World Premiere of Hīkoi at Auckland Arts Festival

27 January 2015

Cast Announced for World Premiere of Hīkoi at Auckland Arts Festival

4 March – 8 March 2015
Rangatira, Q Theatre

Kali Kopae and Jamie McCaskill head an impressive cast of young New Zealand actors in the world premiere of Hīkoi at Auckland Arts Festival (4 – 22 March).

Real-life couple Kopae and McCaskill play husband and wife Nellie and Charlie Miller in Nancy Brunning’s award-winning play about a Māori family at a social and cultural crossroads in the 1970s and 80s.

Kali Kopae is family matriarch Nellie, at odds with her husband Charlie and unable to agree with him on what shape their family’s future will take.

Charlie, played by Jamie McCaskill, likes life the way it is – a steady job, healthy kids and good mates in small town central North Island. But try as he might he can’t stop the irreversible change that’s about to to sweep his family up.

Aroha White, Kura Forrester, Manuel Solomon, Ngakopa Volkering and Amanda Noblett play Nellie and Charlie’s children: five hard case teens who, fed up with their parents’ silences, secrets and quarrels pack their bags and take off in search of answers.

Wesley Dowdell rounds out the cast as Charlie’s best friend and business partner, Barry.
Written and directed by Nancy Brunning, Hīkoi was named Best Play by a Māori Playwright at the 2014 Adam NZ Play Awards.

Hīkoi is co-produced by Auckland Arts Festival and Hāpai Productions.

About Auckland Arts Festival 2015
Auckland Arts Festival (4 – 22 March) is Auckland’s premier festival of New Zealand and international arts. The globally recognised event celebrates people and culture, and showcases the unrivalled location, cultural diversity and vibrant energy of New Zealand’s largest city.

Auckland Arts Festival 2015 will be the seventh biennial Festival since 2003.

Nearly 1.2 million people have attended the Festivals to date.

From 2016 the Festival will become an annual event.

For nineteen days, in dozens of venues across Auckland, more than 100 world class shows, exhibitions and performers - both local and international – will astound, entertain and delight arts fanatics and Festival first-timers alike.

SEASON DETAILS

Show: Hīkoi
Where: Rangatira, Q Theatre
When: Wednesday 4 March – Friday 6 March, 7.30pm
Saturday 7 March, 1.30pm & 7.30pm
Sunday 8 March, 4.00pm
Duration: 2 hours with interval
Price: A Res $55.00
A Res Friend/Conc/Group $49.00
B Res $45.00
B Res Friend/Conc/Group $39.00
Bookings: Book at Ticketmaster outlets: www.ticketmaster.co.nz/ P: 09 970 9700 or 0800 111 999.
Q Theatre: qtheatre.co.nz P: 09 309 9771

Information: www.aaf.co.nz

Social Media: Facebook: facebook.com/Aklfestival
Twitter: @Aklfestival

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