Feminist, comedian and
writer Michele A’Court dazzled a capacity audience at the Bruce Mason last
week. Her brand of quick-fire, droll, laugh-out-loud sketches had the audience
of, mainly women, in stiches. Hosted
by the North Shore Libraries Foundation and publisher Harper Collins, Michele
A’Court took to the stage after a warm and insightful introduction by her
friend, journalist and publisher, Finlay Macdonald.
Adapted from her sell-out, solo comedy show from 2013
and riffing on the theme of her newly published, bestselling memoir, Stuff I
Forgot to Tell My Daughter, Michele A’Court entertained the crowd with
anecdotes from motherhood – the really, really important stuff like feminism,
work and marriage; and the practical, need to know on a daily basis stuff like
how to store ginger and stop your tights from snagging. Stuff that, having been
liberated from the daily grind when her daughter left home to go flatting , she
suddenly found the time she'd never had as a parent – to think about being a
parent.
"When I speak at school and
university graduations,” says
Michele, “I tell other people's kids all kinds of important things about
work and life and relationships. And then I'd go home and tell my daughter how
to hold her fork properly. So I started making a list. A list of all the things
I had forgotten to tell my daughter. Because often we're so busy telling our
kids to sit up straight and do their homework we forget to talk to them about
the Big Things – social activism, finding your tribe, the power of youth.”
After a lively set that left the
audience hungry for more, Michele took questions from the audience and then
signed copies of her book. John Graham from Paper Plus was on hand to do the
honours all but sold out of copies that he’d brought along to sell.
Named ‘Female Comedian
of the Decade’ at the 2010 NZ Comedy Guild Awards, Michele A’Court is a
professional stand-up comedian and writer. She is a regular guest
on TV and radio, including TV3's award-winning comedy show ‘7 Days’ and Jim
Mora’s, ‘The Panel’, on Radio NZ National.
Report by Sarah
Thornton
Thornton
Communications Ltd
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