The Topp Twins are New Zealand's well-loved musical and comic duo. Twin sisters with their own primetime TV Series and Movie they are truly original entertainers and one of the few NZ acts which can undoubtedly be called a cultural institution.
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls has won the jury prize for Best Documentary at the Newfest Film Festival in New York. Woohoo!
Fellow New York based Kiwi Gemma Gracewood has written a wonderful account of the Newfest screening on her blog.
“I just bloody love the Topp Twins. I love their honesty, their swift quips and their, well, what’s the opposite of subersive humour? Because their dirtiest secret is that they’re not subversive. They are, and always have been, front and centre in their beliefs, causes and intention.” (Gemma Gracewood, Too Much Personality)
The Topp Twins and Arani travelled to Portland to attend the screening of The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls at the Q Doc Film Festival . . .
Clinton Theater | Credit: Q Doc
Lynda & Jools with Russ Gage, Q Doc Co-Director, at the Savoy | Credit: Q Doc
Arani talks with David Weissman, QDoc Co-Director, at the Savoy | Credit: Q Doc
. . . then two nights later the Topp Twins played to a full house at the Mission Theater.
The Ginghams perform at the Mission Theater, Portland | Credit: Q Doc
The Ginghams perform at the Mission Theater, Portland | Credit: Z Doc
The Topp Twins perform at the Mission Theater, Portland | Credit: Q Doc
Read the lovely review written by Alley Hector at qPDX.com.
“Somehow the Topp Twins truly encompass a universal message of love, peace, and environmental activism that is refreshing and energizing. I’d elect them president and put them in charge of the BP oil spill if I could. But I’m a little smitten…”
(Topp Twins Live Review, Alley Hector, qPDX.com)
For those of you in New York or with friends in New York the film is screening at the Newfest Film Festival with The Topp Twins and Arani Cuthbert in attendance!
10 June 2010 | 7.30pm | SVA Theater 1 | The Topp Twins and Arani Cuthbert in attendance
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls review in Time Out
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls has been awarded the Best Documentary Award at the Mendocino Film Festival.
Arani and the twins attended the festival and according to the Mendocino Film Festival on Twitter, “The Topp Twins were treated like the ROCKSTARS they are at the Mendocino Cafe last night! This town is so great…”
Lynda & Jools performing in Mendocino | Credit: John Birchard
Lynda & Jools perform in Mendocino | Credit: John Birchard
Lynda & Jools at the Mendocino Film Festival | Credit: John Birchard
Lynda & Jools with Ronnie Gilbert and fans of the Mendocino FIlm Festival | Credit: John Birchard
Lynda & Jools with Ronnie Gilbert | Credit: John Birchard
The 20th annual Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival wrapped up on Sunday night and honoured the best of the fest. The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls received the Elle Flanders Award for Best Documentary Film. Thank you Toronto! Again!
Watch Elvira Kurt interview the twins and Leanne Pooley in Toronto when they attended the Toronto International Film Festival last year:
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls screened in Seattle on the 30 & 31 May with the twins and the film’s producer Arani Cuthbert in attendance. See the pics below for proof!
Jools, Arani & Lynda at SIFF | Photo credit: SIFF
Arani Cuthbert, the film’s producer, says, “The screening on Sunday night went down very well… about 600 people in a lovely old theatre, very much like a KIWI audience. This part of the US is so like NZ. Lovely to hear people laughing at all the right places, lots of wonderful comments afterwards.”
Watch the interview with Lynda & Jools on the SIFF website
The finalists for the RIANZ Best Country Music Album 2010 were announced last week. The good news being that The Topp Twins are one of three finalists for Honky Tonk Angel. The other two finalists are The Bads for So Alive and Tami Neilson for The Kitchen Table Sessions.
Also announced were the finalists for the APRA Best Country Song for 2010 and Jools Topp is a finalist for ‘Honk Tonk Angel’ along with Dianne Swann (The Bads) for ‘So Alive’ and Matt Langley for ‘7:13’.
The awards will be presented on June 4 2010 at the New Zealand Country Music Awards in Gore.
The Topps recent performance with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra at the Auckland Town Hall, was filmed for television and screened on TV3 last week. For those of you who missed it you can watch it online on TV3’s TV on Demand.
Performing with a full orchestra was a challenge for a couple of gals who don’t read music or know what a bar is, but everyone had a lot of fun. The show could be called The 3 Kenors as the conductor was called Ken too!
The online video is only available to NZ viewers but the show will be available as an extended version DVD in the near future so keep an eye out.
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls has won the Best Documentary Award at the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. The MGLFF jury chose the film as their favourite documentary of the 2010 lineup.
The 20th annual Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival wrapped up on Sunday night and honoured the best of the fest. The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls received the Elle Flanders Award for 
The Topp Twins are coming to the USA in June to attend a number of film festivals and play three live shows.
The finalists for the RIANZ Best Country Music Album 2010 were announced last week. The good news being that The Topp Twins are one of three finalists for Honky Tonk Angel. The other two finalists are The Bads for So Alive and Tami Neilson for The Kitchen Table Sessions.
The Topps recent performance with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra at the Auckland Town Hall, was filmed for television and screened on TV3 last week. For those of you who missed it you can watch it online on TV3’s 
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls has won the Best Documentary Award at the