What’s on
Theatre
ACTRESSEXUAL
Feb 19-March 2
As part of the Auckland Fringe Festival, playwright Sam Brooks says “fuck it” to hours of edits and writes a monologue live on stage to be performed by an actress on the night. Luckily for him, some great wahine have been announced as taking part, Jennifer Ward-Lealand and Hayley Sproull among them. It’s an “act of hubris”, he says, but how good would it be if he pulls it off? Q Theatre, qtheatre.co.nz
ODD DAPHNE
March 6-9
A community stage play supported by Auckland Council, The Mental Health Foundation and funding, this explores the nuances of mental wellness in a contemporary Pacific context. It features an oddball crew of characters — a weaboo baker, dysfunctional family, gay rugby player and K-Pop group — who tell the story of varying generational and cultural
