Courtney Rose Brown s “The First Time” was also staged at Circa Theatre.
Playwright Courtney Rose Brown looks at the struggle with having the right to share your work on a stage In my last year at university, a lecturer told us that we were in control of our production and our future, and promptly left the room. The rug was pulled out from under our Doc Martens. We looked around with wide eyes, mouths open, desperately seeking a leader. The Pākehā men in the room seemed to jump at this opportunity. The rest relaxed a little, but slowly grew frustrated about being put in this position in the first place. To make the work we wanted, we’d have to do it ourselves.