Sistas Turn Up the Sass Centre Stage for a Provocative Show

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SISTAS TURN UP THE SASS CENTRE STAGE FOR A PROVOCATIVE SHOW INFUSED WITH HIP HOP POLITICS AND TOTAL EMPOWERMENT!

Auckland Live presents
HOT BROWN HONEY
A Briefs Factory Production

Hot Brown Honey turns up the heat, delivering lashings of sass and a hot pinch of
empowerment for a smash-hit extravaganza that takes over the ASB Theatre Stage from Tuesday 14 to Saturday 18 February, 2016. This NZ premiere is part of Auckland Pridefollowing sell out seasons across Australia including the Sydney Opera house, and a smokin’ season in Edinburgh Fringe.

The Honeys will make audiences laugh until they cry, clap their hands until they bleed and shake every part of what their mama gave them. With set, lighting, music and costumes to rival Beyoncé at Madison Square Garden, this is political theatre like NZ audiences have never seen before.

Ambitious production house Briefs Factory (responsible for the boylesque cabaret ‘Briefs’) have leveled the gender playing fields and are bringing Hot Brown Honey to New Zealand for the very first time.

This stellar posse of six phenomenal Australian women of Global First Nations Heritage including Maori, Samoan, Tongan, Indigenous Australian, South African and Indonesian defiantly smash stereotypes, remix the system and dare to celebrate our similarities and differences in an explosion of colour, culture and controversy. Hot Brown Honey make noise with their fierceness while taking on colonialism, sexism, gender stereotypes and racism.

Auckland Live is thrilled to offer world class highly entertaining, provocative cabaret shows, and Hot Brown Honey is no exception. Audiences get up close and personal with cabaret seating on the ASB Theatre stage, complete with themed honey cocktails at the on-stage bar. Each night, one of Aotearoa’s own Queens of the decks will be stirring up the hive before and after the show.

Written by Lisa Fa’alafi (Polytoxic Dance Theatre) and Busty Beatz (Musical Director - Briefs), Hot Brown Honey is a:

“...brilliant mashup of music, dance and burlesque…challenging your perceptions of gender, colour and privilege.” – Rip It Up

“It’s phenomenal – sexy, foot-stomping fun and radical consciousness-raising all at the same time.”
– The Scotsman

“Gleefully challenges stereotypes of sex and race with a full grin, bared chest and raised middle finger” – Edinburgh 49

“Sassy, brilliantly clever and hilarious.” – AU Review

HOT BROWN HONEY plays
Tues 14 to Sat 18 February
Tues – Thurs: 8pm, Fri: 7pm & 9.30pm, Sat: 7pm
Venue: ASB Theatre Stage, Aotea Centre
Price: $39 – $62, Table 6 $324 - $342, Table 8 $432 - $456 (service fees may apply)
Duration: 60 minutes
Restrictions: Contains nudity and adult themes. Suitable for audiences over 16 years of age.

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Proudly part of the Auckland Pride Festival 2017 from Friday 10 February – Sunday 26 February 2017.

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