Judith Collins is on the warpath, Par­lia­ment is in chaos, and Simon Bridges is lead­ing cho­reo­graphed dances in this iter­a­tion of PSA – Indig­nity War. As Dav­id Sey­mour tables a bill to halve the amount of MPs in Par­lia­ment, all the major parties are pan­ick­ing about who they’ll have to let go.

Jacinda has the power of Polit­ic­al Cap­it­al on her side, but must face up against Win­ston, who is smug­ger than ever. James Shaw sounds and acts a lot like a young Hugh Laurie as he loses grip on his party to Marama Dav­id­son, and Dav­id Sey­mour is just try­ing des­per­ately to get an inter­view. With any­one. Ser­i­ously.

As the time of the bill grows near­er, every­one gets a little more des­per­ate. With Judith assas­sin­at­ing less­er-known MPs in the hall­ways, and knife crime run­ning amok in the halls of the Bee­hive, will Par­lia­ment sur­vive this bill?

Yes, appar­ently.

Indig­nity War is a very fun show with incred­ibly clev­er writ­ing. I was not expect­ing to see Simon Bridges spend­ing a long time want­ing to fuck roads, nor was I expect­ing the knife fight with Shane Jones, but the utter bizar­re­ness of the piece is a delight all the same. It is a show that makes fun of those on all sides, and even the media people who cov­er them, all through the lens of inter­est­ing impres­sions and the medi­um of dance.

It’s qual­ity, mate.

PSA is on at BATS Theatre twice a day until Fri­day. Tick­ets avail­able from here.