I Carried This

14/06/2024

"Wellington playwright Nicola Pauling’s documentary theatre work, I Carried This, is a play that really leaves you sitting on the edge of your seat." - Sarah Catherall, The Spinoff ✍️

https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/14-06-2024/a-powerful-reminder-of-new-zealands-dark-era-of-forced-adoption

There are just THREE SHOWS LEFT in the season, and NOW IS THE TIME to book your tickets to 'I Carried This'!

https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2024/i-carried-this/wellington

12/06/2024

More of the wonderful Bristol-based Charlotte Brydon-Smith speaking on ‘I Carried This’ from the perspective of a psychotherapist 🧠

Book your tickets NOW at https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2024/i-carried-this/wellington

09/06/2024

With our second week of performances kicking off tomorrow, be sure to check out this incredible article from The Post by Sarah Catherall! ✍️

https://www.thepost.co.nz/culture/350300997/play-tackles-how-mothers-endured-forced-adoption

And, of course, book your tickets before you miss out! Just SIX SHOWS left 💙

https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2024/i-carried-this/wellington

07/06/2024

The review is out! Thank you to Gin Mabey of Theatreview: New Zealand Performing Arts Reviews for the write-up - the full review is available to read at the link below 🔗 These photos thanks to Margot Boock.

https://www.theatreview.org.nz/production/i-carried-this/

And book your tickets to ‘I Carried This’ at our Eventfinda page! 💙

https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2024/i-carried-this/wellington

05/06/2024

We’re finally at opening night, and can’t wait to welcome audiences to ‘I Carried This’! 💙

Tickets are still available across the season, so head to the link in our bio to claim yours 🔗

04/06/2024

Our director Jacqui Coats went on RNZ Culture 101 to discuss 'I Carried This' with the wonderful Perlina Lau! You can find the full interview in audio form below ⬇

Book your tickets via Eventfinda, at the link:
https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2024/i-carried-this/wellington 💙

A documentary theatre piece is giving the stage to stories held onto for decades. The adoption experiences of birth mothers in the 1950s and 1960s in New Zealand are being heard in I Carried This at the Hannah Playhouse in Pōneke Wellington this June.

02/06/2024

We're offering a special $28 ticket, available ONLY THURSDAY 6TH JUNE! 📣

Use the code 'CARRY' on a general admission ticket to claim this exclusive ticket option before they run out 💙

Visit the Linktree in our bio to get yours, and a reminder that door sales will be available at the venue!

31/05/2024

Our writer Nicola Pauling went on RNZ Nights to talk all things 'I Carried This'! You can find the full interview in audio form here ⬇

Book your tickets via Eventifinder, at the Linktree in our bio 💙

Through the nineteen fifties and sixties, around one hundred thousand New Zealand women were sent away by their families to give birth - only to return home and act like nothing happened. These women are now in their seventies and eighties. Playwright Nicola Pauling developed her new play 'I Carried...

31/05/2024

Have a peek! 💙

30/05/2024

The wonderful Bristol-based Charlotte Brydon-Smith speaks on ‘I Carried This’ from the perspective of a psychotherapist 🧠

30/05/2024

Our podcast episode with Conversations With Wāhine is out NOW! Director Jacqui Coats and Writer Nicola Pauling went on last week to discuss all things 'I Carried This' 💙

Click below to have a listen 🗣

Jacqueline Coats has a Master of Theatre Arts in Directing from Victoria University of Wellington and Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School. She has worked as a director, restage director or assistant director a number of organisations and has accolades f...

28/05/2024

Have you seen us around town? 👀

Be sure to book your tickets to I CARRIED THIS at the link below 🔗

https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2024/i-carried-this/wellington