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Following a fabulous season premiere at the 2011 New Zealand Fringe Festival, Amy and Catherine Waller’s solo show GLORIA is set to paint the Hibiscus Coast red with the redeveloped work in its season at Centre Stage Theatre next month.

GLORIA tells the true story of the Waller sisters’ grandmother Gloria Stanford who as a 21-year-old made international headlines as “The Bride Who Wouldn’t Leave New Zealand“. 

More than six decades later Stanford’s granddaughters celebrate her colourful WW2 years in this sparkling and courageous solo show, GLORIA featuring Amy Waller.

Like the remodelling of a vintage dress, GLORIA is a show for everyone.  The fusion of 1940’s swing music, dancing and fearless physical theatre promises to keep you on the edge of your seat as it takes you from the domestic to Film Noir, to the fantastical in the blink of an eye.  It is a fierce examination of how people change in different contexts and how events can warp and beautify through the lens of one’s memory. 

Centrestage Theatre and The Vintage Collective present GLORIA at Centrestage Theatre, 60 Centreway Road, Orewa, June 29 – July 4, 7.30pm and July 2 & 4, 2 pm.  Tickets: http://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2013/jun/gloria or (09) 426 7282

For interviews with Amy Waller and Gloria Stanford please contact co-producer Sharu on 021 652 175 or sharu@sharu.co.nz  Images available on request.

REVIEWS:

“A rich, refined work that captures the nuance and texture of the period in exactitude, through movement, text and technical skill". (THEATREVIEW)                                                                                              

“A fascinating story and unique piece of theatre of one of New Zealand’s war brides” (NZ HERALD)

 “GLORIA is a winner! A beautiful piece of nostalgia which is not old fashioned” (SWEET AF)