An inside look at Christchurch’s daring Free Theatre - 37 years of boundary-pushing art, survival, and unrelenting creative spirit.
Shirley Horrocks’ documentary delves into the radical world of Christchurch’s Free Theatre, a collective that has challenged New Zealand’s stage conventions for nearly four decades. Through court cases, funding battles, and earthquakes, its members continue to redefine what live performance can be bold, experimental, and defiantly local.
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Rialto Recommends: Free Theatre From New Zealand’s foremost documentarian of the arts, Free Theatre is both a celebration and a revelation - a tribute to creative endurance and the fearless pursuit of artistic freedom. A must-watch for anyone who believes performance should provoke, question, and transform.
Cast
Peter Falkenberg (Self), George Parker (Self), Tynan Maree Wood (Self), Peter Young (Self), Emma Johnston (Self), Chris Carrell (Self), Livia Vajda (Self), Marianne Schumacher (Self), Simon Hayden (Self), Helen Moran (Self), Richard Till (Self), Tony Dale (Self)
Director
Language
English
Country
New Zealand
Studio
Point of View Productions