Spark LIVE

Experience an immersive, multi sensory theatre production that will spark your senses. Spark LIVE is made for audiences with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities to enjoy alongside friends and whānau. Combining film, original live music and unique interactive staging, Spark LIVE is a highly accessible production enabling audiences to connect with the story in their own way.  

Kate, a teenage girl with a heart condition, is isolated from the world during a pandemic. As her mother tries to keep her from getting ill and navigate their new normal, Kate yearns to be reunited with her friends and, most of all, her beloved horses. Audiences will be taken on a journey of love and hope exploring the incredible bond between a human and her horse. Prepare to be immersed in a multi sensory story scape that weaves things to touch, taste, hear, see and smell through the performance.

Recommended for ages 10+
Contains references to a medical event and haze effects. 

Performance length: 1 hour - 1 hour 20 minutes depending on the needs of our audience. 

Performance Schedule

Sat 23rd March - Whangārei Theatre Company - Riverbank Centre - Hatea room -  Vinetown, Reyburn House Lane, Whangārei 0110 - 11am and 1.30pm 

Mon 25th March  - The Turner Centre - 43 Cobham Road, Kerikeri 0230 - 11am and 1.30pm 

Tues 26th  March - Kaikohe Memorial Hall -  13 Memorial Avenue, Kaikohe 0405 - 11am 

Wed 27th March - Te ahu - Corner of State Highway 1 and Mathews Avenue, Kaitaia 0410 - 11am and 1.30pm  

Thurs 28th March - South Hokianga Memorial Hall - 15 State Highway 12, Opononi 0473 - 11am and 1.30pm  

Sat 30th March - Lighthouse function centre - 32 Mt Wesley Coast Road, Harding Park - Pou Tu o Te Rangi, Dargaville - 11am and 1.30pm  

Tues 2nd April - Otamatea Repertory theatre - 84 Bickerstaffe Road, Maungaturoto 0587 - 1pm and 6.30pm