Beth Allen

The audience are seated and eagerly awaiting the start of award-winning writer and co-director Thomas Sainsbury?s Little Blonde Hen. Perching precariously on a barstool beside two of the lovely Sami Sisters, it?s not hard to miss the many ?World Famous in NZ? faces (or at last definitely Auckland!) attending opening night. The Rising Sun Bar is having its debut too? not just a bar on K Road tonight, this is the first time it has been used as the venue for a play. The seating is close to the action, creating an intimate atmosphere for all that is about to unfold.

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