Close Female Friends

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Event Close Female Friends
Venue Basement Theatre Studio, Auckland, New Zealand
First Date 14 November 2024
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description 'Early 1900's, Te-Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington. A young Katherine Mansfield struggles to confine her sexuality in a tightly laced society. Eventually banished from her upper-class family due to her indiscretions, she navigates the hedonistic underbelly of London’s queer literary scene. Finding love, loss and liberation - leading to her breakthrough success and untimely end.'
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Reading
Subjects Love
Queer
Women
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Steve Barr Actor
Tyler Brown-Ortiz Actor
Molly Curnow Actor
Megan Goldsman Actor
Rupert Green Actor
Brit O'Rourke Actor Katherine Mansfield
Tatum Warren-Ngata Actor
Ashleigh Waters Actor
Connor Amor-Bendall Co-Producer
Danika Ciullo Co-Producer
Connor Amor-Bendall Writer
Text Nationality New Zealand
Production Nationality New Zealand
Further Information 'Have you heard of Katherine Mansfield before? Probably. Did you know she’s a literary icon in Aotearoa? Most likely. What about the fact that she was a big old queer? …perhaps not. Basement Theatre are hosting a play-reading of a new work Connor is developing about Katherine Mansfield and the queer lovers of her life, Maata Mahupuku, Ida Baker and Connor's Great-Great Aunt Edith Bendall (turns o
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Production Company https://herstorycollective.onfabrik.com/portfolio/close-female-friends
Web https://basementtheatre.co.nz/whats-on/close-female-friends
Data Set Theatre Aotearoa
Event Identifier 207941