Fierce theatre, a hip-hop musical set in the city streets of Te Whanganui-a-Tara, customary Indigenous dance made contemporary, and wāhine Māori telling it like it is – these are among the first events announced for the trail-blazing, biennial .
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Jo Randerson has written an abstract, familiar yet mythical piece, grounded in the characters of Y (Anya Tate-Manning) and X(Natano Keni).
Another Mammal, By Jo Randerson. Directed by Jane Yonge, Circa Theatre, until May 29. Reviewed by Sonya Stewart Jo Randerson (recent Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the performing arts) has written an abstract, familiar yet mythical piece, grounded in the characters of Y (Anya Tate-Manning) and X (Natano Keni). A gun is the focal point, bringing each scene to a close as the ultimate end of discussion. As X points out, she’s been shot 11 times, Y only 2. And have they progressed? Not really, the beginning is changing, the themes and points have changed, but the result is always the same.