Hey gals, are you sick of reading misogynist male-dominated media? Tired of chauvinistic writers undervaluing female characters and hushing the female perspective? Well, no more ladies! Now it is your turn to write how you feel about an event and what better way to do that than by reviewing a free show of the WSU’s Vagina Monologues with you and your friends, your mother, or even your unwilling boyfriend.
No journalistic experience is needed; you just need to go along, enjoy yourself, and write a review about your experiences of the show. The Vagina Monologues is a wonderful show for a wonderful cause; coinciding with ‘VDay’: a global movement to end violence against women and girls.
Bought to you by the Waikato University, the show is essentially a series of individual monologues written after the author, Eve Ensler, interviewed hundreds of women about their vaginas. From issues of hair and flooding to orgasm noises, The Vagina Monologues is the story of what we all know is really “down there”.
Ninety percent of the profits go to a local women’s charity, and the other ten percent goes to the global charity: Power to the Women and Girls of Democratic Republic of Congo.
Three shows are scheduled in Hamilton on Wednesday 28th, Thursday 29th, and Friday 30th April 7:30pm at the WEL Energy Trust Academy of Performing Arts. Tickets for the Hamilton shows are available from Ticketek.
One show is scheduled in Tauranga on Monday 26th April 7:30pm at the Baycourt Community and Arts Centre. Tickets for the Tauranga show are available from Ticketdirect.
Tickets are $10 for current students with ID and $15 for adults.
For any girls who are interested in getting free tickets to the show and writing a review email Grant at: news@nexusmag.co.nz or ring Nexus 8384653 or txt 0273043419.
The Vagina Monologues was performed at the University of Waikato Hamilton campus last year to sold out crowds, and just like sex, the best things in life are free!