Body Of Work

‘Body of Work’ is a poetry show that explores what it means to be a woman with a body that is chronically ill, disabled and plus sized. There will be laughter, tears, wombs and boobs. It is hard work loving a body that society deems unworthy, but this show shouts: all bodies are good bodies!

Melanie McKerchar is an international slam winner, has represented Ōtautahi in the ‘National Poetry Slam Finals’, and has performed at the ‘Word’ and ‘Going West Writers’ Festivals. Her work has been published in various Aotearoa poetry anthologies and literary journals, including ‘Manifesto Aotearoa’, ‘Takahē’ and ‘Aotearotica’. Her debut collection is ‘Nova with Toes Dangling in Super’.