HarleQueen

NZ INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL
4-8 MAY 2021 at THE STUDIO, BASEMENT THEATRE - AUCKLAND
WINNER: Weekly Comedy Award, Adelaide Fringe
WINNER: Emerging Artist, Adelaide Fringe
WINNER: Peter Harcourt New Playwright of the Year, Wellington Theatre Awards
WINNER: Best Comedy, Dunedin Fringe
WINNER: Adelaide Tour Ready Award, NZ Fringe
COMMENDED: 2019 Green Light List, NZ Fringe
NOMINATED: Outstanding Performance, Dunedin Theatre Awards

Abby Howells weaves together stories of female comedians from history with her own tales of triumph, foolishness and heartbreak. In this award-winning show you will laugh, you will cry and you will not be impressed by Abby's ventriloquist skills, but she will do it anyway.

Also, Abby may finally juggle (unconfirmed).
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7pm, 4-8 May 2021
Basement Theatre
Lower Greys Avenue
Auckland Central
PRAISE FOR HARLEQUEEN

★★★★1/2 - Weekend Notes, Adelaide
"...Funny as hell and the sort of voice we desperately need... HarleQueen is one of my favourite shows this year." - Erin Harrington, Theatreview
"A firecracker of a comic... [Howells] manages to work her way into our hearts and impart more than a little wisdom" - Backstage Christchurch
“A funny, warm, sad, heartening, joyful celebration of self” - Sonya Stewart, Dominion Post
“As inspirational as it is hilarious...” - Terry MacTavish, Theatreview
“Delightful, educational, meaningful, and most of all, hilarious.” - Kate Norquay, Art Murmurs
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ABBY HOWELLS
Writer / Performer
Abby Howells is an award winning comedian and writer, and a founding member of female comedy collective Discharge. Past productions include 28 Days: A Period Piece, Benedict Cumberbatch Must Die, and Glocknid: Dwarf Warrior, which won her the award for Best Newcomer at the Wellington International Comedy Festival.
ANYA TATE-MANNING
Director
Anya Tate-Manning was last seen at the Fringe with her own solo show My Best Dead Friend, for which she won the 2018 award for 'Best in Fringe'. Its return season earned her the Michele Amas Accolade for Outstanding Performance at the 2018 Wellington Theatre Awards.
KATE SCHRADER
Producer
Kate Schrader is an award-winning producer and performer based in Ōtepoti, NZ. We like her very much.
JENNIFER O'SULLIVAN
Producer
(On Maternity Leave)
Jennifer O'Sullivan is an award-winning performer and producer in Wellington, NZ with a long history of making things up as she goes along. She is happy to be here.
BEKKY BOYCE
Operator and Lighting Design
Bekky Boyce is a blur of a human, working many jobs and being rad at all of them. She is a Wellington based tech and creative, and can often be found working yet another great show at BATS Theatre.
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