June 16, 2014

Tawata Productions Presents 
MATARIKI DEVELOPMENT FESTIVAL 2014
23 June – 5 July

CELEBRATING MATARIKI 

The Matariki Development Festival 2014 – lovingly known as MDF 2014 – returns home to Circa Theatre to celebrate the fifth year of this annual festival. MDF 2014 brings you the Development Season of 2080 the much anticipated new play by playwright AROHA WHITE.  The festival line up also shares with you new writing by HONE KOUKA and MOANA ETE.   

Since 2010, the MDF 2014 has featured the very best of Maori, Pasifika and First Nation Canadian writers nurturing a fine collection of plays including the acclaimed MANAWA by Jamie McCaskill, the award winning HUI by Mitch Tawhi Thomas and the award winning drama HIKOI by Nancy Brunning. 

An international indigenous development festival, MDF 2014 boasts an enviable whakapapa including RIWIA BROWN, KIRK TORRANCE, MARAEA RAKURAKU, HINEKAA MAKO as well as international guests YVETTE NOLAN, TARA BEAGAN & RACHAEL MAZA. 

Burning brightly in 2014, the Matariki Development Festival opens the rehearsal room door for you to join Maori and Pasifika playwrights, script editors and actors whilst they toil away on brand new theatre for Aotearoa and the world beyond! 

DEVELOPMENT SEASON 2080 BY AROHA WHITE 

TIME:  7.30PM 
DATE:  WEDNESDAY – SATURDAY 25th – 28th JUNE
WHERE: CIRCA TWO, 1 TARANAKI ST, WELLINGTON, NZ
BOOK:  04 801 7992 /   circa@circa.co.nz
TICKETS:  Adults $15 / Students $10
FEATURING:  Natano Keni, Shadon Meredith, Acushla Sutton
Presented by Tawata Productions  

NANCY BRUNNING’S AWARD WINNING HIKOI 

1970s  Nellie and Charlie meet, fall in love and have five children together. But they have very different ideas how to protect their children, and what they are protecting them from. 

1986  Now teenagers and armed with a suitcase, a packet of cigarettes and a bottle of Coruba, Nellie and Charlie’s children take to the road to fight for their family.

Nancy Brunning’s award winning debut play Hīkoi follows two generations dealing with a radically changing world and their way of saying something about it. 

28 JUNE – 12 JULY CIRCA THEATRE 
SEASON: Tuesday and Wednesday 6.30pm / Thursday to Saturday 8pm / Sunday 4pm
BOOK:  04 801 7992 / circa@circa.co.nz / circa.co.nz
Presented by Hapai Productions

BLESS THE CHILD by Hone Kouka 

As part of the MDF 2014 a rehearsed reading will be performed at Circa Two!  Nau mai, haere mai! 

WHEN: 1PM Friday July 04
WHERE:  Circa Two
BOOK:  04 801 7992 / circa@circa.co.nz
FREE EVENT  /  BOOKINGS AVAILABLE  

Partnered by Playmarket 
Presented by Tawata Productions 

SHIPS by Moana Ete 

As part of the MDF 2014 a rehearsed reading will be performed at Circa Two!  Nau mai, hoki mai! 

WHEN:  2PM Saturday July 05
WHERE:  Circa Two
BOOK:  04 801 7992 / circa@circa.co.nz 
FREE EVENT / BOOKINGS AVAILABLE 

Partnered by Toi Maori Aotearoa
Presented by Tawata Productions