Taki Rua Productions presents…
By popular demand
MAUI - the extended season at
Downstage Theatre
December 14-17th – 4 NIGHTS ONLY
8pm, Tuesday 14th – Thursday 16th December / 6pm and 9pm Friday 17th December
Cnr Cambridge Tce and Courtney Place, Wellington
Bookings on (04) 801 6946
Taki Rua Productions and Humourbeasts (Jemaine Clement and Taika Cohen) invite Wellington audiences to the extended
season of “The Untold Tales of Maui”. Following our sold-out season at BATS, fans will have the chance to see the smash
hit production at Downstage Theatre. The legends are brought back to life through the tales of Nanny, the wizened kuia
who spins fantastical stories to her city-slick grandson who is in need of guidance from the past… The show is a
spectacle for new comers and a treat for the devoted… Real savages on stage, catch them before we lose them to
Hollywood! “The Untold Tales of Maui” by the Humourbeasts and directed by Andrew Foster.
Nanny’s stories take us to a time when the sun raced across the sky like a hoiho hoha (or impatient horse), when people
could take their jawbones out at will or change into different animals, when grandmothers could set things on fire with
their fingernails, when you could catch fish the size of a small South Pacific nation. At first the boy has no interest
in these crusty myths, but as Nanny’s incredible stories gather strength, the young fool is soon drawn into the
mysterious and fantastical world of Maui and his famous exploits.