Meet The Cast: Lorenz

Lorenz is a veteran of the Victoria University French Club play, having played a variety of roles from a priest (wearing fishnets underneath his costume) to the iconic cartoon character Tintin (with vaguely homo-erotic undertones). He took part in numerous amateur musical theatre productions in his youth (notably the title role in Oliver!) and is a devoted music lover, to the point where he actually wrote his honours thesis for his French degree about 'les chansons francaises' (French songs, for those of you not au courant with la belle langue). He's currently completing his law degree at Victoria - when not rehearsing for this show!

Lorenz plays the role of Trevor, a philosophy student who, though very sweet, is a little clueless when it comes to his feelings for his best friend Beth and more than a little out of touch with reality when it comes to 'smoking hot coffee shop girl' Darlene. (He's also the closest thing this show has to a Disney princess... thus, the photo.)

Meet The Cast: Emma

Ladies and gentlemen, I present the lovely Emma:

I would say in a nutshell, but that's not quite accurate. 

Emma is the closest thing our cast has to a wandering minstrel - originally from Vermont in the United States, she's been running around the globe with her accordion for some time now and has somehow found herself more or less settled in New Zealand, at least for the time being. She's been featured in the Acoustic Routes Young Performers Showcase for her exceptional accordion-playing, singer/songwriter-ing talents and always manages to draw a crowd. As you may or may not be aware: when properly wielded, the accordion is a weapon of mass seduction. 

Emma will be playing the deliciously two-faced Darlene - a misleadingly sweet-looking waitress who looking for a man with a really big wallet (and can overlook other things being a decent amount smaller - at least for awhile). Watch out for some sweet, sweet jazz and all sorts of sweet, sweet lovin'...

Lobster Mail: Weekend rehearsals

Hello shrimplings,
Here is a brief photographic account of what we got up to over Wellington Anniversary weekend. At some stage I shall get victims among the cast to pose for some sneak previews of our ludicrous choreography.

Our actors get acquainted

Coffee is a vital part of the rehearsal process

The panda in ninja mode

The panda claims a trophy - hey! - that's my arm! Give that back!

Meet The Cast: Hans

Ladies, gentlemen and robots,

It's beginning to look at lot like Fringe time. Waking up and realising that we're only really 6 weeks away from opening is a bit of a shock to the system but taking Sunday's rehearsal into consideration, I think we're going to be fine. This weekend, I take the cast hostage! We rehearse all weekend! Before we unfortunately must release the lovely Emma into the wild (aka Vermont) and she is only returned immediately before we open... no pressure.

In the meantime, meet a cast member:

Hans has performed in numerous musical theatre productions, both in Wellington and abroad. Having grown up as an expat all over Asia, he has a wealth of cultural and musical experience to bring to the show. Hans has taken the role of Master of Ceremonies in the 2009 Wellington Body Art Awards and the 2010 Capital Fetish Ball, as well as performing in Funhouse Cabaret, twice-weekly dinner theatre devised-cabaret shows at the Garden Club, in 2009. A multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter and cabaret devotee, Hans finished 2010 as part of the cast of a charity production of Cabaret, the proceeds of which were entirely donated to Life Flight Trust.

In The Seductobot, Hans is playing the role of Stefan, a smooth-talking, egotistical lawyer with no concept of morality - which isn't anywhere near what he's like in real life. Which is why it's called acting. Look out for some kick-ass musical numbers from this guy!