{"id":367,"date":"2022-06-11T16:59:22","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T04:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/?p=367"},"modified":"2022-06-11T17:00:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T05:00:13","slug":"july-8-michael-hurst-and-the-golden-ass-a-tale-of-epic-proportion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/2022\/06\/11\/july-8-michael-hurst-and-the-golden-ass-a-tale-of-epic-proportion\/","title":{"rendered":"July 8:   Michael Hurst is the Golden Ass &#8211; A Tale of EPIC Proportion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Freely adapted from the notorious original by Apuleius, this brand new solo show is the story of&nbsp;<strong>Lucius<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;a young man driven by sexual desire and insatiable curiosity who is accidentally transformed into a donkey. Uh-oh!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What follows is a fantastical series of misadventures in&nbsp;a&nbsp;wicked world of&nbsp;witches, bandits, virgins, cultists, slaves, circuses, soldiers, pastry-cooks, prostitutes and priests.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marvellously, sidesplittingly ridiculous,&nbsp;<strong>The Golden Ass<\/strong>&nbsp;is the original donkey show, inspiring such literary giants as Shakespeare, Boccaccio, Cervantes, Rabelais and Keats. It remains today a powerful plea for empathy in a world gone mad.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With music and direction from acclaimed composer John Gibson, and performance by renowned storyteller&nbsp;Michael Hurst, this modern take on one of the great classics will be a rollicking ride, well worth the fare.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Hurst (<em>No Holds Bard, The Daylight Atheist<\/em>) brings his renowned dramatic and comedic skills to this 2000 year old text. Expect vivid, fantastic and ever-so-human characters that use, abuse, seduce and sometimes revere&nbsp;<strong>The Golden Ass<\/strong>.&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rating:&nbsp;Adult themes. Not suitable for children.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Start time: 7.30pm at the Old Lodge Theatre.  Tickets $25 from Hokitika\u2019s Regent Theatre:<br>https:\/\/ticketing.oz.veezi.com\/purchase\/16051?siteToken=xy2gentxdhx2kw7cnnbxxgxda4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freely adapted from the notorious original by Apuleius, this brand new solo show is the story of&nbsp;Lucius&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;a young man driven by sexual desire and insatiable curiosity who is accidentally transformed <a href=\"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/2022\/06\/11\/july-8-michael-hurst-and-the-golden-ass-a-tale-of-epic-proportion\/\" class=\"read-more button-fancy -red\"><span class=\"btn-arrow\"><\/span><span class=\"twp-read-more text\">Continue Reading<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370,"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions\/370"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oldlodgetheatrehokitika.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}