‘What We’re Made Of’ is a powerful and original new physical theatre work, created by six extraordinary emerging artists from their own unique stories and experiences.
What are the things that make us up? Why do we do the things we do? Can we really make a difference? Mapping an exhilarating journey through enormous space, the collisions of our messy modern world, and the importance of tiny personal treasures, the ensemble dives into big questions with playful curiosity and bold exuberance.
Bravely performed by a tight-knit ensemble and accompanied by stunning visual imagery and an eclectic musical soundtrack, ‘What We’re Made Of’ lands on the Māngere Arts Centre and ONEONESIX stages in August 2022.
Directed by long-time Massive collaborators Wesley Dowdell and Carla Martell, and starring fresh new talent Harmony Hogarth, Pennslyvania Esera, Hone Taukiri, Millie Ripeka Manning, Asuka Kubo and Nikeidrian Peters, ‘What We’re Made Of’ will delight and inspire you.
‘What We’re Made Of’ is a powerful and original new physical theatre work, created by six extraordinaryemerging artists from their own unique stories and experiences. What are the things that make us up? Why do we do the things we do? Can we really make a difference?Mapping an exhilarating journey through enormous space, the collisions … Continued
See prestige Netflix show The Crown adapted for the stage as you’ve never seen it before. All 3 seasons and beyond, all characters, all costumes, a pinch of smut, more wigs than Nicole Kidman’s closet and you have – She’s Crowning, the show the Royal Family do not want you to see. See an absolutely … Continued
2021 NZ Intl. Comedy Festival Billy T Award winner Brynley Stent brings her sold-out, critically-acclaimed comedy show Soft Carnage to Whangārei! What’s Soft Carnage all about? Lying to your therapist, dancing to call-waiting music, playing the bagpipes at midnight and dealing with emotional stuff through the tried-and-true medium of “making jokes”. Because people like jokes … Continued
Improvised theatre from a bunch of newly minted Jaffas. Coming to a field near you, the longest undefeated Best Comedy of 2020 Whangarei Fringe, Bull Rush is an improv show full of scandalous, guffaw inducing and face-melting improvised comedy made on the spot for your delight. Come laugh away those love handles with Auckland’s youngest, … Continued
Join award winning comedian Chris Parker on tour for a night of his greatest hits. A rising star of the New Zealand comedy scene, Chris has been seen on TV on 7 Days, Jono and Ben, Funny Girls, Have You Been Paying Attention as well as making a name for himself with his Instagram presence … Continued
“If you close your eyes and walk you’ll surely not get lost, the mountain calls your name, it knows you better than you know yourself.” In the heart of the Waitakere Ranges, Te Wao Nui O Tiriwa deep in the bush, lives The Cloud House. The Maunga, the Whenua, the Kapua that surround The Cloud … Continued
Adapted from the novel by award-winning author Philip Ridley, Dakota of the White Flats is a thrillingly spooky show for young people and adults.Dakota Pink is a fearless 14-year-old who lives in a bleak housing complex on the edge of a polluted canal. Abandoned supermarket trolleys litter the streets and the oil slick water of … Continued
Two men in a room they seem unable to leave. Adequate supplies of food, drink, and toilet paper. The only diversion available to them from the monotonous grind of everyday life – a large box of clothes and costumes. Life can become VERY absurd very quickly. This is the premise behind Whangarei Playwright, Kirwin Hamshire’s … Continued
Composition and writing, theatre, Bouffon & Clown, singing, song writing, tuning into your body and movement A lot to choose from. The workshops will be in central Whangarei: ONEONESIX, Northland Youth Theatre, Just Thrive dance studios, & Reyburn House Art studio. Wed 6th: 6:30 – 9:00pm Raising The Bar(d) (1/4 sessions) Sat 9th: 8:30 … Continued
After a sell-out Season at the Whangārei Fringe Festival, ‘The Willing Horse’ written by Isobel Andrews is returning for two shows in one night! There are limited seats so get in quick. Written 80 years ago this play tells the story of Kate Wilkes, never married, who spends her time buttering bread in the kitchen … Continued