Deborah Hunt: the romance of Red Mole

Founded by the late Alan Brunton and Sally Rodwell in the early 1970s, avant-garde New Zealand performance collective Red Mole doggedly pursued a vision to embrace the energetic, romantic and erratic. Their shows which mixed theatre, music, dance, satire, fire-eating, and sometimes huge puppets, were performed wherever they could find an audience, from schools to strip clubs to opera houses. Deborah Hunt is a mask maker, puppeteer and theatre artist who performs and teaches around the world. She was a core member of Red Mole for about 10 years. She features in Annie Goldson's new documentary film Red Mole: A Romance which explores the origins, performances, personalities and fate of Red Mole. it will screen at Whanau Marama: New Zealand International Film Festival in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.