Madwoman / Gentlewoman

Overview

In cahoots with Artweek Auckland, freelance performance maker Kate Bartlett is taking her latest work to the stage at Basement Theatre. The piece Madwoman/Gentlewoman is a multimedia recalling and retelling of times genial, volatile, and that which is folded in between. It was made with directional input and output from Nisha Madhan and Tallulah Holly-Massey.

Originating from the South Island, Kate has been freelancing for the past eight years. Her piece Back-Yard Oddity received an award for Best Performance Art at the 2015 NZ Fringe Festival, and was a work that she says "caused more bruises from careening down a water-slide than the accumulative years spent being a 'dancer'."

Here are two things Kate thinks you should know about Madwoman/Gentlewoman:
1) She is trying to hold on to the bits of her life that only exist as memory.
2) She is very fond of that Sharon Van Etten lyric "I washed your dishes, but I shit in your bathroom".