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Its BATS debut comes after a successful developmental season featuring physical comedy and fight choreography. James Wenley, director of the Theatre of Love company, described the show as having “superb comic timing”. “It also cleverly deploys and subverts conventions of the pirate genre, with a welcome centring of two queer female pirates,” he said.
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The show will run for five nights between June 29 and July 3 at BATS Theatre. It features performances from Nina Hogg and Phoebe Caldeiro and introduces audiences to Ella Wells. Directed by Tom Aitcheson and Troy Etherington, the show features production design by Tabitha Rowell. “Comedy Gold are proud to offer a slick, complex and physically impressive live-action show. The action sequences and suspense help appeal to a gender-diverse audience and cater to an audience that wouldn’t otherwise see a queer, female-centric, romantic comedy,” company spokesperson Abby Lyons said.
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Wild Dogs Under My Skirt, by Tusiata Avia, made history as the first female Sāmoan ensemble to play New York City
James Wenley writes on how theatre might respond to being the hardest hit and reapproach the world stage. As Covid-19 spread throughout the globe, the performing arts was one of the first sectors to close. It’s been one of the last to reopen. The wage subsidy and emergency funding from funding agency Creative New Zealand proved a lifeline to our locked down artists, and Aotearoa’s pandemic response meant that by June we were one of the few places in the world where it was safe to attend live theatre.