Written & Performed by John Davies
Ka whakahokia a Tupua he kōrero ia
Whakarongo ki te tangi ra kua pahemo.
Te Tupua will speak,
Listen to this cry from the past.
Due to Auckland Level 3 restrictions, John Davies is no longer able to TAHI Festival in person. To replace this live performance of Te Tupua - The Goblin - a digital version will be available for 48 hours from 8.30pm, Wed 20 October and tickets are now pay-what-you-can from $5-$25. All current ticket holders will be notified of the changes and sent the link.
A Scottish lad of 10 is driven into slavery aboard his Majesties ships, circa 1800. After 15 years at sea he is cast onto the shoreline of Aotearoa and the fight for survival begins.
Te Tupua – The Goblin is a story of early contact and the act of expiation leading the audience to reflect on our bi-cultural origins where the performer, John Davies, operates as a cultural memory-worker; a cross between a shaman, an historian and a storyteller.
Te Tupua remains a marginalised phenomenon, despised yet seeking atonement.
Haere mai Te Tupua - a storytelling history play suitable for ages 10 and up.
Creative Team
Written & Performed by John Davies
Performance Advisers: Teiaro Taikato, Ariana Williams & Alexandra Witham
Design: Moko Smith
TAHI WORKSHOP with JOHN DAVIES
Thursday 21 October, 2.30pm | Thistle Hall, 293 Cuba Street, Wellington
I Contain Multitudes
John Davies—with 30 years’ experience working as a director, performer and tutor in the performing arts—will take us back to the roots of creating work in his workshop, ‘I Contain Multitudes’.
The title of the workshop refers to the notion that we each have within us many aspects, attitudes, contradictions and eccentricities. The aim of the workshop is to access these 'multitudes' and turn them into characters. Through use of imagination, body, voice a range of 'characters' can be made manifest by one actor. However there also needs to be an awareness of basic acting technique involving intention, objective and physical actions.
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TAHI FESTIVAL 2021
19-23 October
A celebration of solo performance, TAHI is a five-day Festival at BATS Theatre dedicated to showcasing the finest and most engaging solo theatre from all around Aotearoa.
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Accessibility
The Random Stage is fully wheelchair accessible; please contact the BATS Box Office by 4.30pm on the show day if you have accessibility requirements so that the appropriate arrangements can be made.
