Power Ballad
Power Ballad is an angry, feminist, live art investigation of language and its
sometimes hidden ideologies. Part performance lecture, part karaoke party;
Power Ballad deconstructs gendered linguistic histories and rips apart
contemporary language to find a new articulation of pleasure, anger and
femaleness. Using an 80s soundtrack to rival any school disco, Power
Ballad is anarchic, loud and political filled with feminist rage and Annie
Lennox.
"Many shows lay claim to gender fluidity, but this is the real deal: othering, teasing, provoking. The tone moves between hysteria and terror, joy and despair." ★★★★ The List
★★★★ Three Weeks Edinburgh
★★★★ The Stage
Winner: Best Performer and Best Live Art/Contemporary Performance at Auckland Fringe 2017
"Many shows lay claim to gender fluidity, but this is the real deal: othering, teasing, provoking. The tone moves between hysteria and terror, joy and despair." ★★★★ The List
★★★★ Three Weeks Edinburgh
★★★★ The Stage
Winner: Best Performer and Best Live Art/Contemporary Performance at Auckland Fringe 2017
Presented by: The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Zanetti Productions/Julia Croft
Julia Croft is a feminist theatre maker from New Zealand who has toured work throughout New Zealand, Australia and the U.K. She has previously performed as part of Summer Nights at Perth's FRINGE WORLD Festival in 2017 with her work, "If there's not dancing at the revolution, I'm not Coming".