3 ARTISTS / 3 BOLD VISIONS / 3 NEW STORIES
Watch three brilliant new ideas come into being in The Navigators.
Three artists have been commissioned by Auckland Theatre Company to develop ground-breaking new performance work. The Navigators marks the beginning of that journey.
Presented over a festival-style weekend, The Navigators is an invitation into the director's imagination as they take their first steps in creating a new piece of theatre. Gain an insight into how Malia Johnston, Kate Parker and Katie Wolfe work, and watch selected scenes from each play.
Don't miss this rare opportunity to experience theatre in the making.
Moon by Malia Johnston is a dance-theatre piece inspired by the night sky as a place of dreams and imaginings. We now use our mobile phones to navigate and connect us, but the cosmos is the original internet that guided intrepid explorers. Working with long-time collaborators Eden Mulholland and Rowan Pierce, and with contributions from young writers, Malia invites you to add your voices and responses to Moon.
The Wild Seed Thief, created and directed by Kate Parker, is an original environmental fable featuring stunning visual imagery. Inspired by perilous journeys, ancient trees and incredible creatures, Kate imagines a dystopian future where the fate of the world rests in the hands of children, the senses of animals and in seeds as old as time. Suitable for everyone seven years and older.
The Haka Party Incident, created and directed by Katie Wolfe, is documentary theatre based on an event that changed race relations in Aotearoa forever: a violent stoush between the University of Auckland engineering students preparing for their annual mock haka down Queen Street and members of activist group He Taua. Exploring ‘the alchemy of performance and truth’, Katie’s piece features differing perspectives of those who were there, their views and experiences, then and now.
You are invited to take part in the development of these new works by joining the conversation and sharing your views.