NASDA 2nd Year Students Present
That Bloody Woman
Book, Music and Lyrics by Luke Di Somma, Gregory Cooper
Orchestrations by Luke Di Somma, Andy Manning, Cameron Burnett, Tim Heeringa & Hannah Elise
Originally commissioned by the Christchurch Arts Festival
Originally directed by Kip Chapman
Direction by Cienda McNamara
Musical Direction by Kimberley Wood
Choreography by Olly Humphries
NASDA THEATRE 7PM [2PM Saturday 7th, 4pm Sunday 8th]
NOVEMBER 5-8, 10-12
Kate Sheppard is back. New Zealand’s favourite daughter is one of the most important figures in the history of suffrage and women’s rights and now she has her own musical! From humble beginnings in a tent in Christchurch, NZ, TBW went on to become a nationwide sellout smash.
A rock concert for Kate and her ‘gang’ to tell us her story, the story of New Zealand’s suffrage movement and to give us an almighty kick up the ass more than 130 years later. We see her and her friends transition from temperance to suffrage, taking on the anti-suffrage Prime Minister of the day, Richard “King Dick” Seddon and ultimately persuading a quarter of the female population to sign a crucial petition. But behind the public persona her personal life was in turmoil - trapped in a loveless marriage, in love with her best friend and deprived of her only child when she needed him most.
It may be a Kiwi story, but it’s also a universal one - a story of how one person can start a movement to change the world. This is more than history; this is HER story.
Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by Music Theatre International (Australasia).
