Three wardens, a safehouse and a circle of strangers. The lycanthropy outbreak has begun.
You have been summoned to the local shelter, along with other members of your community, to wait for the all-clear. The containment period is one week and the nights are pitch black, but your wardens are prepared for anything. Or are they?
Werewolf is a thrilling horror-comedy that explores our collective response to crises. On top of the jump scares and chilling sound design, the fast-paced and organic action stems from game elements and a semi-improvised script, which heroes the audience.
Conceived and devised by the company
Performers: Joel Baxendale, Stella Reid & Hannah Kelly
Dramaturgy: Ralph Upton
Sound design and operation by Oliver Devlin
Set and Lighting Design by Lucas Neal
Produced by Joel Baxendale & Eleanor Strathern
Development of Werewolf was supported by Lōemis Festival, BATS Theatre, and with funding from Creative New Zealand and Wellington City Council.
Previous cast: Karin McCracken (co-creator), Arlo Gibson, Freya Daly Sadgrove (co-creator)
ENDSTAGE VERSION
Tauranga Arts Festival, 31 October 2026
Rotorua: Sir Howard Morrison Centre, 29 October 2026
Nelson Arts Festival, 26 October 2026
Hawkes Bay Arts Festival, 9-10 October 2026
Brisbane Festival, 23-26 September 2026
Edinburgh Fringe: Summerhall, 6-31 August 2026
Aberdeen: The Lemon Tree (International Season 2026) 24-25 July 2026
Kerikeri: Turner Centre, 13 Mar 2026
Whangārei: ONEONESIX, 11-12 Mar 2026
Auckland: Auckland Arts Festival, 5-8 Mar 2026
Wellington: Aotearoa Festival of the Arts, 25-28 Feb 2026
IN-THE-ROUND VERSION
New Plymouth: Reimagine Festival, 18 Oct 2025
Edinburgh Fringe: Summerhall, 1-26 August 2024
Auckland: Basement Theatre, 24-28 May 2022
Rotorua: Shambles Theatre, 22 May 2022
Hastings: Spaceship, 21 May 2022
Palmerston North: Centrepoint -Dark Room, 19-20 May 2022
Christchurch: Little Andromeda, 13-14 May 2022
Barrytown: Barrytown Hall, 11 May 2022
Golden Bay: Mussel Inn, 8 May 2022
Nelson: Fairfield House, Nelson 6-7 May 2022
Carterton: Heart of Winter Festival, 16 July 2021
Wellington: Lōemis Festival, Breaker Bay Community Hall 17-20 June 2021
Paekakariki: Lōemis Festival, 11-12 June 2021
Lower Hutt: The Dowse Art Museum, 29 October 2020
Wellington: Lōemis Festival, Inverlochy Art House, 26 - 27 September 2020 (Development Season)
Show Duration: 70 minutes
Audience suitability: 12 years and up. Contains periods of complete darkness, flashing lights, loud noises, and content designed to unsettle.
Stage configuration: Endstage, with onstage seating for 8 audience volunteers.
Venue type: Endstage spaces capable of total blackout.
Capacity: Up to 300
Touring Party: 4 - 5
The in-the-round version of Werewolf has a capacity of 50-100 pax and is suitable for found spaces.
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"Has people screaming in terror one minute then giggling like children the next"
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"An immersive tour-de-force of horror-comedy"
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