Kōanga Festival 2020 | Te Pou Theatre

By: Te Pou Theatre Trust
  • Summary

  • Tēnā koutou kātoa! Te Pou Theatre is a Māori home for the development and presentation live theatre. Every year we hold a Kōanga Festival supporting and celebrating new Māori story telling through play workshops, live readings, premieres of new Māori theatre. This year, in the wake of COVID-19, we are presenting our sixth annual Kōanga Festival in a digital edition. Over the month of Mahuru (September), this podcast will bring you new playwrights work in recorded play readings as well as a new radio play as part of our new show Whytangi??. Check out what we're all about here: www.tepoutheatre.nz/kōanga-festival-2020 facebook.com/TePouTheatre @tepoutheatre.nz
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Episodes
  • Lip Sync Kanikani Twerk Off by Te Huamanuka Luiten-Apirana
    Sep 12 2020
    A new play in development by Te Huamanuka Luiten-Apirana After losing their mum, Kahu, Te Rina and Ariana use a compulsory nightly Lip Sync to hold their little whānau together. But when the one year anniversary of their loss approaches, the fun and shimmer of a Lip Sync, Kanikani, Twerk Off might not be good enough glue. Kaituhi: Te Huamanuka Luiten-Apirana ​Director: Amber Curreen Dramaturge: Amber Curreen & Annette Morehu Cast: Alex Tunui, Ihaka Kelly, Tuakoi Ohia, Cian Gardner & Tainui Tukiwaho,  Available until 6 September 2020 After listening to this new play you can join the playwright and other listeners over Zoom on a Sunday afternoon for a kōrerorero. Fill in the short registration form (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kd-murjspG9ToWW1h4lD1TD7EDWAs0r-A) to get the zoom link to join our Kōanga Kōrerorero. Kōanga Festival Kōrerorero #1 Rangatahi Playwrights | HUIHUI MAI Sunday 6 September 2020 | 3pm  Follow us: Subscribe (https://us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=dc84bdf3cde415996ee7134fc&id=fc69d50b56)to our pānui. Support this podcast
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    40 mins
  • Kūpapa by Nicola Kawana
    Sep 7 2020
    Let me tell you a story of my tupuna who was strong, beautiful and brave and deceitful, broken and loathed.  Kūpapa is a reimagining of historical events through the eyes of Lucy Lord aka Takiora. Director/ Dramaturge: Erina Daniels Cast: Renaye Tamati, Tanea Heke & Waimihi Hotere  Available until Sunday 13 September After listening to this new play you can join the playwright and other listeners over Zoom on a Sunday afternoon for a kōrerorero. Fill in the short registration form (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsduGoqD0pEtXeO_wqxnijtOGcS_TY4Rgz) to get the zoom link to join our Kōanga Kōrerorero. Kōanga Festival Kōrerorero #2 Kūpapa | HUIHUI MAI Sunday 13 September 2020 | 3pm  Follow us: Subscribe (https://us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=dc84bdf3cde415996ee7134fc&id=fc69d50b56)to our pānui. Ngā mihi to our supporters on this project - Creative New Zealand, Foundation North, Auckland Council & Henderson-Massey Local Board Support this podcast
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Tatao by Acushla-Tara Kupe
    Sep 2 2020
    A new play in development by Acushla-Tara Kupe Sisters Maia and Ahorangi are victims of a hit and run, finding themselves stranded. With adrenaline pumping and nowhere to go, they unwillingly start to unpack years of baggage. Maybe their past isn’t quite what they thought it was. Kaituhi: Acushla-Tara Kupe Director: Amber Curreen Dramaturge: Amber Curreen & Annette Morehu Cast: Renaye Tamati, Rhema Sutherland, Te Huamanuka Luiten-Apirana, Cian Gardner, Taungaroa Emile & Brady Peeti  Available until 6 September 2020 After listening to this new play you can join the playwright and other listeners over Zoom on a Sunday afternoon for a kōrerorero. Fill in the short registration form (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kd-murjspG9ToWW1h4lD1TD7EDWAs0r-A) to get the zoom link to join our Kōanga Kōrerorero. Kōanga Festival Kōrerorero #1 Rangatahi Playwrights | HUIHUI MAI Sunday 6 September 2020 | 3pm  Follow us: Subscribe (https://us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=dc84bdf3cde415996ee7134fc&id=fc69d50b56)to our pānui. Ngā mihi to our supporters on this project - Creative New Zealand, Foundation North, Auckland Council & Henderson-Massey Local Board Support this podcast
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    51 mins

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