BREAKING GROUND
The 12th annual season of Tawata Productions new writing festival Breaking Ground returning Pōneke in 2021. Breaking Ground is a festival of ideas. Crafted into life by playwrights from across Aotearoa.
This year, our festival will be imagining six new works for the stage from seven writers from throughout Te Whanganui-a-Tara and Tāmaki Makaurau. Developing new work for Breaking Ground 2021 are writers Ali Foa’i, Grace Iwashita-Taylor, Sherilee Kahui, Nahyeon Lee, Sean Rivera Millward, Sarita So, Cassandra Tse & Natano Keni. Our dramaturgs include Nathaniel Lees, Tusi Tamasese, Sarita So, Lynda Chanwai-Earle and Jason Te Kare.
Featuring Maiava Nathaniel Lees & Tusi Tamasese
Pictured Centre Ana Corbett
Having navigated our first ever online season of Breaking Ground in 2020 due to Covid-19 impact – we’re looking forward to kanohi ki te kanohi. Through the Kia Mau Festival and Te Auaha partnership Breaking Ground has been invited to share space and whakawhanaungatanga. The writing festival will be centred at Te Auaha, 65 Dixon St, Wellington.
Readings will be presented on Friday June 18th & Saturday June 19th 2021, Breaking Ground is open to all, with tickets available. Free attendance but ticketing required for our performance space. Nau mai rā! Haria mai rā!
Tawata Productions is a Māori and Kuki ‘Āirani creative company based in Te Ūpoko o te ika a Maui – Wellington; Aotearoa New Zealand. Specialising in the rigorous development and presentation of theatre and screen, Tawata blurs the lines between text, movement and image presenting a dynamic performance experience to the world beyond.
