 Event |
The Bone Feeder
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| Venue |
TAPAC Theatre, Western Springs, Auckland, New Zealand |
| First Date |
2011 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Unknown |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
In 1902, the exhumed bones of 499 Chinese miners bound for reburial in their homeland were lost off the coast of New Zealand when the ship carrying them hit a rock and sank in Hokianga Harbour. The Bone Feeder uses this historical fact to pose the question of how one can honour a past that's distant in terms of time, geography and culture and to examine the conundrum of being caught between two worlds that faced NZ's original Chinese immigrants and continues to perplex their descendants. |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Contributors |
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| Text Nationality |
New Zealand
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| Production Nationality |
New Zealand
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| Further Information |
19 performers. Uses techniques from Asian and European theatre - performers are flown on high wires, there is puppetry, singing and shadow play and music and sound effects are provided live by four musicians with traditional Maori and Chinese instruments. (Review).
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Set |
Theatre Aotearoa |
| Event Identifier |
205389 |
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