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Wed, 09 Mar 2011 9:20p.m.

Taylor Mac

Taylor Mac

The gloriously larger-than-life ukelele-playing, gender-bending Taylor Mac makes his New Zealand debut with the wonderfully mind-blowing The Ziggy Stardust Meets Tiny Tim Songbook, or Comparison is Violence.

International sensation Taylor Mac, making his New Zealand debut, has drawn from the traditions of drag and performance art to create a unique style that combines dramatic flair, searing satire and poignant honesty.

Taylor Mac's latest show was born after dozens of reviewers commented that he was a cross between David Bowie's alter ego and the cult figure Tiny Tim. Being a queen who can take a hint, Taylor Mac took those reviewers on.

The Ziggy Stardust and Tiny Tim Songbook, or Comparison is Violence is an engagingly witty conversation about the darker side of comparison in which Mac sings his way through the entire Ziggy Stardust album and reinterprets hits from the falsetto-voiced ukulele player Tiny Tim.

Click here to read the review of Taylor Mac's show.

Watch David Farrier's uncut interview.

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