Sally Stockwell Performs Pin It Down/Village: 13th Floor Singles Session

Sally Stockwell Her new theatre/music show, We’ve Got So Much To Talk About, opens at Lopdell Theatre in Titirangi this Friday.

The 13th Floor’s Marty Duda welcomed Sally to the studio where she explains what inspired her to create this new, original theatre piece. Then watch as Sally performs a selection from We’ve Got So Much To Talk About. 

We’ve Got So Much To Talk About runs at Lopdell House Theatre from December 8-10. Click here for tickets.

More about Sally Stockwell:

Sally trained as an actor at Toi Whakaari and has studied voice in France, London and Aotearoa. With 25 years of experience in acting for both theatre and screen, her credits include Outrageous Fortune, Shortland Street and Insiders Guide To Happiness. Sally has also honed her expertise in voice through teaching, songwriting, and performance. Sally amalgamates her love of music and theatre by creating unique music theatre shows that blend her original live music, acting and movement into a heartfelt delivery.

In 2015, Sally released and toured her debut album Weightless. She’s performed her music at various festivals including the Titirangi Festival of Music, Music in Parks and Splore. In her live gigs, Sally uses a loop pedal to fuse earthy electronic soundscapes, edgy striped-back melodies and rich vocal harmonies into a powerful and emotive musical experience.

Her show We’ve Got So Much To Talk About was a seven year journey to the stage, her eldest daughter is now eight and she started writing songs for the show when she was one. Her second daughter was born a year later and cemented the struggles she was feeling and she slowly wrote a body of songs which became the spine of the show. Working around motherhood, Sally would work on the project while her kids were at daycare and school, and working on home recordings of her songs.

“I spent the early years with my children feeling frustrated! I couldn’t find a balance for my artistic-parenting life. It didn’t take long to realise that I was happiest (and therefore a better mother) if I was feeding my own needs as well as my children’s. So I learnt to work at home in small creative bursts − taking small chunks of time and persevering despite constant interruptions. I call it ‘the long game’ and it’s a great life lesson. I think work becomes richer when it’s given time to be influenced by life and take unexpected turns. Having said that, I had a real firecracker inside me — about wanting to articulate the complexities and challenges of being both a mother and an artist. I wanted to bring more visibility to mothers and women in general. I feel like I’ve finally gotten to the end of a long journey with a piece of work I’m proud of.” says Sally.

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