Playwright and director Thomas Sainsbury brings two plays to BATS, The Mall and Luv, in a first time double billing from July 22 - 26.

The Mall is a darkly comic thriller which follows the inhabitants of a mall as they go about their day. Outside the world is in ruins. Luv drags us through the suburban subcultures where texting, clubbing, internet dating and stalking help us to stumble towards what we want most. Love.The Mall

This darkly comic thriller follows the inhabitants of a mall as they go about their day. Outside the world is in ruins. War continues to rage in some country or other. Famine reigns across Africa. Violence is the new black. But within the safe confines of the mall everything is quiet and peaceful. Nothing really ever changes.

There are the two middle-aged, middle class snobs working eight hours a week at the World Vision stall. There is Adam, an obsessive gamer, who spends every hour playing with his figurines in the Warhammer shop. There are Sharisse and Tanya, the mall rats with a shoplifting habit. There is Kunwar- Hill and Stewart Salesperson of the Year. And finally there is Dean Kilmartin - cinema attendant. But Dean is depressed. Dean is angry. Dean is a ticking time bomb. And when Dean meets Bing, a food court cleaner, all hell is going to break loose.

STARRING: Todd Emerson, Samuel Bowen Partridge, Lara Fischel- Chisholm,
Katlyn Wong, Benedict Wall, Kate Simmonds

Luv

Luv drags us through the suburban subcultures where texting, clubbing, internet dating and stalking help us to stumble towards what we want most. Love.

The first of the desperate is Ricky Bowater, part time cleaner, full time lothario. Ricky believes the key to someone's heart can be as simple as breaking and entering. But after finding true love, Ricky realises that his desire really knows no bounds. The next desperado is Jacque White. Gay white male- clean, cut and looking for a good time. Jacque uses his father's clout to create reality show following him in his quest for a boyfriend. His resentful crew manages to find him a blind date with his own vendetta. Michelle works in fashion, is a part time model, and wants to go under the knife just one more time. But when the operation is botched, Michelle must fall back on more than her feminine wiles. And finally there is Gemma Jones who wants nothing more than a beautiful league player to call her own.

But things soon turn sour when Tobias Winstanley, the man of her dreams, won't accept her adoration, despite all her efforts.

STARRING: Morgana O'Reilly, Todd Emerson, Stephen Fitzgibbon, Hannah Marshall

Fingerprint and Teeth Productions presents THOMAS SAINSBURY'S
THE MALL AND LUV WELLINGTON TOUR

BATS Theatre, July 22 - 26th,
THE MALL starts 6.30pm DAILY LUV starts 8.30pm DAILY
Tickets: $16 full, $12 concession, or special combined ticket prices for both shows: $25 full, $20 concession
Bookings through BATS THEATRE on (04) 802 4175 or book@bats.co.nz

17/07/08