'Gertrude Stein And A Companion' A Play by Win Wells.
Thu, 13 Nov
|The Charlotte Museum
This performace of the play written by Win Wellswill be a rehearsed reading of this lively, witty two-hander that traverses the lives and love story of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, one of the great lesbian love stories of the 20th century.
Time & Location
13 Nov 2025, 7:00 pm – 15 Nov 2025, 8:30 pm
The Charlotte Museum, 1A Howe Street, Freemans Bay, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
About the event
Gertrude Stein and a Companion A Play By Winn Wells Performed By Miranda Wilson & Andrea Kelland
Directed by Annabel Lomas Save the dates Performances on Thursday 13 November, Friday 15 November and Saturday 16 November. Shows starts 7pm ( doors open 6.30pm )
Matinee on Saturday 16 November 2pm
More show details to come soon.
About this perfomrance of “Gertrude Stein and a Companion” by Win Wells
The play begins after the death of Gertrude Stein when her ghost returns to Alice B. Toklas, and flits back and forth in time . The genesis and development of their relationship is richly portrayed in this conversation between them, using text from Stein’s writings, letters and interviews and gradually reveals the inner workings of their relationship. Author Win Wells captured the feeling, art, music and literature of Paris of those years – between the world wars – when Pablo and Ernest and Henri and all of Gertrude’s friends spent…