"Appropriate is punctuated with humourous moments throughout the show, making good use of the absurdity of the characters' heightened emotions...a harsh, cutting sort of humour that leaves us unsure at times whether we should be laughing or gasping (there was a lot of both)." - BACKSTAGE CHRISTCHURCH "It's honestly great: a razor-sharp play about race and responsibility played without an actor of colour on stage, in which we fill in those images for ourselves through their absence." - FLAT CITY FIELD NOTES "Designers Mark McEntyre and Tony De Goldi have created a visual representation of the complex tapestry of attitudes, misconceptions, aspirations, relationships and, above all, secrets that feed the plot. The sprawling, extravagantly detailed and disorderly visual impact of the scene sets the action in motion before a single human character appears on stage." - THEATREVIEW SEASON SPONSOR HEALTHCARE CORE FUNDER creative nz 6 MAY-3 JUNE 2023 APPROPRIATE Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Directed by Nathaniel Lees BOOK NOW COURTTHEATRE.ORG.NZ THE SHOW SPONSOR Stuff COURT THEATRE Zara " Appropriate is punctuated with humourous moments throughout the show , making good use of the absurdity of the characters ' heightened emotions ... a harsh , cutting sort of humour that leaves us unsure at times whether we should be laughing or gasping ( there was a lot of both ) . " - BACKSTAGE CHRISTCHURCH " It's honestly great : a razor - sharp play about race and responsibility played without an actor of colour on stage , in which we fill in those images for ourselves through their absence . " - FLAT CITY FIELD NOTES " Designers Mark McEntyre and Tony De Goldi have created a visual representation of the complex tapestry of attitudes , misconceptions , aspirations , relationships and , above all , secrets that feed the plot . The sprawling , extravagantly detailed and disorderly visual impact of the scene sets the action in motion before a single human character appears on stage . " - THEATREVIEW SEASON SPONSOR HEALTHCARE CORE FUNDER creative nz 6 MAY - 3 JUNE 2023 APPROPRIATE Written by Branden Jacobs - Jenkins Directed by Nathaniel Lees BOOK NOW COURTTHEATRE.ORG.NZ THE SHOW SPONSOR Stuff COURT THEATRE Zara