Fri 7 Mar 2014 In: New Zealand Daily News View at Wayback View at NDHA
An extra show has been added to Black Faggot’s sell-out Auckland re-run. The lauded Victor Rodger penned play is a series of comedy monologues exploring the gay Samoan male experience. It first appeared as part of the 2013 Auckland Pride Festival and Auckland Fringe Festival. The show has now enjoyed three weeks of sold-out houses and rave reviews in Brisbane, Wellington and Auckland. As a result it’s added another show on Saturday night at 6PM at the Herald Theatre. GayNZ.com reviewer Jay Bennie says Black Faggot “may well be the most poignantly hilarious show, on radio, TV, the movies, the net or on stage that you'll see for a decade. Probably longer.” It cleaned up at the Auckland Fringe Awards and won a slot at the Melbourne Fringe Festival, where it in turn won awards for Innovation in Theatre and Innovation in Cultural Diversity. Victor Rodger was also awarded the 2013 Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards Contemporary Artist Award. You can buy tickets here
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff
First published: Friday, 7th March 2014 - 10:10am