8 June 2025 - Dargaville Theatre Fundraising Performance
One performance only
Out of Mind is a one-act musical depicting treatment in Tokanui Mental Hospital in the 1950s. It follows the stories of 7 women whose lives are affected by Tokanui, including a nurse employed there, the mother of a patient, and patients themselves. The musical explores how the women's experiences were markedly different in relation to their socio-economic background and the poor reasons some women were admitted to Tokonui in the first place. Whilst not based on any one account, the characters of Out of Mind have been based on real accounts of life at Tokanui.
Written, composed, choreographed, directed and performed by Dargaville locals, the show has been selected to represent New Zealand at the International Theatre Festival, Mondial du Theatre, in Monaco in August 2025.