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In the first Green Room post ever, playwright Dave Armstrong talks about where the idea for Le Sud came from, satire and glaziers:

“I’m an equal-opportunity satirist. My style of theatre is to mercilessly poke the borax at as many different social, linguistic, cultural and sexual groups as possible - that’s my job. The idea for a play about the French claiming the south island had been percolating for about 40 years. Ever since I learned about the French in Akaroa at school.

“We’ve all had teachers who said how New Zealand or the South Island could have been French had a British warship reached Akaroa a few days later. I just took the idea to a logical (or, in the case of the French, illogical) conclusion. I was fascinated by how different our country would be if we had been colonised by the French. The coffee and the bread would certainly be better, and the All Black backline might be far better-looking and have more flair”.

On why the time is right for some satire in Auckland:

“We have a Prime Minister seemingly made of teflon, Rodney 'Perkbuster' Hide flying his young thing around the world at the taxpayer's expense, a Maori-less super city about to be run by a bunch of white mofoes and a mute opposition leader last seen somewhere on the streets of Mt Roskill. I predict satirists will be one of the biggest growth professions in the next 12 months - them and glaziers who have to come into private schools and fix the windows broken by ropey kids from low-decile areas on government scholarships”.

Find out more about Dave and the cast, crew and creative team working on Le Sud  http://www.atc.co.nz/Plays/Detail.aspx?id=2013