This one is for the young hearts, the old hearts, and the broken hearts. 🏩
Join Karin McCracken as a woman navigating heartbreak and Simon Leary as all the ex-loves in a show studded with lo-fi covers of classic breakup songs, bad tinder dates and attempted fresh starts.
In an exhilarating new performance that brings together vulnerable memoir, famous novels and scientific text, a holistic picture of heartbreak’s impact on our bodies and minds is hilariously and poignantly shared.
Heartbreak Hotel is a new work from creative partnership Eleanor Bishop and Karin McCracken, winners of the 2022 Bruce Mason Award. Enjoy a generous, funny and reflective work that explores the benefits of letting ourselves truly feel something: the good, the bad and the heartbreaking.
You’ll want to cry. You’ll want to laugh. Welcome to the Heartbreak Hotel.
““Poignant, funny - and fantastic. Karin McCracken is, quite simply, brilliant. She’s hilarious, heartwarming and moving - often all at once.”
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PRESENTATIONS
Hawkes Bay Arts Festival, 26 October 2023
Q Theatre 28 November - 2 December 2023
CREATIVE
Created by Eleanor Bishop & Karin McCracken
Performers - Karin McCracken & Simon Leary
Written by Karin McCracken
Director - Eleanor Bishop
Production & Light Designers - Filament Eleven 11
Sound Designer - Te Aihe Bulter
Stage Manager - Natasha Thyne
Producer - Melanie Hamilton
The development of Heartbreak Hotel was supported by Creative New Zealand, Hawkes Bay Arts Festival, Hannah Playhouse Trust, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, and Playmarket. Q season supported by Waipapa Taumata Rau, The University of Auckland.