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The Magic of Her Body: Readings of Katherine Mansfield’s Queer Writing

  • Katherine Mansfield House & Garden 25 Tinakori Road Wellington, Wellington, 6011 New Zealand (map)

She enthrals me, enslaves me – and her personal self – her body absolute – is my worship.

A stylised photo of Katherine Mansfield, surrounded by cut out flowers and images of other women, with the words "Magic of Her Body - readings of Katherine Mansfield's queer writings"

Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, Katherine Mansfield House & Garden, and Vixen Temple present The Magic of Her Body: Readings of Katherine Mansfield’s Queer Writing, an immersive theatre experience in one of Aotearoa’s leading historic house museums. Join performance artist Vixen Temple and historian Kerryn Pollock of Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga on a journey through Mansfield’s sensual diary entries and sapphic-coded short stories, moving through the rooms in the home of her birth, Katherine Mansfield House & Garden in Thorndon.

Show dates: Wednesday 26 March – Saturday 29 March, 6pm & 8pm. Run-time approx. 50 minutes.

Accessibility 

Entry to Katherine Mansfield House is via steps and there is an internal staircase with a handrail. Unfortunately, the house is not wheelchair accessible. The event moves through both stories of the house.

Tickets

Tickets and more information on the Katherine Mansfield House website

$35 GA / $20 un-waged.

The Magic of Her Body is sponsored by the Rule Foundation

Source: https://www.katherinemansfield.com/event/the-magic-of-her-body
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