Amelia Dunbar

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Today we talk to Amelia Dunbar, artist extraordinaire. Amelia operates both a rural entertainment business and works as an artist from her home in Windwhistle. Having made a decision very early in life that she wanted to remain living rurally, Amelia has been working as an actor/writer /producer of comedy duo The Bitches’ Box. The Bitches’ Box which has toured nationwide delivering comedy shows in our rural communities over the last decade.
The shows encourage rural communities to come together for a meal and a laugh and build connections in remote rural Aotearoa New Zealand. She is currently working on a feature length film based on the live shows which will bring The Bitches Box story to a wider audience.Amelia is also an artist and has been selling her beautiful works for over twenty years, under the name Amelia Guild Art.
We talk to Amelia about the Bitches’ Box, how she met her comedy partner Emma and her experience at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
You can read more about the Bitches’ Box here: https://www.bitchesbox.co.nz/
And you can listen to the episode here: https://linktr.ee/ruralwomennz