Commentary examining neoliberalism, economic inequality, and the political forces shaping modern New Zealand society.
We are witness to scholarly disciplines in a sophisticated and generous performance in Fabricate, by Caitlin Davey, Cushla Roughan, Lydia Connolly-Hiatt, Rodney Tyrelland and Reece Adams. Using innovation to plug gaps in the budget and delving into a collective visual history, it soothes, and it transfers, in its dealings with surfaces.
Helen’s colonial mentality of a straight-forward and uncontested notion of European supremacy is a typically white New Zealand combination of studied ignorance and hypocrisy. The plucky little nation, the Pacific nation.
Ali Mau hosts Table Talk Tuesday 26 April – Cannabis: Beyond Prohibition
If you have never been to a comedy festival, this is the one to try.
Darren Watson, the genius behind the greatest satire this country has ever birthed is back in court next month to face the Electoral Commission’s appeal of the PLanet Key HC ruling. In the meantime, here is his new song…
WHITE/OTHER is an exploration of identity. It blows apart the re-presentation of Asianness and attempts to fix it back together in a sticky, overflowing mess.
Food for thought – we have the next three Wednesdays sorted
Fabricate is a visually immersive performance experience for those who love to feel, converse, and to experience kinaesthetic empathy from every angle.
If I see sex glitter or r18 in the marketing of a small theatrical production, normally I will go the other way, but to have these ALL in the same show, claiming sex and politics on stage, and what with that awesome image of Glitta’s many heads swirling at the end of Kali-esque arms, I was feeling kind of curious and to be honest, ready to be affronted somehow.
Stopping the transfer of state houses, Creating a Bill of Rights for Tenants, Ensure Tenure, end 90 day evictions, warrant of fitness for all rentals, rent controls, building more state houses