Kate Sheppard is back. New Zealand’s favorite daughter is one of the most important figures in the history of suffrage and women’s rights. Part musical, part rock concert, That Bloody Woman is a chance for Kate and her ‘gang’ to tell us her story, the story of New Zealand’s suffrage movement and to give us an almighty kick up the ass 130 years later. We see her and her friends transition from temperance to suffrage, taking on the anti-suffrage Prime Minister of the day, Richard “King Dick” Seddon and ultimately persuading a quarter of the female population to sign a crucial petition.

But behind the public persona her personal life was in turmoil: trapped in a loveless marriage, in love with her best friend and deprived of her only child when she needed him most.

It may be a Kiwi story, but it’s also a universal one - a story of how one person can start a movement to change the world. This is more than history, this is HER story.

Join us on opening night for the Suffragette Soirée in the Opera House Foyer, and mingle with cast and crew before you see them on stage! The bar will be open for sales or pre-purchase our special Soiree Hamper.

Note: Mature Audiences 15+ - Some use of strong language, and themes of domestic violence are touched on.

Kate Sheppard will be played by Krissy McGeown for all evening performances, and Jenna Madden for the Saturday matinee.