EPISODE · Aug 11, 2024 · 13 MIN
Jennifer Ward-Lealand and Michael Hurst: on stage alone together for the first time
from Culture 101
Married couple Michael Hurst and Jennifer Ward-Lealand have theatre and film careers that span 40 years. Indeed, they met in the theatre - at Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s Theatre Corporate in 1983. While they’re both beloved individually for their many and varied contributions to the arts, they’ve also appeared in some 22 shows together. Yet it's never just been the two of them on stage together. Until now. In the two-hander play In other Words Hurst and Ward-Lealand play a married couple dealing with the onset of Alzheimer's.
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Married couple Michael Hurst and Jennifer Ward-Lealand have theatre and film careers that span 40 years. Indeed, they met in the theatre - at Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland’s Theatre Corporate in 1983. While they’re both beloved individually for their many and varied contributions to the arts, they’ve also appeared in some 22 shows together. Yet it's never just been the two of them on stage together. Until now. In the two-hander play In other Words Hurst and Ward-Lealand play a married couple dealing with the onset of Alzheimer's.
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