Shot bro: A Theatrical Korero about depression and suicide in Aotearoa/New Zealand

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Title Shot bro: A Theatrical Korero about depression and suicide in Aotearoa/New Zealand
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Abstract/Description This article examines the efficacy of Shot Bro - Confessions of A Depressed Bullet, written and performed by Rob Mokaraka, as a platform to korero about mental health in Aotearoa/New Zealand. It examines how the mode of autobiographical solo performance is critical to the play's ability to reach communities. It also shows how Mokaraka's engagement with the Whare Tapa Wha model of health and his embodiment of the Maori concept of wairua (the spiritual self), contribute to korero that can bridge the fear and shame of acute mental health, and empower audiences to heal. Shot Bro offers an Indigenous Maori perspective on how redemption can be found in the darkest of moments, by talking to and reaching out to others. I stand before you. Listen up. My story. This place. My turangawaewae. Listen and learn.
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Source Australasian Drama Studies, ADSA, VIC
Issue 73
Page 42-68
Date Issued October 2018
Language English
ISSN 0810-4123
Citation Sally Richards, Shot bro: A Theatrical Korero about depression and suicide in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Australasian Drama Studies, 73, October 2018, 42-68
Data Set AusStage
Resource Identifier 68786