Circa Theatre Proudly presents WTF! Women's Theatre Festival
By: A.A. Cristi Feb. 16, 2017
Circa Theatre is proud to curate and host WTF! Women's Theatre Festival, celebrating women's voices and following on from 2016's hugely successful Women in Theatre Hui. A second conference will be hosted at Whitireia on 11 March 2017 (to coincide with International Women's Day 8 March) - Women in Theatre Hui 2 - The Next Stage!
This month-long event will run from 25 Feb - 26 Mar and presents Conchus Summit - a special one-day collaborative event with Pacific theatre company, The Conch - on Saturday 25 February with Conchus Conversations at 1pm and then a 6.30pm Showcase with Pacific female artists along with the official WTF! launch celebration at 6pm with guest speaker, Luamanuvao Winnie Laban QSO.
Other highlights include "Top Girls' High Tea - a celebration of Caryl Churchill" on Sunday 26 Feb; Award-winning Man Parts (3 & 4 March); Miss Jean Batten (7 - 11 March); The NZ premiere of Caryl Churchill's Escaped Alone (11 March - 8 April) and Hens' Teeth (14 - 25 March).
In addition, Circa will also present four play readings (4, 5, 18 and 25 March), four guest panels (28 Feb, 1, 2 & 4 March) and a writing workshop, Twelve Angry Women with playwright Sara Clifford (11 - 2pm on Sunday 26 March), that will celebrate the achievement of women and promote theatrical equality in Aotearoa.
BATS is also presenting Writes for Women - a short series of play readings from leading New Zealand women playwrights - Fix by Jess Sayer, Esther by Angie Farrow and R?wena by Whiti Hereaka 14 - 16 March 6.30pm.
=WTF! Women's Theatre Festival is proudly supported by TACT - celebrating 30 years in 2017 - and shows at Circa Theatre, 1 Taranaki Street, Wellington from Saturday 25 February to Sunday 26 March 2017.
Performance and event times and prices vary. Visit circa.co.nz/wtf for more information.
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