Gravity & Grace

Everybody fails, sometimes spectacularly. Few write a fearless book about it.

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.

DURATION
2hrs 20min inc interval

Recommended for ages 13+
Contains mature themes, including sadomasochistic sex and eating disorders.