{"product_id":"im-a-phoenix-bitch-by-bryony-kimmings-9781350258679","title":"I'm a Phoenix, Bitch","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBryony Kimmings creates multi-platform art works which aim to provoke change. Through script and photographs, this book documents the show \u003cem\u003eI'm a Phoenix, Bitch\u003c\/em\u003e, Kimmings' personal response to the trauma of having post-natal breakdown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2016, Bryony nearly drowned. Postnatal breakdowns, an imploding relationship, and an extremely sick child left her sitting beneath the waves hoping she could slowly turn to shell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo years later, she was able to deal with life again, but wears the scars of that year like a dark and heavy cloak. Who do we become after trauma? How do we turn pain into power? How do we fly instead of drown?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBryony Kimmings returned to performance in 2018 with her first solo show in nearly a decade. A mythical legend performed straight from a heart still pulsing with pain. Combining personal stories with epic film, soundscapes, and ethereal music, Bryony creates a powerful, dark, and joyful work about motherhood, heartbreak, and finding inner strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Bryony Kimmings’ solo performance is acutely painful in places but it’s actually an easy sell: this is an extraordinary piece of theatre. \u003cem\u003eI'm a Phoenix, Bitch\u003c\/em\u003e shows Kimmings is an artist of exceptional integrity, compassion, imagination and guts.\"\u003c\/em\u003e (The Guardian)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe will need new myths to survive the end of existence as we know it; for Bryony it is that of the invincible and fearless woman; a tale Bryony wishes she had known from birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470861025516,"sku":"9781350258679","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350258679-i-m-a-phoenix-bitch.jpg?v=1775228897","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/im-a-phoenix-bitch-by-bryony-kimmings-9781350258679","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}