Music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, Book by Jeff Whitty

Avenue Q is not your average puppet show. It follows the story of recent college graduate Princeton, who moves to a drab apartment on the colourful street of Avenue Q in New York to follow his dreams. As they say, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.

Along the way, Princeton meets the girl next door, Kate, the neighbourhood Republican named Rod, an internet sexpert called Trekkie and Lucy, who has a bit of a street corner reputation. They help him along the way, teaching him the ways of the Big Apple, as well as discovering what Princeton was meant to do with his life. For this Australian production the puppet and human characters will be played by Madeleine Jones, Nicholas Richard, Justin Smith, Matthew Predny, Rowena Vilar and Shauntelle Benjamin.

This Tony Award-winning act has circled the globe, and finally arrives on New Zealand stages after sell-out shows of the past. While the whole escapade is one big nod to Sesame Street, the target audience is nostalgic, quarter-life-crisis-having adults, and the show is not recommend for children.

INCLUDES

Director Shane Anthony

Musical Director Michael Porter

Three lessons by certified instructors

Cast Kelly Hocking, Kathleen Burns, Cassie Baker, Cameron Douglas, Kyle Chuen, Jonathan Martin, Rob Enari