WAITING FOR GERTIE
Schedule
Fri, 12 Sep, 2025 at 09:30 am
UTC+12:00Location
11 Baring Terrce, New Plymouth, New Zealand 4312 | New Plymouth, TK
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Written and performed by Helen MoulderDirected by Jeff Kingsford Brown
Music, Mayhem and Madness
Yes, Miss Cynthia Fortitude, the legendary diva is coming to New Plymouth to give a musical lecture to the New Plymouth Opera Guild (NPOG). Her indefatigable accompanist, the equally legendary Miss Gertrude Rallentando, is nowhere to be found, so Cynthia must battle on without her.
She’s back, as bossy, eccentric and risible as ever. The passing of time has not dimmed her belief that she is the most prima of all prima donnas. She is Mongolia’s pick as the greatest living soprano of all time. She is the Cynthia of the title: Cynthia Fortitude, dotty standard-bearer for opera in far-flung corners of the world and New Zealand, and an old habitue of the Wellington stage.
Tonight, Cynthia attends a meeting of the Island Bay Operatic Guild to introduce the locals to the delights of her favourite musical genre. She is diverted onto the topic of an opera she and her musical partner Gertie Rallentando are creating. From there, we’re transported to the bizarre world of Il Meraviglioso Pappataci di Aotearoa – this being the opera’s title, which I won’t translate here because it’s a joke in waiting.
$30 Adults $25 Senior/Student
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Where is it happening?
11 Baring Terrce, New Plymouth, New Zealand 4312, New ZealandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
