Gravity & Grace
By Eleanor Bishop & Karin McCracken
Everybody fails, sometimes spectacularly. Few write a fearless book about it.
"A triumphant portrayal of failure" Max Rashbrooke - The Post
Brimming with daring intellect, humour, and slick visual and sound design, this savvy new play by the award-winning duo behind Body Double, Jane Doe and Yes Yes Yes is based on a work of thrilling autobiographical fiction by American writer Chris Kraus.
Before penning the cult feminist classic I Love Dick, Kraus shot an ill-fated film in Tāmaki Makaurau in the mid-90s, which she then chronicled in her book Aliens & Anorexia. Weaving in the writings of French philosopher Simone Weil alongside a free-wheeling retrospective of other ‘failed’ artists, her story traverses Berlin, Andy Warhol’s New York, Marseilles and Aotearoa, in a bid to understand what it means to not succeed.
| Artist Talk Ticketholders attending the show on Sunday 24 March, 3.00pm will be able to attend a post-show talk with Eleanor Bishop and Karin McCracken at 5.30pm. |
| School Ticket Pricing There is special school pricing available for this show please click here to fill out our form and arrange for your school's attendance |
*STUDENT PRICE |
Recommended for ages 13+Contains mature themes, including sadomasochistic sex and eating disorders. |
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The development of Gravity & Grace was supported by Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival and Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts.
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“Refreshing and reassuring insights into fallible humanity superbly presented”
“A triumphant portrayal of failure”
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