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Matariki audio play a first for Silo Theatre
Silo Theatre in Tāmaki Makaurau celebrates Matariki with a new participatory audio play, Mauri Tau, an interactive experience available to listeners worldwide.
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Play encourages Pasifika families to discuss mental wellness
The play Odd Daphne is making its way back to the theatre stage this year following its success in 2019.
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“Crying is better than dying”- Gym hosts play tackling suicide
Ludus Magnus is a gym where people go to work out - not to watch theatre. But actor Rob Mokaraka says the fitness centre was the perfect venue to perform his play, which tackles our country’s suicide epidemic.
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Wāhine Māori 'hold up half the sky' in exciting new play
Half of the Sky, a play that looks at the different elements of love from a whānau perspective. Some of Māoridoms big names in the entertainment industry like actress Kura Forrester and Awhina Rose Henare star in the production and we get to take a peek behind the curtain at Q Theatre today. D'Angelo Martin with this report.
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The bros and the bard
He’s exalted as the greatest playwright ever, but would William Shakespeare approve of a Māori spin on his masterpieces?
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Hone Kouka targets child abuse through latest theater piece
Eight lives and three worlds collide through award winning playwright Hone Kouka's latest theatre piece Bless the Child, which will debut at this year's Auckland Arts Festival. The festival is a platform to confront urgent societal issues, Kouka is targeting child abuse.
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Modern Māori language hits theatre stage
An English play, "Mo and Jess Kill Susie," by Gary Henderson, has been translated into Māori, 'E kore a muri e hokia'. This initiative provides a platform for modern Māori language to be celebrated and heard in a theatrical setting.
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Vanilla Miraka- a personal journey of Māori identity
Award winning and acclaimed comedian Hayley Sproull of Ngāpuhi shares her bicultural heritage in her theatre show Vanilla Miraka. Her struggle with her Māorstrugglesi identity has been at the forefront of her work.
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Transgender musical "People Like Us" set to push boundaries
Two Ngāpuhi actors will be making history by starring in a transgender musical. It's a play that pushes the gender boundaries, with a few giggles. Lead actor Luke Bird says it's the first show of its kind in country.
