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My Grandfather is a Canoe


  • Mangere Arts Centre Corner Bader Drive and, Orly Avenue Auckland, Auckland, 2022 New Zealand (map)

Fresh from Dunedin Fringe and winner of the Auckland Fringe Touring Award, Flying Geese in collaboration with Inati Aotearoa presents: My Grandfather is a Canoe. To sail on voyaging waka in the Pacific with no land in sight is where this play begins. From island songs sung to distant stars and love letters to sun-drenched sailors, My Grandfather is a Canoe brings the poems of voyager Faumuina Felolini Maria Tafuna'i to the stage. A journey through songs, dance, poetry accompanied by illustrations by Silivelio Fasi. Directed by Marisiale Tunoka.

  • Fri 9 Sep - 7.00PM
    Sat 10 Sep - 2.00PM, 7.00PM

  • Mangere Arts Centre - Nga Tohu o Uenuku
    Corner Bader Drive and Orly Avenue,
    Māngere,
    Auckland 2022

    General - $20.00
    Concessions - $15.00
    Group of 4 - $15.00
    Children - $7.50


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Earlier Event: 9 September
Dancing the Owl (CANCELLED)