Story: Women’s movement

Women's theatre

Women's theatre

The Cure-All Ills All Star Travelling Women’s Medicine Show toured New Zealand in 1975. Playing at professional theatres, conferences and feminist gatherings, the troupe proved that when it came to theatre, women could do everything: write, direct, act, design, and produce the lighting, sound and set.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1975/4959

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How to cite this page:

Megan Cook, 'Women’s movement - Arts and spirituality', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/27923/womens-theatre (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Megan Cook, published 5 May 2011