On December 8th, Leo, Clever and I performed the moving feast that is "At Home" in Whanganui. It is a charming town about three hours from Wellington with the joy of a river running through it (I do love a river town) and some humdinger vintage architecture to boot.
As is our way, we had an idea about losing the Family Money in a series of unfortunate investments, mostly a Taxidermy Theme Park. With Vollercoaster, Furry Go round and Furris Wheel.
and thusly between our Napier debut and this show, I got to work on an appropriate gown. Leopard print trimmed in fake fur, with this fetching hair piece. Matched at the back by the butt end of the wee stuffed toy sacrificed for Art. I love it so much I am going to try to find smaller ones to make sets for people with less hair real estate then I have.
We had a mad evening where it became clear early on that the audience wanted to hear songs not banter, and preferably not too risque. So at half time a whole section of songs got cut in favour of a couple of fun but safer options. This is what I love about live entertainment!
Them as loved it LOVED it. Them as didn't appreciate the nuances of digging up one's dead bride or political commentary about the patriarchy, left. Yes, it was like that!
But we had a great time as we always do, nailed a new number which is a mash up of three angsty songs from three decades, and we were upstaged by a possum. Refer the video at the end.
Happy Days!
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| Tasteless Fake taxidermy is my theme! |
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| The Savage Club - weirdest place ever! It's like the Maori equivalent of a Tiki bar. Terrible but it has historical significance. And Possums. |
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| Aren't we dapper! |
Yup, possums. That's what everyone is looking at!
