Fox Rabbit Bear presents
Ain’t That A Bitch
Written by Anthea Hill
LOVE MAKES STRANGE TANGLES.
On a rainy night outside an Auckland concert hall, Claire meets Tom – a professional cellist with an all consuming obsession. Set against the fading light of the city and underscored by a haunting and original cello composition, Ain’t That A Bitch explores a labyrinth of unrelenting drive and passionate desire. As Claire slowly discovers what she wants from life, she and Tom are forced to face the truth about what it actually means to be close to someone.
Ain’t That A Bitch is Anthea Hill’s debut as a playwright. Originally a 2010 writing exercise in Witi Ihimaera’s creative writing course at Auckland University, with the help of Jonathan Hodge it was developed into a piece for Short+Sweet 2015, and has now been crafted into an hour-long, two-handed play.
Jonathan Hodge (Director) has worked as an actor, director and producer in Auckland for the last decade and returns from travels in South America to explore this poignant piece. Jonathan is the former Artistic Director for Short and Sweet New Zealand and has worked for the NZ Opera as Company Manager for a number of years.
Anthea Hill (Claire) is an emerging actor and playwright. Since graduating from The Actors’ Program in 2013 Anthea has played ‘Elsie Livesey’ in Sister Anzac, ‘Helena’ in Summer Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (dir. Michael Hurst), ‘Alice’ in Loving Kurt Vonnegut and ‘Mimi’ in ATC’s Guys and Dolls (dir. Raymond Hawthorne).
Daniel Watterson (Tom) is a 2014 Actors’ Program Graduate. Fresh from sold-out seasons at The Pop-Up Globe Theatre as Twelfth Night’s ‘Olivia’ and ‘Benvolio’ in Romeo and Juliet, Daniel is soon to appear in Dirty Laundry as series regular ‘Nathan’.
Tom Dennison (Composer) is one of New Zealand’s most prolific young jazz musicians, having performed with Molly Ringwald, Alan Broadbent Trio, and Mike Nock Quartet. In addition to sound design and production on Randa’s Turtles, Tom has designed a synthesiser made entirely of potatoes for Pressure Point Collective’s The Potato Stamp Megalomaniac at The Basement in June. His debut album Zoo is on Rattle Records.
Christine Urquhart (Set/Costume Design) trained and worked in the UK, Bulgaria and Australia. Now NZ-based, Christine has designed shows at Basement, Auckland Theatre Company, Prayas Theatre and Massive Company and was awarded ‘Best Newcomer’ at the 2015 Auckland Theatre Awards.
