07/12/2023
✨Kirikiriroa Hamilton - KŌPŪ is coming to you! ✨ Just one night, thats right, a cheeky one and done with Hamilton Arts Festival Toi Ora ki Kirikiriroa is coming in March 2024. So come on through and join the movement, the kaupapa, the kōrero that is KŌPŪ.
KŌPŪ by Tuakoi Ohia
Hatarei 24 Pepuere 2024 | Ōhua, Te Iwa O Rūhī
Saturday 24 February 2024, 8pm
🎟️$36 https://haftokk-premier.eventfinda.co.nz/2024/k-op-u/hamilton
KŌPŪ was orginally commissioned by Auckland Arts Festival and Premiered in 2023 with Te Pou Theatre. It then went on to sell out houses in Poneke at Kia Mau Festival and has been nominated for 4 Awards with The Wellington Theatre Awards.
She is Kōpū i te ao, Parearau i te pō and if her teke could talk it would sound like this.
KŌPŪ calls you into to a cheeky ballad of a show sharing the songs of our young wāhine Māori as they navigate this world, hairy ni***es first, following in the footsteps of our naughty nannies from the kāuta.
Our kāhui whetū of multi-talented performers weave live music, performance, poetry, and poi to share a hilarious honest and no hold barred account of their experiences of wāhinetanga now; The day and night duality of being fiercely everything at once.
“Wit, waiata and Whitney Houston; Kōpū is the riotous and empowering thrill ride through the experiences of wāhine Māori that everyone needs to see.”
- Amy Cotter, Rat World, May 2023
Tickets on sale now! 🎟️ https://haftokk-premier.eventfinda.co.nz/2024/k-op-u/hamilton
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