Theatre Guide

D'Arranged Marriage Venue: Maidment Theatre
Season: Sep 19-23, then to Orewa Centrestage Theatre, Sep 30
Rajeev Varma and Tarun Mohanbhai have become one of the country's most successful touring companies, touring Those Indian Guys and its prequel, From India With Love, to wildly enthusiastic audiences in four countries over the past four years. Now they are bringing their first show, D'Arranged Marriage, back to hometown Auckland. It's all about the travails of marriage-averse Sanjay who finally agrees to meet the girl his family wants him to marry. Hilarious and clever.

Happy Hour For Miserable Children
Venue: Herald Theatre
Season ends: Sep 30
Set in an abandoned go-go bar, lead characters Toot and Collins are lumbering builders charged with the job of renovating the building and turning it into a church to cover up a murder by the owner. Based on the comedic style of silent movies from the 1920s.

Take Me Out
Venue: Silo Theatre
Season ends: Sep 23
Darren Lemming is the epitome of a baseball star - envied by all, charismatic and handsome. But when he organises a mid-season press conference to announce he's gay, he assumes the news will be accepted by everyone. It isn't.

Others and upcoming

Encore
Centrestage Theatre, 60 Centreway Rd, Orewa, to Sep 22, ph (09) 426 7282

Stepping Out
Torbay Community Hall, 35 Watea Rd, Torbay, Sep 22-30, ph 479 1518

Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna, to Sep 23

Social Climbers
Titirangi Theatre, Lopdell House, Titirangi Village, to Sep 23, ph 817 7658

The Black Flower of Jeremiah
Unitec, Building 202, Gate One, Carrington Rd, to Sep 23, www.ticket.co.nz

Les Miserables
Glen Eden Playhouse Theatre, 15 Glendale Rd, Glen Eden, Sep 23-Oct 14, www.iticket.co.nz

Peter and the Wolf
The Rose Centre, School Rd, Belmont, Sep 23-24, ph 445 9900

Ashes to Ashes, One for the Road
Maidment Studio, 8 Alfred St, to Sep 24, ph 308 2383

Four Sides To A Story
Alleluya Bar & Cafe, St Kevin's Arcade, K Rd, Sep 17-19, www.square.org.nz

A Madman Sings to the Moon
Dolphin Theatre, 12 Spring St, Onehunga, Sep 23-Oct 14, ph 636 7322

Badjelly The Witch
The Wintergarden, Civic Theatre, Sep 25-Oct 8, tickets from Ticketek

The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch
The PumpHouse, Killarney Park, Takapuna, Sep 25-Oct 7, ph 489 8360

All the World's a Stage
Maidment Studio, 8 Alfred St, Oct 2, ph 308 2383

The Ocean Star
Maidment Theatre, 8 Alfred St, Oct 14-21, ph 308 2383

Dance Like A Man
SkyCity Theatre, Hobson St, Oct 13-14, tickets from Ticketek

Alex Ellis in Biscuit & Coffee
Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre, Oct 31-Nov 11, tickets from Ticketek