Three giant pots have been installed in the Standard Insurance building for the Otago Festival of the Arts performance Play.
The pots will be filled with actors for the play, which is about a man, his wife and his mistress who are trapped in a hell of their own making.
"It's my idea of purgatory. I like the idea of using reused materials. The perpetual cycle of the old becoming something new and then dying again," director Lara Macgregor said.
"The size and state of the Standard Insurance building made it really appealing. It was already actually a set, with all the scaffolding and stone and dirt and holes everywhere."
The eight-minute Samuel Beckett play would be repeated in a loop, so people could come and go, Ms Macgregor said.
"The actors are stuck inside the pots for nearly an hour and a-half. Hopefully, they'll be comfortable."
The pots were constructed of recycled corrugated iron by Franz Josef artist Hannah Kidd, who flattens the material by driving over it in a Land Rover.
Play features Simon O'Connor, Hilary Halba and Barbara Power, with lighting and soundscape by Steven Kilroy.
It will be performed in the Standard Insurance building between 5.30pm and 7pm, from October 9 to 13.
Admission is free.
