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The Laramie Project

By Moises Kaufman / Tectonic Theatre

5 stars

I’ve been thinking a lot about Verbatim Theatre and found sound and story sovereignty, so I revisited this play about the aftermath of Mathew Shepherd’s murder in a small town, told using only the words of the townspeople of Laramie. I love this play, despite crying every time I read (or watch) it. And just when you feel your heart hurts too much for this world, we get the beautiful moment of goodness and glimmer of hope, in Romaine and her Angel Action project. Romaine is sickened by the Westboro Church picketing the murder trial with offensive anti-LBTQI+ signs and slogans, so she organised a sewing bee to make hundreds of 2 metre high wings which Angels (supporters and volunteers) would wear and surround the family and friends of Mathew as they entered the courthouse, shielding the, from the hateful protestors.
Shakespeare

By Bill Bryson

5 stars

Bill and Will are a perfect partnership; Bryson’s unpretentious, witty commentary is crammed with Shakespearean trivia. It also includes unpacking of controversial topics (the Bacon bs, the lost years, the dark lady and fair youth) with explanations of how academics came to the conclusions that we all now take as hard facts.
The Wild Card

By Renee

5 stars

Renee’s plays (Wednesday To Come, Jeannie Once, Pass It On) showed the oft-ignored domesticity of historical events from a woman’s perspective. In her novel The Wild Card she again gives a voice to those silenced, unpacking the abuse in state care issue Aotearoa is working through right now,
Sounds Crazy

By Pat Quinn

1 stars

An 30 yr old NZ YA novel about Rock Quest seemed like exactly my kind of book, but I was wrong. The misogyny and racism in ‘Sounds Crazy’ made me so angry I cried. The two girls in the band are “the hot one” (blonde, natch) and the “one who looks like a pile of shit”. The band’s hit song is called ‘Cantonese Dream’, and there’s a part where the white girl tells the Chinese girl off for being racist that stirred up my inner Fire Dragon. Sorry Pat Quinn, this book is trash.
1599

By James Shapiro

4 stars

By focussing on one year in Shakespeare’s life, Shapiro gives Bard buffs a different perspective on the much studied man. Great, easy reading writing style.
Bird Child

By Patricia Grace

5 stars

Masterful storytelling from the magnificent Patricia Grace.

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St Margaret's College

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