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Death of a Dream
Death of a Dream

by Richard De Luca
A World Premier NEW Drama
Directed by Penelope Keegan
20 Apr–5 May

'Death of a Dream' has been written as a sequel to Arthur Miller's classic play 'Death of a Salesman' and examines the two ‘dreams’ the play evolved around – the American Dream, and Willy Loman’s personal dream. Willy’s businessman grandson, Bill, much like his grandfather is still hoping to crack the big time. Bill’s adult son Art, is a drug addict and lives at home; his stepdaughter Suzy, is a successful New York executive and his wife Carol, is financially involved in the business. They gather for Thanksgiving weekend, 2015, and struggle with the resulting catastrophic events.

Coming Up!

Our Theatre

We are a community theatre based in Onehunga, Auckland, with almost a thousand members. As we have our own premises, we are able to put on six shows a year, each of which runs for a two week season.

The Dolphin Theatre offers free parking and free programmes, with complimentary coffee and tea offered during the interval. We also have a licensed bar. The regular door price is $26.00, though gala bookings are available.

Season 2018

Welcome to another exciting year at the Dolphin Theatre!  
For 2018 we are proud to present an appealing diversity of plays. Some are uplifting, entertaining and heartily enjoyable and others will inspire and generate thoughtful conversation. There is rollicking riotous fun, bittersweet black comedy, stinging satire, slightly bonkers comedy, and the intense drama of Dickens’ poverty and prosperity. There is something for all tastes and preferences. You won’t be disappointed.

Calendar

Auditions
TRIBUTE SHOW FUNDRAISER
Jan 12
TRIBUTE SHOW FUNDRAISER

Summer Concerts 2019

Audition Notice
Nov 18
Audition Notice

Arsenic and Old Lace

Two charming old ladies make it their mission to provide tea and accommodation to socially and religiously “acceptable” lodgers. When they pass on, their brother, who thinks they are victims of yellow fever, buries them in the cellar. He thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt so never questions their actions. Then there’s a somewhat unusual nephew, to put it mildly, and another one who is really, actually completely normal – not easy in this household!

By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd, on behalf of Dramatists Play Service Inc., New York

Death of a Dream
Apr 20
Death of a Dream

Death of a Dream tells the story of Willy Loman’s only grandson, Bill, 59, a successful businessman still looking to crack the big time. It’s 2015 and the Loman family are gathering for the Thanksgiving weekend. His adult son, Art, is still at home struggling with a prescription addiction, while his step-daughter, Suzy, is a successful executive living in New York. Bill and his wife Carol disagree on how to address Art’s addiction, but Bill has high hopes to shake Art awake with a surprise visit from Peter, an old school friend of Art’s. Meanwhile, Suzy and Carol plot to try and get Art into a secure rehab facility. A combination of thoughtlessness and selfishness drives Art to overdose, and the family, along with Naomi (the sister of Carol’s first husband), spend the weekend struggling to pick up the pieces. Peter is exposed as less than he appears and Carol is left to choose her best way forward. Death of a Dream forms a sequel which examines what happened to the two “dreams” of Death of a Salesman: the American Dream, and Willy’s personal dream of leaving a legacy for his children.

Audition Notice
Aug 27
Audition Notice

Jane Austen's Lady Susan adapted by Kathryn Attwood 

Lady Susan is Jane Austen’s most salacious and provocative heroine ever. In the 18th Century it was illegal for women to own property and nor could they inherit wealth except under rare circumstances. So when Lady Susan’s extremely wealthy husband, Frederick Vernon dies, her inheritance goes to his nearest living male relative; his younger brother Charles Vernon.  More...

Audition Notice
Jul 15
Audition Notice

AN ALL-FEMALE farcical COMEDY!
By Peter Quilter 

Curtain Up tells the story of a group of women who inherit equal shares in an old ruined theatre and have to get involved in all kinds of chaos and madness to try to save it from destruction. The play is a light-hearted, fun entertainment which has had audiences laughing in Britain for over a decade. Created for a cast of 5 women, the show has had over 100 amateur productions in the UK and has also been presented in Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Ireland.

Audition Notice
May 28
Audition Notice

Gasping by Ben Elton

Lockheart Industries are making serious money, but Sir Chiffley Lockheart is looking for the buzz given by creating an entirely new category for making money where no money existed before. Philip, his pushy workaholic young exec, suggests selling designer air – Perrier for the nostrils – as a privatised alternative to polluted urban fug. The ad agency tycoon Kirsten takes the concept and propels the ‘Suck & Blow’ product into a marketing phenomenon of the decade generating dizzy millions in profit and getting her man along the way. But while the market for oxygen is growing, the world’s supply is diminishing. In the end, something extreme has to happen.

Audition Notice
Apr 9
Audition Notice

Set in a sinister old library presided over by a portrait of a grim-faced, mad-eyed old man. A dusty lawyer reads a will (involving millions of pounds) to an equally sinister family, one member of which has werewolf tendencies.

Audition Notice
Nov 27
Audition Notice

Spirit Level

A cottage to let in rural England.  Once the country retreat of Jack Cameron and his wife Susie.  Why have all previous tenants left abruptly?  Jack and Susie seem reluctant to rent it to anyone but they don’t really have much of a say any more...

That's Love Tuesday Treats
Sep 27
That's Love Tuesday Treats

Glam up for ‘Tuesday Treats’ at the Dolphin Tuesday 27th September at 8pm and you will be treated to a glass of bubbles and nibbles pre show, an ice cream during the interval and a chance to win with our lucky seat. Click image for more details.

Audition Notice
Sep 4
Audition Notice

In the Nineteenth Century, orphan Oliver Twist is sent from the orphanage to a workhouse, where the children are mistreated and barely fed. He moves to the house of an undertaker, but after an unfair severe beating, he starts a seven-day-run-away to London. He arrives exhausted and starving but is soon welcomed in a gang of pickpockets lead by the old crook Fagin. When he is mistakenly taken as a thief, the wealthy victim Mr Brownlow brings Oliver to his home and shelters him. But Fagin and the dangerous Bill Sykes decide to kidnap Oliver to burglarize Mr Brownlow's fancy house. This again throws Oliver into danger and requires much bravery on the part of others to save Oliver and unravel the mystery to Oliver’s true identity.

AUditions

Featured
Audition Notice
Nov 18
Audition Notice

Arsenic and Old Lace

Two charming old ladies make it their mission to provide tea and accommodation to socially and religiously “acceptable” lodgers. When they pass on, their brother, who thinks they are victims of yellow fever, buries them in the cellar. He thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt so never questions their actions. Then there’s a somewhat unusual nephew, to put it mildly, and another one who is really, actually completely normal – not easy in this household!

By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd, on behalf of Dramatists Play Service Inc., New York

Audition Notice
Aug 27
Audition Notice

Jane Austen's Lady Susan adapted by Kathryn Attwood 

Lady Susan is Jane Austen’s most salacious and provocative heroine ever. In the 18th Century it was illegal for women to own property and nor could they inherit wealth except under rare circumstances. So when Lady Susan’s extremely wealthy husband, Frederick Vernon dies, her inheritance goes to his nearest living male relative; his younger brother Charles Vernon.  More...

Audition Notice
Jul 15
Audition Notice

AN ALL-FEMALE farcical COMEDY!
By Peter Quilter 

Curtain Up tells the story of a group of women who inherit equal shares in an old ruined theatre and have to get involved in all kinds of chaos and madness to try to save it from destruction. The play is a light-hearted, fun entertainment which has had audiences laughing in Britain for over a decade. Created for a cast of 5 women, the show has had over 100 amateur productions in the UK and has also been presented in Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Ireland.