Head out to Takapuna Beach Reserve with the family this Christmas Day to see a scene from Bruce Mason’s End of the Golden Weather performed free to the public. This annual event is fast becoming an Auckland Christmas tradition.
After six years, event organiser and playwright, Roger Hall’s hopes of the event becoming an annual fixture on the community Christmas calendar have been realised, and this year he expects crowds of between 300 and 500 people.
“People love it; some come from as far as Waiheke to attend. One of the great pleasures I get is seeing people meet old friends, they arrive early and catch up with each other and exchange Christmas greetings,” said Hall.
End of the Golden Weather is set at Te Parenga beach in the 1930s, where two boys experience the excitement of Christmas day. It explores the exhilaration and apprehension as they wait for the day, the church service, present-giving and Christmas dinner.
The Reserve is the perfect setting for the event, said Hall, as the fictional Te Parenga beach – where the play is set – is accepted to actually be
Thanks in part to the support from Auckland Council, End of the Golden Weather will again be performed free to the public. However, donations can be made at the event and gifted to Lovatt's charity of choice, Oxfam. In the spirit of Christmas-giving, Lovatt will also again donate his acting fee to the charity.
If weather conditions are unfavourable, the scene will be performed in the nearby War Memorial community hall on The Strand, near the Takapuna Library.
Place: Takapuna Beach
Takapuna
Contact: Roger Hall
Phone: (09) 484-0007
Email: roger.h@xtra.co.nz
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