A Frigate Bird Sings

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Event A Frigate Bird Sings
Venue Watershed Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand
First Date 3 October 1996
Last Date 26 October 1996
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Vili is a fa'afafine (Samoan third gender) and an immigrant in search of self identity and integrity. The conflict of Western and Pacific Island values and attitudes are portrayed in all their comic and tragic consequences.
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Subjects Fa'afafine
Identity
Migration
Samoa
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Iaheto Ah Hi Actor Vili, the fa'afafine
Geoffrey Dolan Actor
Mario Gaoa Actor
Harold Samu Actor
Stan Wolfgramm Actor
Kate Peters Designer
Michael Tuffery Designer
Nathaniel Lees Director
Ivan Morandi Lighting Designer
David Fane Playwright
Oscar Kightley Playwright
Works
Text Nationality New Zealand
Samoa
Production Nationality New Zealand
Event Status Completed
Event Identifier 185597
Dataset Theatre Aotearoa