Day: February 6, 2016

Feb 06
Puzzy: Black Faggot’s Twin Sister is Set to Impress

Amy Jane Bedwell interviews first-time Samoan-Filipino Hawaiian playwright Kiki about her upcoming play, Puzzy as part of the 2016 Auckland Pride Festival. Co-writer Victor Rodger, most notable for his pacific coming-out story Black Faggot also talks Puzzy and it’s importance to theatre in New Zealand. Puzzy. The name will strike you before anything else. One-the-nose and to-the-point, […]

Feb 06
Quidam: Grace, Depth, and Cheating Death

Amy Jane Bedwell reviews Cirque du Soleil’s current production of Quidam.  It is a timeless tale. Zoé, the young protagonist, has been brushed aside by inattentive parents and becomes bored in her humdrum life. As a remedy she escapes into a world of her own making. Not unlike such classics as Alice in Wonderland and Where […]