KŌANGA FESTIVAL PRESENTS A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST OF IMMERSIVE MĀORI ARTS EXPERIENCES
Te Pou Theatre presents
Kōanga Festival 2022
Presented in partnership with Auckland Live and Basement Theatre
23 September - 8 October 2022
Tickets on sale 1 August
Te Pou Theatre’s annual Kōanga Festival celebrates the return of spring by laying the foundations for new Māori storytelling to thrive in Tāmaki Makaurau. From 23 September - 8 October, the festival brings audiences and artists together in a programme brimming with theatre, music, knowledge sharing, free whānau fun and kōrero.
This year’s festival offerings include Ngā Tohu o Te Taiao, on at Basement Theatre from 27 Sept - 1 Oct. This thought provoking, soul-filling and fun live arts experience weaves together stories of kōanga and the maramataka through pūrakau, pūoro and toi onepū. Building our connection to the tohu of the natural world and celebrating the change in season, experience mātauranga Māori with master storyteller, mental health advocate and funeral director Rikki Solomon (Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Kahu ki Whangaroa), live sand art from The Sandman Marcus Winter (Te Roroa, Ngāpuhi) and Grammy award-winning featured solo artist Pūoro Jerome (Mokai Patea, Maniapoto, Ngāti Kahungunu) with taonga pūoro.
The whole whānau can also immerse themselves in storytelling on 8 Oct with Active Whakapapa. A free school holiday experience suitable for all from tamariki to kaumātua, whānau will be provided headphones to listen to fun and cheeky bilingual and rūmaki reo kaupapa Māori stories written by Tainui Tukiwhao (Tūhoe, Te Arawa). Cultivating curious minds both young and old, this journey through Henderson Park will connect audiences with the local area on a gentle hīkoi. Presented with Healthy Families Waitākere.
At the centre of Kōanga is the annual Playwrights’ Programme play readings, with emerging and established playwrights presenting newly developed as part of the festival for the first time at Basement Theatre, including Pōraru, The Sun and The Wind & The Handlers and Pākehā Skin, Māori Blood &Still Friends.
The festival opens with He Puāwaitanga at Te Pou’s new digital theatre Whare Whakaari Matihiko, delving into the kaupapa of the festival with this year’s writers and artists. Also at Basement is Kōpū - Our Kōrero sharing story, song and some real talk, and at The Civic’s Wintergarden, musical theatre superstar Rutene Spooner (Ngāti Porou, Ngaruahine) performs Thoroughly Modern Māui.
So, what are you waiting for? Spring into action and get involved with the latest and greatest in Māori performing arts in Tāmaki Makaurau as part of Kōanga Festival 2022. Tickets are now on sale - learn more and book at https://www.tepoutheatre.nz/koanga-festival
Te Pou Theatre presents
Kōanga Festival 2022
Presented in partnership with Auckland Live and Basement Theatre
Virtual events presented online at Whare Whakaari Matihiko
23 September - 8 October 2022
Tickets onsale 1 August
FULL PROGRAMME:
He Puāwaitanga
23 September, 7pm
Whare Whakaari Matihiko
https://www.tepoutheatre.nz/events/he-puawaitanga-koanga-festival/
Thoroughly Modern Māui
24 & 25 September,6.30pm and 4pm
The Wintergarden at The Civic
Presented in partnership with Auckland Live
Part of the Auckland Live Cabaret Season
https://www.tepoutheatre.nz/events/thoroughly-modern-maui/
Ngā Tohu o Te Taiao
27 September - 1 October, 6.30pm
Basement Theatre
https://www.tepoutheatre.nz/events/nga-tohu-o-te-taiao/
Kōanga Play Readings:
Pōraru | Te Kooti Ariki Rangi Te Tūruki
30 September, 8.30pm
Basement Theatre
https://www.tepoutheatre.nz/events/poraru-te-kooti-…-rangi-te-turuki/
Kōanga Play Readings:
The Sun and The Wind & The Handlers
1 October, 8.30pm
Basement Theatre
https://www.tepoutheatre.nz/events/koanga-play-read…and-the-handlers
Kōanga Play Readings:
Pākehā Skin, Māori Blood & Still Friends?
7 October, 6.30pm
Basement Theatre
https://www.tepoutheatre.nz/events/koanga-rangatahi-play-readings/
Active Whakapapa
8 October, 10am & 12pm
Corban’s Estate
https://www.tepoutheatre.nz/events/active-whakapapa/
Kōpū - Our Kōrerō
7 October, 6.30pm
Basement Theatre
https://www.tepoutheatre.nz/events/kopu-our-korero
https://www.tepoutheatre.nz/koanga-festival
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