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We’re heading up the Kāpiti Coast with The Bookbinder for two performances in Books and Co Ōtaki on August 8 (6 and 7:30pm). Seats extremely limited. Contact @books_andco

Packing in at @qtheatre today and tonight’s close to selling out. Link in bio. Move that bus.

Transforming the second @greengreenroomnz space with @cahoots.nz and @barbarian_productions.

Suitcase Show returns to @qtheatre for three nights next week, Thu 10 - Sat 12 Jul. Link in the bio.

#SuitcaseShow Behind the Scenes 3. Coming to @qtheatre Jul 10-12. Link in the bio. Video by @soph.helm with rehearsal footage by @deanjnz

Took a bit of fine tuning to get a train inside a suitcase, but the Suitcase Show loco is rolling smooth and pulling into Q Jul 10-12. Get your tickets while you can. Link in the bio. [Thanks to @soph.helm for the supercut]

Behind the scenes on Suitcase Show (The Autocrat). Coming to @qtheatre July 10-12. Link in the bio.

Synced up our usernames on social, so you can now find us on Insta, Facebook, YouTube, and Bluesky @trickofthelightnz. Spread the word and give us a follow for updates, behind the scenes, giveaways, and consistently haphazard vlogs.

We had such a nice time @oneonesixwhangarei that we're heading back north with The Bookbinder for two shows, July 15-16. Get a hold of your tickets through the link in the bio and spread the word to your Whangārei whānau. "They say you can get lost in a good book, but it's worse to get lost in a bad one..." An old man sits down to read the tale of an erstwhile bookbinding apprentice. As he speaks the story spills from the pages and into the bindery. The Bookbinder weaves shadowplay, paper art, puppetry, and music into an original dark fairytale in the vein of Coraline and Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell. First performed in the back room of a secondhand bookshop, it has gone on tour across Australia, South Africa, UK, Canada, China, and USA – from the attic of Aotearoa / New Zealand’s oldest bookbindery to the Lincoln Center, NYC. From Trick of the Light Theatre comes an inventive one-man performance for older children and adults.

We are less than a month out from bringing Suitcase Show to @qtheatre, and early bird tickets finish on Monday. Get in quick and get your mits on cheaper tickets. Link in the bio.

We’re running a giveaway for a double pass to see #SuitcaseShow @qtheatre for opening night on Jul 10. Find the post on our Facebook page at /trickofthelightnz

Lil behind the scenes on making #SuitcaseShow. See it next month @qtheatre Jul 10-12. Link in bio. Rehearsal room footage by @deanjnz

Suitcase Show returns to @qtheatre 10-12 July. Link in bio. Flier design by @rebekahderoo, update by @soph.helm. Printed on eco recycled stock card @thebigpicnz.

Here’s a guide for greener ways to get to The Bookbinder @dreambigfamilies on Saturday. Thanks to @soph.helm for their map making skills.

Here’s a visual story with accessibility info for The Bookbinder at @dreambigfamilies on Saturday. The festival has put together a longer pdf for the school shows which you can find at adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au or through the link in our bio CORRECTION: Apologies, it’s a bus stop on Kinmore rather than a tram stop.

Cause the vlogs don’t work they just make it worse and I know I’ll see your face again. Touring The Bookbinder to @dreambigfamilies this week, and bringing Suitcase Show back to @qtheatre for three nights this July - move fast and you can get your hands on some early bird tickets.

Finished up six weeks of touring Suitcase Show over the weekend. 23 shows, 9 venues, 4 festivals, and 3 fire engines... We had such a blast taking this thing around the country, playing to a bunch of audiences, and seeing the show evolve. Huge thanks to our travelling wonder tech @spooky_pete for such fine company, skills and chill vibes, and willingness to get amongst our endless tinkering – here he is nailing a full 360 on the remote control hand car he built halfway through the tour. Many many thanks to @performingartsnetworknz for all their support in making it happen, and to all the teams at the different venues who had us over to play – @hamartsfestival / @riverleatheatre, @aucklandartsfestival / @qtheatre, @oneonesixwhangarei, @turnercentrekk, @toitoivenues, @cartertoneventscentre, @hannahplayhouse, @festivalofcolour, and @artsfestdunedin. Thanks @filamenteleven11, @joncoddington and @taneub for making this show with us. Thanks also to everyone who's helped get it to where it is: to @creativenz, Hannah Playhouse Trust, and Dennis and Suzy O’Brien for their support; to @playmarketnz for the script clinic, and @iamdanbain_ for his script advice; to our brilliant assistant @soph.helm for all her excellent mahi; to everyone who offered feedback or came along to see the show. Hope to be touring later this year with this and other things (though we outies on the reels for a bit). Watch this space and hope to see you soon.

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