I Didn't Invite You Here to Lecture Me
11 Steyn Avenue, Plimmerton, Paekākāriki, Kapiti Coast
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An education in verbatim comedy - for one time only in Plimmerton!
About this event
In this verbatim comedy set in a lecture theatre, writer Amy Mansfield, director Nick Dunbar and performer Mika Austin take you back to university for a quick-fire education, word for word.
Seven years of verbatim quotes from 7,000 pages of university notes are gleefully stitched together in this solo show following eight characters across multiple subjects. From linguistics to education to law and policy, this merciless examination of lecturers and back-row bandits is guaranteed to get you a degree in 55 minutes.
The show premiered in seven living rooms and a bookshop in Auckland, and toured to Melbourne direct from a sold-out season at Auckland’s Basement Theatre. It has since been staged at The University of Auckland Business School and the prestigious Northern Club, and is touring to Wellington and Dunedin Arts Festival in October.
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Critical response
"Be prepared to weep with laughter, this is an education no student loan can buy you." - Theatrescenes
“Intelligently written and brilliantly executed, nowhere else will you see Shakespeare sidle up against policy and education” - NZ Entertainment Podcast
"A superb performance with talented and flawless delivery... [Mika Austin's] masterful acting talents are only further demonstrated, by the very timely improvisation" - mac+mae
Audience response, Auckland Fringe, Melbourne Fringe and Basement Theatre seasons
"Totally brilliant! Thought-provoking, outrageously funny, brilliantly acted and written." "Hilarious... an hour-long PTSD trigger with fellow [uni] survivors."
“I laughed so hard my ribs hurt.”
“Go and wait at the door and beg to get in… It is the best piece of theatre I’ve seen for a long time.”
“I loved the slyness of it and how it gradually opened up to enfold us into its exploration of complex ideas of language and translation, of acts and activism, of thought and deed. I loved its deconstruction of the slipperiness of the word. I loved the mercurial nature of the performance, especially later as the characters' edges started to blur. I loved the simple scenography, and the delightful mix of playfulness and erudition.”
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