Too Much Hair: A Gender Euphoric Musical

Free Digital Offering online for 48hrs!

Originally scheduled to be a part of Summer at Q in 2022, Too Much Hair is now coming to you digitally!

In a series of queerly chaotic music videos, enjoy the online version of Too Much Hair embedded in our page on the Auckland Pride website and in a Youtube link on this event. Available for 48hrs from 10am on 5/2/22 until 10am on 7/2/22 (NZST)

About the Show:

Too Much Hair, a musical paradise for Thems, Femmes, Mens and everyone in-between.

Combining celebratory stories about gender identity and expression with the power of music and the brilliance of emerging artists, Too Much Hair is a new musical cabaret about gender euphoria. Co-created by Ania Upstill and William Duignan in conversation with the gender diverse community, Too Much Hair highlights the joy of being oneself and having diverse expressions of gender. Let's celebrate the destruction of the gender binary with confetti cannons, high heels and way too much hair.

Our title,Too Much Hair, is inspired by a poem by Hone Tuwhare, from an edition illustrated by Ralph Hotere, where God is described as 'A faceless /hermaphrodite /in turns /displaying/ much lovingness/ much stern-ness/ too much hair'. Reading this line made us think about gender diverse people today. Too Much Hair can refer to feminine people who choose not to follow stereotypes and shave; to masculine people who choose to grow their hair long; and to a multitude of other gender expressions. It is also a playful reference to the famous musical Hair. Many of us, at one moment or another, have felt that we've just got too much bloody hair.

Enjoy the gender chaos NOW for 48 hours here: https://youtu.be/aNfNNndtxtk

This event was made possible through the Pride & Spark Empowerment Initiative.