Three\u2019s new series is an intriguing and confident drama, writes Tara Ward.<\/p>\n
Florence Sadler stands on stage alone, the spotlight in her eyes. She\u2019s just been introduced as \u201cNew Zealand\u2019s own literary Banksy,\u201d and is about to perform a poem that went viral online just two days earlier. The poets who performed before Flo are accomplished, published writers, but Flo has only written one poem in her entire life. \u201cTurns out, I\u2019m a genius,\u201d she\u2019d told her friend Emily moments earlier. Flo stares down at her phone, and begins.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe used to be the head girl of my high school, but now she\u2019s a massive cunt,\u201d she says, spitting out lines about berms in Karori and her boyfriend\u2019s depression. Afterwards, Flo rushes into the alley behind the theatre, where she vomits onto the street.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Welcome to Head Girl, Three\u2019s intriguing and ambitious new six-part drama inspired by a collection of poems by writer and performer Freya Daly Sadgrove<\/a>. The series is co-created by Jo Raj (Miles From Nowhere), Tara Riddell (Alibi), and Harry McNaughton<\/a> (Happiness), with McNaughton writing the series and Sweet Tooth\u2019s Robyn Grace directing. Head Girl follows three estranged friends who flat together in Wellington as they navigate the pressures and challenges of life in their early 20s.<\/p>\n