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By Request: The Player and the Advocate—film treatment, first reading
A local digital feature currently in production, the makers of The Player and the Advocate – described as "a comedy set in Wellington 1601AD" – invite the local filmmaking community to attend the first reading of their feature film treatment on Sunday, October 1st, 4pm at Kapito Cafe (76 Willis St, Wgtn). The reading is scheduled to last 45 minutes, with 15 minutes feedback. Entrance is free. To learn more, peruse playerandadvocate.co.nz or see below.
Oscar is a hotshot young actor in the bustling Elizabethan Wellington theatre scene, loved by the Publick, but resented by the authorities. When he is kicked out of his theatre company for improvising, he must fight, not only to get his job back, but also to stop the Queen from pushing the country into all-out war.
What if Wellington were the centre of the Elizabethan world, pioneering an explosion in theatre, fashion, new music and coffeehouses at the birth of the modern age?
The Player and the Advocate is a New Zealand digital feature film written by John Parker – a cleverer-than-thou comedy, which takes swipes at Shakespeare and New Zealand film heritage with equal glee. Joyfully misappropriating the conventions and language of Elizabethan drama, The Player and the Advocate posits an alternative universe in which Wellington is the heart of a vibrant and competitive theatre culture, characters order their lattes in blank verse, and the consequences of being an out-of-work actor may be a date with
the gallows!
Oscar is a hotshot young actor in the bustling Elizabethan Wellington theatre scene, loved by the Publick, but resented by the authorities. When he is kicked out of his theatre company for improvising, he must fight, not only to get his job back, but also to stop the Queen from pushing the country into all-out war.
What if Wellington were the centre of the Elizabethan world, pioneering an explosion in theatre, fashion, new music and coffeehouses at the birth of the modern age?
The Player and the Advocate is a New Zealand digital feature film written by John Parker – a cleverer-than-thou comedy, which takes swipes at Shakespeare and New Zealand film heritage with equal glee. Joyfully misappropriating the conventions and language of Elizabethan drama, The Player and the Advocate posits an alternative universe in which Wellington is the heart of a vibrant and competitive theatre culture, characters order their lattes in blank verse, and the consequences of being an out-of-work actor may be a date with
the gallows!
