The Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett
Directed by Sian Davis
November 14 - 28, 2026, at The Rose Centre Theatre
‘A wonderfully bittersweet comic diary of the years in which a lethally dotty and very smelly old bat parked her unroadworthy vehicle in Bennett’s Camden garden, thereby providing him with roughly equal amounts of good journalistic copy and guilty landlord irritation’ –
The Spectator
Venue: The Rose Theatre, 4 School Road, Belmont, Auckland
Running Time: 2 hours plus 20 minutes of interval
Standard Prices:
Adult - $30.00
Senior Gold card (65+) - $27.00
Student - $27.00 School Student - $15.00
Company Theatre Member - $27.00
Saturday Special:
$22 tickets - Opening Saturday 14 November performance only
Saturday 14 November 7.30pm — Saturday Special - Opening Night
Sunday 15 November 2.00pm — Matinee
Wednesday 18 November 7.30pm
Thursday 19 November 7.30pm
Friday 20 November 7.30pm
Saturday 21 November 4.00pm — NEW TIME
Sunday 22 November 2.00pm — Matinee
Wednesday 25 November 7.30pm
Thursday 26 November 7.30pm
Friday 27 November 7.30pm
Saturday 28 November 7.30pm — Closing Night
Director Sian Davis
Director’s Assistant/Production Manager Kathy Gent
Stage Manager Lauren Brenner
Stage Crew Sherry Yang
Set Design/build Scott Thomas
Set Assistant Anne Rimmer
Costumes Siobhan McPherson
Sound and Lighting Stephen Hood
Music Richard Jones
Social Media Rhema Sutherland
Programme Catherine Maunsell
Props Sarah Dettwiler, Vettinia Ross, Sherry Yang
Website Sherry Ede
Bar Sherry Ede/Linda Camplin
Front of House Lesley Hawkey
With thanks to Kathryn Nobbs Photography.