HarleQueen

Winner: Best Comedy, Dunedin Fringe Festival
Winner: Adelaide Tour Ready Award, New Zealand Fringe Festival
Commended: 2019 Green Light List, New Zealand Fringe Festival
Nominated: Best New Playwright, Wellington Theatre Awards
Nominated: Outstanding Performance, Dunedin Theatre Awards

And now, its international premiere at Adelaide Fringe 2020! HarleQueen is a one-woman celebration of female fools. Written and performed by Abby Howells and directed by Anya Tate-Manning, HarleQueen is a night of theatre, fun and stories about cool ladies. Also, Abby may juggle (unconfirmed).

Using a variety of comedy styles HarleQueen will take the audience on a journey through the history of female comedians in this vaudevillian-style one woman show. Join the HarleQueen in celebrating the women who blazed the trail for females in comedy!

Praise for HarleQueen:

"A funny, warm, sad, heartening, joyful celebration of self." - Sonya Stewart, Dominion Post
"As inspirational as it is hilarious..." - Terry MacTavish, Theatreview
"Delightful, educational, meaningful, and most of all, hilarious.... the breath of fresh air that we didn’t even know we needed." - Kate Norquay, Art Murmurs