New Zealand Play Series

Two plays by Jo Randerson

“A deeply satisfying theatrical experience.”

— Craig Beardsworth, Theatreview

Like a double-layered coat, this book has two plays in it.

The dark and funny play The Lead Wait was devised with Trouble theatre company (Jo’s first collaborative theatre group, founded alongside Andrew Foster, Jo Smith, Jason Whyte, Martin Roberts, and Chris Ward). [Google some reviews of the play]

The Unforgiven Harvest is a rural tragi-comedy where everyone dies except the girl. This play may be one of the first theatrical examples of group farm poisoning in theatre from Aotearoa.

  • "[Their] ability to shift from near-realism to humorous neo-gothic and the absolutely absurd makes her a true pioneer of the post-something generation."

    — Federico Monsalve, The Listener

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