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Cast:- any size/type/age, for 2 to 52 characters
ISBN 978 1 877319 16 7
Teachers’ discount $17
RRP $22.50
Wheeler’s Luck
Nigel Collins, Toby Leach & Damon Andrews
“Energising, hilarious and perceptive, this beautifully honed show is pure theatrical magic.”
NZListener
NZ’s beloved classic comedy Wheeler’s Luck is a rollicking rural saga based around the citizens of a small community that life seems to have passed by – until, that is, the town mayor plots with an Auckland developer who has plans for an exclusive multi-million dollar resort – and not everyone is happy …
With one prop and a cast size that can range from 2–52 – a flexibility beloved of all those who have to cater to variably sized and skilled groups – this extraordinary play was a classic from its triumphant opening night in 2004.
Since then Wheeler’s Luck has been performed to acclaim both professionally as the original two-hander, and in numerous local theatres and schools with an astounding range of cast sizes and production styles.
“… (They) create an entire community with no set, no props (other than a large ship’s bell), just pure imagination, energy and keen observation… brilliant in its simplicity, eloquent in its humour and with its roots firmly planted in grass roots Aotearoa.”
Capital Times
“As rich, wacky, perceptive, touching and outright hilarious as a ‘Simpsons’ episode, yet Kiwi to its marrow.”
NBR
“Wheeler’s Luck is pure gold. Thought provoking but not laid on with a trowel – of this country yet universal in terms of people’s relationship with the land and with each other – and very, very funny.”
Capital Times