Charm Is Not Enough

BabyshadS present Charm Is Not Enough.

Directed by Hannah K Clarke

Surrealist physical theatre for the confused and disenfranchised.

BATS THEATRE 27th May - 6th June 2009, 8PM.

$18/$13 Bookings: 04 802 4175| book@bats.co.nz

The liberation army has disbanded. Feminism was ‘just a phase’. In the aftermath of Revolution has anything changed?

Devised by BabyshadS (Milo Haigh, Sherilee Kahui and Jake Preval) CHARM IS NOT ENOUGH, opening at BATS Theatre, 27 May 2009, promises to be a surreal black comedy that explores the ideas, ideals and institutions of identity in our modern world.

CHARM IS NOT ENOUGH combines dance, theatre, art installation and live music. BATS Theatre will be transformed into an art gallery, providing the perfect platform for the BabyshadS’s colourful imaginings. A woman, a gay man and Death all struggle to forge a new identity for themselves in the wake of revolution and the decay of complacency.

Director, Hannah K Clarke says that "the themes of this work are more pertinent than ever. A new wave of ambivalence has spread across a generation, too apathetic to care for anything or anyone beyond themselves. Charm... probes into the institutions and social constructs that define people today."

BabyshadS has received critical and popular acclaim for their previous productions, including Watch This Space in 2006 (“the stand out success and surprise of the festival” - Deirdre Tarrant, Capital Times), Imagining Reality in 2007 (“these skilled performers share their fevered imaginings with wit and style” - John Smythe, Theatreview) and in 2008 And They Did ("a work of startling originality and energy" - Lynn Freeman, Capital Times).

This time around, BabyshadS has been given a solo season at BATS Theatre. Joined by performers Jaci Gwaliasi (And They Did), Tessa Martin (Heart And Legs) and Patrick Powdrell (Footballistic), with lighting by Jimmy Sutcliffe, costumes by Chapman Tripp Award winner Kathryn Tyree and live music by Takumi Motokawa (STRIKE) and award winning composer Tristan Carter, expect big ideas, bold images, twisted installations and all manner of costume changes...

CHARM IS NOT ENOUGH 8pm 27 May – 6 June 2009 BATS Theatre book@bats.co.nz ph 8024715 (No show Sunday/Monday)

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