Manawatu Theatre Society

Our Story

Established in 1978, Manawatu Theatre Society has been producing high-quality Plays and Musicals for the last 5 decades.

​​MTS offers the community of the Manawatu a place to explore and experience a wide range of plays and musicals in a safe and inclusive environment to all people who wish to participate.

​Whether you are a veteran of the theatre, on stage or off or just wanting to try something new, you are always welcome here.

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MANAWATU THEATRE SOCIETIES NEXT PRODUCTION

A Relatively Uneventful Evening

After years of hard work and countless rejections, Eleanor’s first romance novel has finally been published. Her closest friend, Addison – who has sworn not to throw a party in her honour –promises an event of conservative proportions and “close friends” only.

But affairs have been taking place, and upon revelation, the dinner party devolves into mayhem.

An aspiring, if not very clever, detective tries to find out who is responsible for the chaos…

Over the course of one evening a small group of close but highly dysfunctional friends are invited to a dinner party to celebrate the publication of Eleanor’s first book.

Various disagreements ensue while, in the background, Sinclair stumbles into the room and is quickly pronounced dead.

Efforts to hide the body are thwarted by visits from a nosey neighbour and a poorly timed mechanic before Amanda and Robert, the final guests to arrive. Chaos and panic drive this hilarious comedy followed with lots of twists and turns throughout a relatively “uneventful” evening.

Written by New Zealand playwright, George Arthur, in 2019, this is the North Island premier of this wise-cracking, fast paced, deep dive into the ties and boundaries that are the very fabric of our friendships. What lengths would you go to for your friends?

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