Kia Mau Festival 2018

Kia Mau Festival 2018

Maori + Pasifika + Indigenous | Theatre + Dance
1-16 June 2018 - WELLINGTON
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PUTTING YOUTH FORWARD
To celebrate the fourth annual Kia Mau Festival of Maori + Pasifika +
Indigenous | Theatre + Dance, 1-16 June, we are putting our youth forward.
“Looking to the future of this Festival and the industry we feel it’s important to put youth at the forefront” says Hone Kouka, Festival Curator. “The Wahine Works production of Waiora is the perfect choice to open Kia Mau Festival 2018 - youth focussed, wahine led and socially pertinent. These key elements are at the heart of the 2018 Festival.”
Opening the Festival we are proud to present Wahine Works from Whangarei Girls High School – a group of 12 ambitious teens who have enjoyed two sell out and rave review season’s of their production of Waiora: Te-u-kai-po (The Homeland) by Hone Kouka. This talented team are thrilled to take advantage of the ‘opportunity of a lifetime’ to travel to Wellington and stage the opening act of the Festival, 1-9 June at the Hannah Playhouse.
Continuing the theme of supporting and focusing on emerging artists we are thrilled to share with Poneke new works by emerging companies such as OiOi Productions from Auckland, with Beneath Skin and Bone sees the Te Wiki sisters weave together stories of whanau and whakapapa and Y | Not from Christchurch delving into New Zealand Samoan vs Samoan New Zealand . . . are they not the same?
The playwriting festival Breaking Ground, 11-16 June, will be looking at three new scripts by three emerging playwrights from New Zealand and Australia – Whitireia Performing Arts 2017 graduate Maia Diamond, Sydney based emerging playwright Henrietta Baird and acclaimed Wellington based actor Nancy Brunning – all writers are welcome to participate in this free script workshopping platform – find out more at http://www.kiamaufestival.org/

2018 KIA MAU FESTIVAL LINE UP:
1-9 JUNE Waiora: Te-u-kai-po (The Homeland) by Wahine Works, Hannah Playhouse - Hone Kouka’s vivid depiction of Maori moving from their homelands to the cities of a different people.
5-9 JUNE Whare by Huhu Dance, BATS Theatre Propeller Stage - Movement gifted to us from birth.
5-9 JUNE Talofa Papa by The Co-Lab, BATS Theatre HayDey Dome - A journey with your grandparents at the comfort of your jandals!
6-9 JUNE La’u Gagana by Y | Not, BATS Theatre HeyDay Dome - New Zealand Samoan vs Samoan New Zealand . . . are they not the same?
6-9 JUNE Barrier Ninja, BATS Theatre Propeller Stage - A unique verbatim play about Hauora
11-16 JUNE Breaking Ground, multiple venues
12-16 JUNE He Kura e Huna Ana by Taki Rua Productions, BATS Theatre HayDay Dome - Me hoki whakamuri kia anga whakamua.
12-16 JUNE Deer Woman by ARTICLE 11 (Canada), BATS Theatre Propeller Stage - A work of righteous vengeance.
13-16 JUNE Beneath Skin and Bone by OiOi Productions, BATS Theatre Propeller Stage - Te Wiki sisters weave together stories of whanau and whakapapa.
15 JUNE Tusks and Fevers by SaVAge K’lub, The Pit, Te Ara Hihiko, Massey University - Part art, part body part, spoken words, moving image and conviviality.
More events to be announced 22 May - http://www.kiamaufestival.org/

MORE INFORMATION ON KIA MAU FESTIVAL:
We invite you to journey with us. This is Kia Mau. In te reo Maori, kia mau is a call to hold fast. Kia Mau is about us all. Here. Now. Join us.
The contemporary Indigenous theatre and dance experience, Kia Mau Festival returns to Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui – Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.
In 2018, we are hosting Maori, Pasifika + First Nations artists and their companies, sharing work across the region from Porirua City to Wellington City to Lower Hutt City.
Now marking its fourth year, Kia Mau Festival is a creative celebration, helmed by Maori + Pasifika artists and built upon kaupapa Maori. Kia Mau Festival is an innovative experience for whanau, anau and communities throughout the Wellington region to engage with Tangata Whenua and First Nations artists from across te ao marama.

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