Kava Club Hosts Chop Suey Hui at Pūtahi Festival 2016

Kava Club Hosts Chop Suey Hui at Pūtahi Festival 2016

Wellington based Pacific and Māori arts collective Kava Club will be supporting art practitioners with their style of art raids at this year’s Pūtahi Festival, a platform for newly devised theatre and dance work, 9-13 February.

Kava Club will launch Pūtahi Festival 2016 with Chop Suey Hui: Te Whare Tapere, speaking with theatre makers and artists, the Kava Klubhaus photobooth, art talks and a multimedia installation with MC Antsman - the arts collective’s contribution as part of the annual festival. Featured artists who have newly devised work at Pūtahi Festival include Manuel Solomon, Patrick Godinet and Miria George.

The Kava Club is an independent arts collective established in 2014 for emerging and established artists that hosts Chop Suey Hui a monthly programme of events and art forums around the city of Wellington.

This year the group has successfully secured new funding from Creative NZ and with the continued support of Tautai Pacific Arts Trust is aiming to reach out to new audiences and artists. Following the Pūtahi Festival 2016, this years programme includes fostering a contemporary Pacific response to the Homosexual Law Reform, as well as collaborations with Tuhoe artists, supporting filmmakers in Siapo Cinema and celebrating Pacific and Māori music makers.

Pūtahi Festival 2016, 9-13 February, Studio 77, 77 Fairlie Terrace. Victoria University of Wellington. www.putahifestival.com

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