Provocative, irreverent, and wildly creative, Amanda Palmer is a fearless singer, songwriter, playwright and audaciously expressive pianist who simultaneously embraces – and explodes – traditional frameworks of music, audience and art.
Amanda Palmer will present this show with no band accompaniment, performing material from her critically-hailed global album and tour There Will Be No Intermission, alongside old favorites from The Dresden Dolls and – surprise! – new songs freshly-written during Level Four lockdown right here in Hawkes Bay, Aotearoa. Expect a night of graphic, honest, funny storytelling and very human and vulnerable songcraft. Handkerchiefs will be for sale.
An evening with:
AMANDA PALMER
Saturday 29th August | St Peters Church | Wellington
Tickets on sale from fringe.co.nz
Existing ticket holders + AFP Patreon Presale Wednesday 22nd July
Public sales opening on Friday 24th July.
Friday 11th September | ToiToi – Hawkes Bay Opera House | Hawkes Bay
Tickets on sale now from Ticketek.
Press Release:
The unapologetic frontwoman of the Dresden Dolls, Amanda Palmer came to Aotearoa in March on the last leg of her third solo LP, There Will Be No Intermission tour. She played two sold-out shows at Auckland’s Hollywood Cinema as part of The Auckland Arts Festival and a one-off South Island show in Christchurch.
“It was an epic, exhausting four-hour gig, combining intense spoken-word storytelling with Palmer’s cathartic songs.” – Radio NZ National.
For many, these were the last international shows in Aotearoa.
Her (sold out) Wellington show scheduled for Monday, 16th March was cancelled to the public and Amanda chose to live-stream her last show, alone with a ukulele and keyboard in a deserted hall in Wellington. Visitors from around the world streamed in to watch, topping 3200 viewers at one point.
After this, Amanda found herself in lockdown in a Hawkes Bay Airbnb (thank god it came with a piano) with her son Ash for eight weeks. They watched Jacinda Ardern’s live broadcasts daily, she celebrated her 44th birthday. When lockdown lifted they slowly emerged, integrating themselves into their new community. Ash is now going to school and Amanda is busking at the local farmers market. They are both so humbled and grateful to Aotearoa.
“I sort of still can’t believe all of this; my path, my luck, and most of all, the grandeur of generosity that the locals here in Hawkes Bay have shown towards me as I’ve struggled with one weird turn after another. It’s been….remarkable.”
Fast forward to August 2020 and Amanda is ready to finally get back on the road. She’s had enough time to get her shit together and is heading back to the stage.
For many, these will be the first international shows in Aotearoa. How lucky are we right now?
Amanda is not going to perfom There Will Be No Intermission – the 4+ hour stage show that she was touring around the globe before…y’know….happened. Instead she will be doing something even better: She’s going to wind together parts of the show with the truth of what’s happening right here, right now, on our fragile and in-trouble planet.
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