Birds of Paradise 2010
TAPAC - The Auckland Performing Arts Centre, Auckland
08/12/2010 - 18/12/2010
Production Details
And presentingthe courtship rituals of some bizarre and ornately costumed feathery friends. This show is a witty comedy about love and sexual chemistry, exploring the lost art of wooing reflected in the plight of some endangered species and others that are quite prolific. Turn up wearing a birdy fascinator or feathery cravat and you may be in for a treat. Book early as last season was sold out.
“Woven together with a thread of vocal gold, this unusual show features an outstanding mix of live and recorded sound integrating a contemporary experimental use of voice with the recorded riches of SJD and others” – Theatreview
“A feast for the eyes. Brownlie shares an extraordinary vision both celebratory and profound” Bernadette Rae – NZ Herald on Morag’s work “The Passage”.
PARTY GROUPS – delicious platters by Garnet Station Café & Bar are available. Pre-order to save disappointment. For more information call 3603397 or email thecowgirl@xtra.co.nz with platter order in the subject line..
OPENS: Wednesday 08 December 2010
Click here to book or phone 09 845 0295 or www.birdsofparadise.co.nz
Bird dancers: Georgie Goater, Seonaid Lyons, Naressa Gamble, Mike Holland, Greydis Montero and Isbert Ramos, Charlene Tedorow, Tom Natoealofa, Tarje Parbruwe, Amo Ieriko
Singers/Actors: Caitlin Smith and Erika Strata (the Cuckoo), Henry Ah Foo Taripo, Daniel Batten, Morag Brownlie
Music selection: Morag Brownlie
Sound operator/live mix/backing recordings: Oliver Marco
Live vocals: Caitlin Smith, Erika Strata, Henry Ah Foo Taripo, Daniel Batten, Morag Brownlie, Seonaide Lyons, Mike Holland
2 hours plus 30 mins intermission
Mixed bag of birds need more room to move
Review by Bernadette Rae 10th Dec 2010
Cramped display of beautiful plumage and sassy courtship rituals
Magnificent and just slightly mad, Morag Magnolie Brownlie’s “birdlesque cabaret” is more than a pukeko’s squawk, a tui’s warble, a flirty fluff of tail feathers, a celebration of mating rituals – both the avian and human kind.
Beneath the fanciful plumage, courtesy of Trelise Cooper, Missy Milner, Brooke Tyson, World and Shona Tawhiao, behind the sassy courtship displays, lies a cautionary conservationist tale. The last buzzard dies.
The whole zany affair is hung on an imagined meeting of David Attenborough (splendidly played by Daniel Batten) and Victorian ornithologist Ms Mmmm (Brownlie, in full cry) which implies a time warp but provides another interesting study of ritual behaviours and sexual repression before chemistry wins the day. [More]
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Sit back and enjoy the fun
Review by Raewyn Whyte 09th Dec 2010
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