A Bats Theatre production
Wake Less
by Binge Culture Collective (Wellington)
Fri 24 & Sat 25 February, 9pm

Binge Culture Collective is a Wellington-based theatre company (formed in 2008) that believes theatre should be serious fun, exhilarating and challenging.

The core creative team is Ralph Upton (artistic director), Fiona McNamara (executive producer), Joel Baxendale, Rachel Baker, Simon Haren & Claire O’Loughlin. 

2011 Chapman Tripp nominee: Most Original Production, This Rugged Beauty. Hailed as one of the NZ Herald’s top theatre picks of 2010 for their double-bill Elimination Rounds.

“We want to find ways for the audience to feel like the protagonist, without necessarily being the centre of attention. We’re also looking to find ways to incorporate direct audience interaction that is constructive, rather than contrived.” Binge Culture Collective

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www.bingeculture.co.nz

Also collaborating on Wake Less is Interrupt, a collective of digital media artists, interaction designers, live video performers and sonic artists working across a range of live performance projects and installations. The binding principle of the collective is to generate experimental work that explores the boundaries between architecture, video, performance, sound and interaction.

Alongside multiple theatre projects, the members of Interrupt have been involved in The Performance Arcade Aotea Square 2011, Random Acts 2011, StageSpace 2011, The WGTN LUX Symposium 2011, The Performance Arcade 2011, Prague Quadrennial 2011, Auckland Festival of Arts and the Wellington International Arts Festival. In 2011, Interrupt also received a Best Design Award, as well as the Critics Wild Card Award at the Chapman Tripp Theatre awards for outstanding A/V design. Interrupt includes Johann Nortje, Stuart Foster, Harry Silver, Angus Woodhams, Rob Appierdo, and Kris Henning.
www.interrupt.co.nz