SELENE - Auckland
Schedule
Thu Apr 16 2026 at 10:00 am to 11:10 am
UTC+12:00Location
Basement Theatre | Auckland, AU
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A story about the goddess and the dark side of the moon.A young girl is watching the moon landings on repeat, entranced by those astronaut’s weightlessness.
A bunch of teenagers are swimming under a lunar eclipse, lost in what might happen next.
A mis-matched couple are watching a horror film at a drive in cinema, about to step into all the next stuff.
SELENE is a radical explosion of an ancient myth.
It’s about how we grow up defined by our bodies.
It’s about the light sides of us and the dark sides of us.
And it’s about the stuff inside us. All the wild stuff inside of us.
A new sibling show to the hugely acclaimed HELIOS, the UK's "masters of storytelling" (ThreeWeeks) Wright&Grainger return to Aotearoa with SELENE - an intimate theatre experience with cinematic score and striking storytelling. Told by and made with Megan Drury.
Presented by Wright&Grainger with Theatre@41 Monkgate. NZ tour produced by A Mulled Whine Productions.
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“This company truly are the best at storytelling” ★★★★★ - ThreeWeeks
“Wright&Grainger have a beautiful gift for taking Ancient Greek stories and hauling them into the 21st century, translating the touching and keeping the human truth intact.” ★★★★ - The Wee Review
"Through rich and evocative storytelling, Drury masterfully reveals Pandia’s world. A lyrical narrative, paired with a cracking score … we plunge into lakes, howl at the night sky, speed across the countryside on the back of a moped, dance with abandon at raves and visit the surface of the moon itself. SELENE is joyous, funny, heartfelt and life-affirming." ★★★★★ - FringeFeed
“Holds us in a space of emotional tension between the domestic and the epic, the quotidian and the cosmic … deeply affecting, funny, and heartbreaking” - Flat City Field Notes review for HELIOS
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Where is it happening?
Basement Theatre, Lower Greys Ave,Auckland, New ZealandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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