Once in a blue moon a show raises your spirits with the magic of real life. Much loved actress Miranda Harcourt's Biography of My Skin has you in tears one minute and laughing-out-loud the next. If you've ever been in love or come from a family, Biography is a must-see.
Boy that was something else! So poignant, so real, so fricken beautiful!
-Al Brown, fisherman & food writer
Set against an 80s and 90s soundtrack - and a backdrop of traffic violations, the '81 Springbok tour, TV soap Gloss, Princess Di, true crime and the search for the perfect moisturiser - Biography traces the role of a lifetime through four decades well never forget.
It is not often I leave the theatre examining my own life. It is done so well … flawlessly… fantastic, hilarious and poignant.
-Mark Westerby, RNZ Arts on Sunday
Written by Miranda's husband, acclaimed playwright Stuart McKenzie, what starts as a solo show is soon anything but, as people from her life pop up to argue their side of the story.
Marriage — it's no solo show!
Winner Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards:
Outstanding Female Performance, Best Director
Biography of My Skin was first produced by Downstage Theatre, Wellington, in October 2009 and again by popular demand in April 2010.
