ONO

He whaikī tōtahi hou nā ngā kaituhi toko-ono o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa.

He kohinga whaikī tōtahi a ONO nā ētehi kaituhi o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, i whakahauhia motuhaketia mō te taurima o ‘TAHI New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance 2023’. E ono ngā reo ahurei nō Aotearoa.

He mea whiri ēnei pūrākau e ono i te whakaaro o te aroha/alofa: hei tūingoa, hei tūmahi anō hoki. Mai i te ako ki te tiaki i ō tātou tīnana, tatū atu ki ngā kurahuna o ngā tuāhine; mai i ngā matua pōkaikaha, kua kore nei e aroha, i ahu mai i tētehi whānau nonoke kau ana; mai i tētehi pūrākau whakatūpato ki tēnei mea te mana tukuiho, ki ngā kōrero mō te aroha i hono ai te whakapapa – ka kawea koe e ONO ki te ngākau o te tangata. Ko Erina Daniels, Robert Ringiao-Lloyd me Kaisa Fa’atui ngā kaiwhakaari.

E whai mana a ONO i te angitu o te kohinga whaikī tōtahi o TAHI, arā, a Batch, a Whānau, me Joy.

Ko ngā kaitohu ko Nicola Hyland o Te Atihaunui-a-Pāpārangi me Ngāti Hauiti, rāua ko Sally Richards.

A brand new polylogue by six Māori and Pasifika playwrights.

ONO is a collection of six new monologues by Māori and Pasifika writers especially commissioned for TAHI New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance 2023. Six unique voices from Aotearoa.

These six stories weave together concepts of aroha/alofa, in a myriad of ways: as both tūingoa (noun) and tūmahi (verb). From learning to love our tīnana, to the mysteries of sisters; from lost and loveless fathers to a whānau bound by struggle; from a cautionary tale of inherited power to the love stories which thread through a whakapapa – ONO will take you to the heart of humanity itself. Starring Erina Daniels, Robert Ringiao-Lloyd and Kaisa Fa’atui.

ONO follows the success of TAHI’s collection of monologues Batch, Whānau and Joy.

Co-directed by Nicola Hyland (Te Atihaunui-a-Pāpārangi and Ngāti Hauiti) & Sally Richards.