"DISCONNECTED"

This weekend you have another chance to see the NATS play Disconnected at the Ferny Lane Theatre. I went last Saturday evening to see the production and it was an entertaining night at the theatre with talented locals on stage starring in a full-length comedy by Nick Wilkes talent. This is an amateur production by arrangement with Stagescripts Ltd. The characters had the audience laughing and there will so many connections to life on Norfolk Island.

As you may have guessed from the title Disconnected, it is about disconnecting an old phone booth. This got me thinking when the public pay phones were disconnected on Norfolk Island. About 10 years ago there was a phone in the Foodland Mall and one by the ATM and Commonwealth Bank, but they were removed years ago, I suppose we all ended up with mobile phones and they weren’t used anymore.

“Disconnected”
Norman is a telecom engineer, sent to a small island to disconnect the old red telephone box, which is no longer commercially viable. The residents are not happy about it. With a boat to catch and a job sheet to complete, will time and tide wait for Norman? Or like the island, will he end up disconnected?

This weekend there are three more performances, on Friday night the 22 July, then again Saturday 23, doors open at 7pm and curtains up at 7.30pm. The final performances will be on Sunday afternoon, the 24 July, starting at 2.30pm.

The weather is forecast for stormy windy and rain this weekend, so hopefully that will not affect the Disconnected production.

If you wish to purchase tickets you can purchase then online, tickets cost $20.00 each, you can choose your own seats and can pay by Card or PayPal. No queues, no hassle, and NATS' first digital box office.

BOOK HERE...
https://www.trybooking.com/BZXRC

Contact: The Secretary, P.O. Box 158 Norfolk Island, South Pacific, 2899 theatre@norfolk.net.nf + 6723 22115

www.norfolkamateurtheatricalsociety.com

NATS are also on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NATS.NI/

Thank you to the actors and behind the scenes support team along of everyone involved in the production of Disconnected. Also, a big thank you to Monica and Ian Anderson at Ferny Lane Theatre.

If you need a good laugh, this comedy is essential for you. But make sure purchase a ticket for yourselves and bring your mates!

Betty Matthews

July 2022