I’ve never done anything like it. On Friday night I headed to Auckland Viaduct in full 1920s costume to attend the @butterfly_smokescreen immersive theatre, held on a boat (formerly Graeme Hart’s) moored at the Auckland marina.
Immersive theatre is where the actors are walking all around you rather than you seated watching a show. You actually got to walk up and down the stairs and into bedrooms with the story unfolding before your eyes culminating in the 1920s murder of Thomas Ince. Based on a true life story of his never solved murder, you can decide whodunnit!
The year is 1924. Famed Hollywood producer, Thomas Ince has been invited aboard newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst’s prized yacht. It is Ince’s 42nd birthday. His guests? Film royalty Charlie Chaplin, Marion Davies … and you. In only a few hours, Ince will be dead and the tabloid world will be set ablaze with tales of scandal and intrigue.
Step aboard the luxury 100ft super yacht, Sea Breeze III in Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour, for the exclusive world premiere of ‘Butterfly Smokescreen’. It promises a night of champagne, thrills, seduction, extravagance and temptation that will transport you to the roaring 20s, leaving you breathless.
See my snaps from Butterfly Smokescreen in Auckland…
With the talented Australian cast of Butterfly Smokescreen.
Playing cards at the grand dining table.
Interior of the beautiful superyacht now owned by Charlotte Devereux.
Welcome champagne.
Shhh! It’s Prohibition.
In my 1920s outfit.
What I wore.
With my lovely friend Kirsten McKenzie who’s looking gorgeous wearing her mother’s vintage dress.
With Kirsten at Auckland Marina about to board.
Taking off our shoes to wear slippers on board the boat.
