Experimental

Access

An award-winning experience of human connection and emotional vulnerability.

$8.00 - $28.00
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Man with a white t-shirt, navy pants, and Chuck Taylor shoes sits on a wooden chair. Opposite him is an empty chair, and behind him is a darkened window. This is in a gallery with wooden floors and white walls.
A man wearing a white t-shirt and navy pants sits in portrait on a wooden chair. In the distance are people sitting and standing watching. They are wearing masks.
A man leans his head back, his eyes closed in grief. Sitting opposite him is a man in a white t-shirt. Between them we can see curious audience members in the distance.

Image Credit: John Rata

Man with a white t-shirt, navy pants, and Chuck Taylor shoes sits on a wooden chair. Opposite him is an empty chair, and behind him is a darkened window. This is in a gallery with wooden floors and white walls.
A man wearing a white t-shirt and navy pants sits in portrait on a wooden chair. In the distance are people sitting and standing watching. They are wearing masks.
A man leans his head back, his eyes closed in grief. Sitting opposite him is a man in a white t-shirt. Between them we can see curious audience members in the distance.
  • Created and Performed by: Hamish Annan

  • Directed by: Katie Burson

  • Design by: Rob Byrne

'Access' is a provocative performance experience exploring human connection and emotional vulnerability.

A semi-interactive work, Access invites you into direct contact with authentic emotional expression. Raw human emotion unfolds before your eyes, on demand. Feelings ripple through the performer and audience as this dynamic work moves between the personal and the communal.

Winner of the NZ Fringe Touring Award, 'Access' is a living, breathing, ever-changing performance. It's electric, visceral, playful, confronting, and each interaction is unique.

Made in collaboration with Katie Burson and Rob Byrne.

This project received Cash for Equity through the Fringe Fund, as part of Radical Access.

Hear what people are saying about Access:

"I only hope it can exist in more times... so that more people can have access to the beautiful discomfort and transgressive power of this work." - Erin O'Flaherty, Theatrescenes

"I laughed, I cried, I was scared. It's a wild, honest, vulnerable, and beautiful show." - Shannon, Audience Member

"It is difficult to make audience participation approachable. Hamish gracefully explores human connection in a way that is simple and deeply powerful for those who sit opposite him." - Georgie, Audience Member

“A reminder of what it means to be human in its purest form.” Andrew, Audience Member

“The audience ... is pulled in and made part of the experience. As a result each state becomes more than witnessing, it is a communal construction, an experiment in triggering the empathetic responses of a group ... such a moving and curious piece.” - Irene Corbett, Theatrescenes

About Hamish Annan

Hamish Annan is an actor, writer, performance artist, and acting coach based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, New Zealand. Access was made in collaboration with Director Katie Burson and Designer Rob Byrne, with support from Creative New Zealand.

hamishannan.com

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