With a show titled The Most Naked as one of the acts in this year’s Right Royal Cabaret Festival lineup, it’s safe to say the team at Taranaki Arts Festival Trust (TAFT) have continued their tradition of sourcing and booking memorable shows for the event.
On Thursday evening, TAFT chief executive Suzanne Porter welcomed festival sponsors, supporters and fans to the launch, promising them the festival in June would be as memorable, thought-provoking and as entertaining as always.
Hannah Tasker-Poland’s new show The Most Naked doesn’t just have a saucy or memorable title, but judging from its sold-out seasons across Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin and Hawke’s Bay to spectacular reviews, its content will be just as thrilling. Using live music from renowned composer and musician Lucien Johnson, the show is described as a compelling, wild and unsettling sexy multidisciplinary work-come-cabaret that strips nakedness to the bone.
Circus performer Rachel Atlas is well-known to fringe festival audiences across the world and is a veteran vaudeville performer. Already renowned for her skilled, yet terrifying, knife-throwing and sword-swallowing prowess, Atlas has a new claim to fame – being one of the few people in the world to leave Suzanne Porter speechless.
Gag Reflex is Atlas’ first autobiographical work and the thrilling, titillating, tear-jerking piece of theatre was deservedly awarded NZ Fringe 2022 Best In Fringe and is guaranteed to leave Taranaki audiences lost for words in June this year.
