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The Queen’s Wife by Joanne Drayton
Life took an unexpected turn for Joanne Drayton when a chance meeting with another woman turned into something much deeper. ‘The Queen’s Wife’ details the real life story of Joanne and Sue, with each move of the chess game. Frequent bad apple contributor harold considers the queen and her wife in this review.
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Audition by Pip Adam
Pip Adam’s newest book, ‘Audition’ sent Casey Lucas into fervor from which she birthed a review, immediately deleted it and penned this, newer, different review. Read through to get a glimpse of exactly why she did that.
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The Most Naked — A Review
Hannah Tasker-Poland’s essay ‘A Body of Art’ published earlier this week peeled away the layers of performance to describe the the creation of ‘The Most Naked’. Now, Tate Fountain too peels away layers as she reviews the work in action at Q Theatre.
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while i watch love island
TRUE STORY: the promised escapism of reality dating television fails to let sad, cold, broke woman stop thinking about Bad Things™ so she wrote a poem about it. Join Kyra as they watch yet another seemingly endless season of Love Island while everything starts to crumble around them.
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A Body of Art
In ‘A Body of Art’ multidisciplinary artist Hannah Tasker-Poland writes of creating, performing and her journey to the cabaret-movement performance piece ‘The Most Naked’.
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Tepidarium
A ballerina going through heartbreak seeks solace in a spa, the water healing, soothing. The twist in the tail is that she is performing the leading role of Ondine, a mermaid, this season, and there are many resonances between her situation and the heroine’s.
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Liv Parker’s Vampires, Werewolves and Harry Styles — A Review
In a whirlwind of nostalgia, Liv Parker transports reviewer Tate Fountain to the year 2010. Faced with a mirror reflection of her own teen years, Tate sums up the experience.
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‘Is That How You Want to End Up?’
‘Past the Tower Under the Tree’ comprises works from twelve artists and activists “crafting a life in community.” In collaboration with GLORIA Books, we present Daniel Michael Satele’s contribution ‘Is That How You Want to End Up?’.
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Janaye Henry’s Crush Season — A Review
It’s just (just) a little crush (crush). As part of the NZ International Comedy Festival, Tate Fountain went along to Janaye Henry’s ‘Crush Season’. Click through to find out if she came out with a crush.
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ScatterGun: After the Death of Rūaumoko — A Response to Ana Chaya Scotney
Liam Jacobson sits earthy, grounded, in Ana Chaya Scotney’s world of atua and tūpuna. They’re let in and the wairua flows and the grief floats up like bubbles in a muddy hot pool.
In a dream, you saw a way to survive, and you were filled with joy.
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