CORN LADY
The Fat Angel, 31 Dixon Street, Te Aro, Wellington
22/03/2018 - 24/03/2018
NZ Fringe Festival 2018 [reviewing supported by WCC]
Production Details
Winging her way from the mean streets of London to windy Welly Catherine Badwind – ‘Spirit of the Fringe’ 2015 – returns with her brand spanking new character comedy show Corn Lady. Lover of corn, corn fashionista, corn game enthusiast and environmental cornoisseuer Corn Lady is bound to leave you with a new found wisdom and insight to the world of corn.
Catherine Badwind is a master of disguise when it comes performing in Wellington and has developed and created an array of characters the past few years on the streets of Welly as well as performing at large festivals, in London, Edinburgh and Amsterdam. In Wellington, you may have caught Badwind as a deranged bride chasing potential husbands down Lambton Quay, frolicking in the bucket fountain or perhaps you caught ‘Prudence’ signing you up to the ‘Pohutukawa society’, If not it’s never too late to meet a Badwind character.
Catherine is strongly influenced by clowning, surrealism, street performance and improvisation and will combine these interactive techniques for her audience in Corn Lady.
“I can see why Catherine Badwind won Spirit of the Fringe Award last year. She has devised a clever show that is not only enjoyable to watch, it’s a wonderful experience.” Theatreview 2016
“Corn is delicious” ‘Corn Lady’ 2017
Come join Corn Lady this Fringe for a silly, surreal and sublime adventure into her corny world.
The Fat Angel, 31 Dixon Street, Te Aro, Wellington
Thursday 22 – Saturday 24 March 2018
8:00pm
Koha $5
BOOK
Wheelchair access available.
Theatre , Solo , Comedy ,
45 mins
Harmless, inclusive and fun
Review by Margaret Austin 23rd Mar 2018
On descending to the basement bar at S&Ms, I ask myself what the word ‘corn’ signifies in the title of this show? And while we’re about it, what does the descriptor ‘lady’ signify?
Answers to both questions are promptly available. There’s barely time to spot the long pale green leaf on my table before a tall female personage with outsized spectacles and clad in green and yellow is intent on greeting me.
Catherine Badwind describes herself as a lover of corn, a corn fashionista and an environmental connoisseur. Strands of all three are interwoven in what follows.
There actually is a corn palace she tells us. It’s in South Dakota. And she wants to go there. We have to help.
Badwind has a table of props and encourages audience members to try them out. A popcorn maker splatters novices. There’s a surprise entrance from a fellow corn lover from the Aro Valley. Corn gets passed around. We’re encouraged to give the person next to us a corn massage.
This is a performance that can’t work without audience cooperation. Badwind works to get it and succeeds.
Whatever prompts this performer to take the stage, it’s harmless, inclusive and fun.
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