Dark Dunedin Prospect Park Productions

Prospect Park Productions NZ is proud to present Dark Dunedin: Heaven Looks On, a three-part thriller podcast, with a Gothic Dunedin as its beating heart.

As you accompany the protagonist on her journey, you’ll discover – or re-discover – nostalgic, historic, and supernatural features of and in the city; the whoosh of Lamson pipes at Penroses Department Store, twinkling stars in the St James theatre, and Kēhua, sprites, and demons dancing under the moonlight in the Town Belt.

When a young woman’s body is discovered in the Dunedin Town Belt, Louise Hepburn finds herself haunted by both the case and her past. A single woman of middle age, she likes to believe that she is an invisible woman in the Edinburgh of the south.

Identified as a potential witness, Louise must now unlock the mystery, following different paths of light that pass through the prism of Ōtepoti, the place of the steep points at the bottom of the world.

Produced entirely in Dunedin with a star cast and original music, we invite you to join us for the Dunedin Fringe Festival launch event and/or tune in for the premiere, which will be aired exclusively for Otago residents before the podcast is made available for download worldwide.

All three episodes of the podcast will then be available for download from 9pm 12 March, allowing you to take the mystery with you whenever, wherever you go. You could even take it to the next level and listen while you explore the sites in the story...

Cast: Julie Edwards, Dougal Stevenson, Phil Vaughan, Marama Grant, Robert Shand, Terry MacTavish, Matt Wilson, Brian Kilkelly, Margo Latton, Dimitri Latton, Cheryl Amos, Mark Neilson, Phoebe Smith, Lani Swann, Simon Anderson.

Prospect Park Productions is writer Emily Duncan and producer H-J Kilkelly, and was formed in 2016. Their first production Hold Me (dir: Tabitha Arthur) opened at BATS theatre to sell-out houses and Emily was nominated for Best New NZ Playwright at the Wellington Theatre Awards for the script.

Louise’s escape plan takes a very wrong turn and nothing short of a miracle will save her now.

Writer and Director: Emily Duncan
Producer: H-J Kilkelly
Technician: Dominic Angelo-Laloli
Original Music: Mārama Grant

Cast:
Louise Hepburn: Julie Edwards
Regan: Kelly Hocking
Terry MacTavish as Fenella
Brian Kilkelly as Anthony
Marion: Jessica Latton
Nancy: Allison Horsley

Broadcast on OAR FM Dunedin oar.org.nz

New hope and a ticket to escape arrives in the form of someone from Louise’s past.

Writer and Director: Emily Duncan
Producer: H-J Kilkelly
Technician: Dominic Angelo-Laloli
Original Music: Mārama Grant

Cast:
Louise Hepburn: Julie Edwards
Sargent Thompson: Mark Neilson
Marion: Jessica Latton
Nancy: Allison Horsley
Regan: Kelly Hocking

Broadcast on OAR FM Dunedin oar.org.nz

Louise wakes up in hospital, lucky to be alive but unsure who she can trust.

Writer and Director: Emily Duncan
Producer: H-J Kilkelly
Technician: Dominic Angelo-Laloli
Original Music: Mārama Grant

Cast:
Louise Hepburn: Julie Edwards
Physio: Cheryl Amos
Fenella: Terry MacTavish'

Broadcast on OAR FM Dunedin oar.org.nz

Louise’s opportunity to address past wrongs results in devastating consequences.

Writer and Director: Emily Duncan
Producer: H-J Kilkelly
Technician: Dominic Angelo-Laloli
Original Music: Mārama Grant

Cast
Louise Hepburn: Julie Edwards
Simeon: Dmitri Latton
Simeon’s Dad: Rhys Latton
Art Gallery Owner: Harriet Moir
Sarah: Mārama Grant

Broadcast on OAR FM Dunedin oar.org.nz

Louise takes the driver’s seat in her quest for independence, facing some unexpected detours along the way.

Writer and Director: Emily Duncan
Producer: H-J Kilkelly
Technician: Dominic Angelo-Laloli
Original Music: Mārama Grant

Cast
Louise Hepburn: Julie Edwards
Fenella: Terry MacTavish
Real Estate Agent: Kate Schrader
Sarah: Mārama Grant
Lawyer: Peter Hayden

Broadcast on OAR FM Dunedin oar.org.nz