- Saturday 1 Nov 2025, 6.30pm to 8pm
- Tuesday 4 Nov 2025, 7.30pm to 9pm
- Wednesday 5 Nov 2025, 6.30pm to 8pm
- Thursday 6 Nov 2025, 7.30pm to 9pm
- Friday 7 Nov 2025, 6.30pm to 8pm
- Saturday 8 Nov 2025, 2pm to 3.30pm
- Saturday 8 Nov 2025, 6.30pm to 8pm
- Tuesday 11 Nov 2025, 7.30pm to 9pm
- Wednesday 12 Nov 2025, 6.30pm to 8pm
- Thursday 13 Nov 2025, 7.30pm to 9pm
- Saturday 15 Nov 2025, 6.30pm to 8pm
- Tuesday 18 Nov 2025, 7.30pm to 9pm
- Wednesday 19 Nov 2025, 6.30pm to 8pm
- Thursday 20 Nov 2025, 7.30pm to 9pm
- Friday 21 Nov 2025, 6.30pm to 8pm
- Saturday 22 Nov 2025, 6.30pm to 8pm
1 November 2025
Wolf Play
Wolf Play is a messy, funny, disturbing theatrical experience grappling with a wolf, a puppet and the very prickly problem of “What is a family”.
Mischievous and affecting, Hansol Jung’s Wolf Play deftly explores the intricacies of the families we choose and un-choose, and how far we would all go to defend our pack.
Inspired by a true story, an American father, Peter, “un-adopts” a boy over the internet, fulfilling Robin’s dream of becoming a mum. It’s a decision Peter regrets when he discovers Robin and her partner Ash are not what he expected, and that the boy he was quick to usher out of his life will be growing up without a ‘dad.’
Wolf Play is a highly theatrical, imaginative piece about the primal need for kinship. It tells a messy, funny, and disturbing story of survival, family, and belonging, focusing on a lone wolf desperately seeking his pack.
It poses the question: “What is a family?"
“There’s an unruly quality to Jung’s idea of what theater can be, jagged and untethered, coy and dreamlike. It’s thrilling to see that potential unleashed on the vagaries of love.” - The New York Times
Mischievous and affecting, Hansol Jung’s Wolf Play deftly explores the intricacies of the families we choose and un-choose, and how far we would all go to defend our pack.
Inspired by a true story, an American father, Peter, “un-adopts” a boy over the internet, fulfilling Robin’s dream of becoming a mum. It’s a decision Peter regrets when he discovers Robin and her partner Ash are not what he expected, and that the boy he was quick to usher out of his life will be growing up without a ‘dad.’
Wolf Play is a highly theatrical, imaginative piece about the primal need for kinship. It tells a messy, funny, and disturbing story of survival, family, and belonging, focusing on a lone wolf desperately seeking his pack.
It poses the question: “What is a family?"
“There’s an unruly quality to Jung’s idea of what theater can be, jagged and untethered, coy and dreamlike. It’s thrilling to see that potential unleashed on the vagaries of love.” - The New York Times
Location
The Court Theatre, 129 Gloucester Street, Central City
The Court Theatre, 129 Gloucester Street, Central City
Event contact
The Court Theatre
0800 333 100
communications@courttheatre.org.nz
courttheatre.org.nz/home/wolf-play/
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