NZ History Mates & Lovers

Fabulous Arts Aotearoa New Zealand

NZ History Mates & Lovers, 2009 Montana winnner becomes flesh and blood at BATS

Mates & Lovers, written and directed by Ronald Trifero Nelson (Bud, Corner 4 AM & Cuba) is based on the 2009 Montana New Zealand Book Award winner Mates & Lovers, A History of Gay New Zealand by Chris Brickell with special arrangement with Random House New Zealand.

Ronald Trifero Nelson is now in his second year of a Masters degree in directing at Victoria University of Wellington and Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School

Actors Kent Seaman and Sam McLeod add flesh and blood to dozens of untold true stories of our brothers, fathers, uncles and sons throughout 300 years of New Zealand gay history.

FAANZ welcomes back choreographer John Butterfield from San Francisco to the BATS stage.

"Mates & Lovers includes the stories of individual men – their trials, tribulations and sheer determination to make their way in a sometimes unsympathetic society. It will translate into compelling theatre. Ronald Trifero Nelson is skilled at capturing the essence of human situations and emotions and projecting them onto the stage, and I know he’ll do a fabulous job with the book’s life stories. I can’t wait to see the show!" Chris Brickell

This work presents sexually explicit situations, images and language.

For more information, images or interviews please contact
Zamm Zamudio, 021 029 88480 or zammerly (dot) zamudio@ gmail (dot) com

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