter Elaine. She also regales about her special ability  she can receive messages from God. Confiding to her local priest about her ability, day by day the messages become regular and found in everyday items, such as the vision of the Virgin Mary in her Tip Top toast. If that wasn't enough to contend with, her cat Monty has gone missing! Always quick to spot a souvenir sherry set, hand-made lace treasure or a right royal trinket, Parsons has collected an eclectic array of memorabilia for Silent Night - a story of loss, loneliness and stoic survival, laced with plenty of humour and a set full of nostalgic paraphernalia.

Notes:
Developed As part of Auckland Theatre Company's First Draft workshop for playwrights in 2008

1st Produced:
Musgrove Studio, Maidment Theatre, Auckland    13 Dec 2010

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Genre:
60 min Monologue play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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