Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 3:31 pm
Cian
Parker performs Sorry For Your Loss. Photo Credit: Kelsey
Scott
This Matariki, two inspiring
and very different solo performances come together for a
double bill that showcases wāhine Māori artists from
opposite ends of Aotearoa.
Playwright Fran Kewene
(Waikato/Tainui) and performer Julie Edwards (Ngāti
Whakaue, Ngāti Whare) are traveling up from Ōtepoti
Dunedin to present their acclaimed verbatim play Barrier
Ninja. Verbatim theatre, or documentary theatre, is a
style which has been embraced by Auckland audiences with the
recent sell-out season of Auckland Theatre Company’s
The Haka Party Incident. For Barrier Ninja, Kewene