update

things are happening.
phoebe is making bedsheet dresses for us to wear!!
chris is making sausages!
tim has sent out emails!
i am learning lines and making a toilet paper roll mountain.
we're recruiting a "Baking Crew" - anyone who wants to help with baking.. let us know! i've managed to rope my boyfriend and mum and nana in...
i am getting nervous and excited.
only 5 days till opening!

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AN UNFORTUNATE WILLINGNESS TO AGREE

 

reminder

virginia

 

What is your favourite food?

The left over juice stuff of a Japanese teriyaki meal. Just the sauce.

What are you doing at the moment apart from GORGE?

Working on a show with an amazing group of senior citizens for ATC's Arts Festival show. It’s going to be performed in the Balmoral Bowling club and it’s going to be bloody good.

What is one thing that scares you about performing the show?

I don’t wanna tell you in case it comes true which would just be the most horrible thing ever.

Tell us a food memory.

Once I stole icing off my cousins uncut birthday cake and got slapped on the bottom.

Once I ate some chocolate cake and felt something squirming in my mouth. Under the brown cake were a dozen festering brown slugs. One had been bitten in half in my mouth.

Once I hid pick’n’mix lollies inside a plain breadroll at the supermarket so I didn’t have to pay for them.

Have there been any cast/crew scandals?

One day Phoebe and I burst into tears. Too much oestrogen, dudes.

What was your first word?

‘Girl’

What do your parents have to say about the show?

“Should we come to this one?”

Tell us about a time when you’ve overdone it (A Tale of Overdunnit).

Every party/event where there’s a snack table

What are your top five picks of the Fringe?

Everyone must go and see Thomas Monckton in MOVING STATIONARY – hands down best show I’ve seen. I won’t name any more because it’s too hard to choose only 5 – so much good stuff, so little money.

Can you describe the show in three words?

pulsating, fly, McGuilt

Any final words for our readers?

Ummm… it would be so wonderful if you could book a ticket. You can do so here: http://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2013/mar/gorge

FRINGE SHOWS WE HAVE SEEN #2

Digital and Visual Arts

Stratton/Reihana-Wilson

TALK

Mon 18 & Wed 20 February, Mon 25 & Wed 27 February & Fri 1 March, 8.00pm

I have a lot of friends that recently finished film school. Seeing a large pool of talented people struggling to get their own projects up, I decided to try making a feature length film comprised of shorts, allowing all of these people to be involved in something big.
 

The films aim to explore the idea of conversation - why, where, when we do it, and how it affects us. In eleven vignettes, we see people talking to each other in an attempt to make sense of themselves and the world they're in. Every time we speak we reveal a wealth of information about ourselves, yet none of us know how we will be interpreted.
 

Virginia wants to buy a bird. Laura just had her last exam. Dan thinks Will is nice. Alice is pregnant. Denny is sad. Peter might jump off a bridge. Renee is trying. Zara thinks Rose is a hypocrite. Julie's mum is dead. Bridget wants to be an actress. Karen hates pink.
 

Everyone needs to talk. We all hope someone is listening. Everyone needs to talk. We all hope someone is listening.

DURATION

100 mins

VENUE

The Pioneer Women's Hall, Freyberg Place

TICKETS

Adult $12, Conc $10

BOOKING

www.eventfinder.co.nz

FRINGE SHOWS WE HAVE SEEN #1

Theatre

We Should Practice

Horses and other Farm Animals

Mon 18 - Tue 19 February, 6.30pm

Horses and other farm animals is a new work from We Should Practice. Written and directed by Louise Tu´u and performed by Rosalind Tui (A Heart´s Path), Loma Teisi (Galulolo), Rosita Vai (Little Shop of Horrors), Ilasa Galuvao (Gaga: the unmentionable) and special guests.

Horses looks to environmental activism, paternal figures and funding rejection for inspiration. Come join the dots.
 

www.weshouldpractice.com

www.vimeo.com

PHOEBE MASON

What is your favourite food?

I’ve answered this question with chicken before...but really maybe my favourite is banana milk.

What are you doing at the moment apart from GORGE?

I’m in my final year of a Law/Arts degree, majoring in Politics and Philosophy.

What is one thing that scares you about performing the show?

Doing it really badly.

Tell us a food memory.

When I was about 15, two friends and I were having a really weird antsy day, and just before dinner we decided to go for a walk, during which it poured with torrential rain, and we played on a playground (bloody delinquents) and then when we got home Mum had cooked this incredible roast chicken- it was the best meal I think I’ve ever had.

Who is the person you are most excited to have see the show?

My brother (via video link to Norway.)

Have there been any cast/crew scandals?

Yeah I’m secretly/publicly in love with Virginia.

What was your first word?

Doh. ...

Who should keen punters bring with them to the show?

An appetite! (for theatre)

What do your parents have to say about the show?

‘Why is there so much corn in the lounge?’

Tell us about a time when you’ve overdone it (A Tale of Overdunnit).

Chewing gum on holiday in Turangi. There’s a warning on the back of the pack that says excess consumption may lead to a laxative effect and they’re not joking.

What are your top five picks of the Fringe?

Can you describe the show in three words?

Joyous. Surprising. ...Gorge.

Any final words for our readers?

Come along! Bring a date! Bring your mother! Bring your mature child! Let’s all have a laugh.

BOOK NOW! http://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2013/mar/gorge

melon baby

today in rehearsals i...

• did an interview with a really cool guy called kermath that will air on bfm on thursday morning (and sunday?)
• cried because my car had been towed
• watched a helicopter circle us (this same thing happened yesterday)
• watched a couple at uni pash
• watched the "pashing couple" guy (possibly) sucking the girls nipple
• got overwhelmed
• got hot
• used my body to pretend i was bread that was then 'kneaded' by phoebe
• stopped crying because i found out my dad had actually moved my car so it wasn't towed
• bought a bunch of streamers from the LOOKSHARP store

gettin' serious

Yesterday a friend shared this video 'Processed Life' on facebook, and it was so wholly relevant, I'm passing it on. There's something really difficult about treading the line between omnivorous consumer and compassionate fellow animal. I'm an omnivore, and I probably don't always eat free range meat, but man, when you see stuff like this you really question whether we've gone too far. The end is a bit controversial, but hey, food for thought (!!).

Also, on the way home from rehearsal I bought a bag of apricots and a potato sourdough, so am feeling a little bit virtuous. Happy Tuesday!

the best concert ever

i went to see mount eerie perform last night at the wine cellar. it was seriously the best concert i've seen. the wine cellar as a venue is always great. sitting on a couch a few metres away from Phil Elverum is pretty magical. also Sarah Mary Chadwick a singer from new zealand performed before him and she was jaw-droppingly incredible. the whole concert i felt on the edge of tears / peaking with sombre happiness. Phil Elverum is the best. He had really funny banter too. Oh, also Florian Habicht was in the audience.

maybe not related to GORGE but i dunno. it just made me think about live performance and how moving it can be. that shared experience that exists only in that precise moment.

blurgh..

in other news, i think i may have sprained my wrist in rehearsal yesterday.