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Kōrero: Gender inequalities

Vital Statistics theatre company

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Vital Statistics theatre company

Vital Statistics was a women's theatre company that toured the North Island in the mid-1980s. The shows, which were put together by the members of the group, used comedy, music and statistics to explore and push back against female stereotypes, and . Director Aileen Davidson (left) and performers (left to right) Perry Piercy, Stella Duffy and Nicola Manthel were also members of Wellington Equity Women's Caucus.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Aileen Davidson Collection

Reference: 1/2-173815-F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Anne Else, Gender inequalities – Arts and culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/28653/vital-statistics-theatre-company (accessed 14 July 2026).

He kōrero nā Anne Else, i tāngia i te 26 April 2011.