Heartbreak Hotel

Created by EBKM

This one is for the young hearts, the old hearts, and the broken hearts. 🏩

Touring in 2025

Andi Crown Photography

Andi Crown Photography

Andi Crown Photography

Andi Crown Photography

Andi Crown Photography

Andi Crown Photography

Andi Crown Photography

Andi Crown Photography

Andi Crown Photography

Andi Crown Photography

Andi Crown Photography

Andi Crown Photography

Andi Crown Photography

Andi Crown Photography

Andi Crown Photography

Andi Crown Photography

Andi Crown Photography

Andi Crown Photography

Andi Crown Photography

Andi Crown Photography

Join Karin McCracken as a woman navigating heartbreak and Simon Leary as all the ex-loves in a show studded with lo-fi covers of classic breakup songs, bad tinder dates and attempted fresh starts.

In an exhilarating new performance that brings together vulnerable memoir, famous novels and scientific text, a holistic picture of heartbreak’s impact on our bodies and minds is hilariously and poignantly shared.

Heartbreak Hotel is a new work from creative partnership Eleanor Bishop and Karin McCracken, winners of the 2022 Bruce Mason Award. Enjoy a generous, funny and reflective work that explores the benefits of letting ourselves truly feel something: the good, the bad and the heartbreaking.

You’ll want to cry. You’ll want to laugh. Welcome to the Heartbreak Hotel.

“Poignant, funny - and fantastic. Karin McCracken is, quite simply, brilliant. She’s hilarious, heartwarming and moving - often all at once.”
— Theatreview

Credits

  • Karin McCracken & Simon Leary

  • Created by EBKM

    Writer - Karin McCracken

    Director - Eleanor Bishop

    Production & Light Design - Filament Eleven 11

    Sound Designer - Te Aihe Butler

  • Producer - Melanie Hamilton

    Stage Manager (2023) - Natasha Thyne

    Touring Operator - Pete Davison

  • Development of Heartbreak Hotel is supported by Creative New Zealand, Hawkes Bay Arts Festival, Hannah Playhouse Trust, Victoria University of Wellington & Playmarket.

    Q season supported by Waipapa Taumata Rau, The University of Auckland.

    BATS Theatre season supported by Wellington City Council.

    Publicity Photography by Rebecca McMillan

  • Hawkes Bay Arts Festival, 26 October 2023

    Q Theatre, Auckland, 28 Nov - 2 Dec 2023

    Taranaki Winter Fest, 13 June 2024

    BATS Theatre, 18-23 June 2024

    Summerhall, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 1-26 August 2024

  • Actor of the Year (Karin McCracken) - Wellington Theatre Awards 2024

    Sound Designer of the Year (Te Aihe Butler) - Wellington Theatre Awards 2024