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RNZ News
01-06-2025
- Entertainment
- RNZ News
Australian first nations performance comes to Festivals
This next fortnight sees the visit of indigenous performers to Aotearoa from across Te Moana Nui a kiwa -the Pacific Ocean. They are presenting works at two established contemporary festivals - Pacific Dance New Zealand in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland, and Kia Mau in Poneke Wellington. These festvials are also providing a special opportunity to bring together in Aotearoa First Nations performance from Australia. Performance has a long political and storytelling history in Australia. Over at least 65,000 years with 100s of tribes and languages, stories have been passed down. And the contemporary scene is equally diverse, and alive to future potentials and the opportunities of the present. Joining Culture 101 arethree artists from three different Pacific connected states. In Naarm Melbourne a member of collective A Daylight Connection, Carly Sheppard of the Wallangamma and Takalaka Tribes of Northern Queensland. From Wiradjuri country in New South Wales Vicki Van Hout and from Burleigh Heads, Minjungbal, Wiradjuri and Ni-vanuatu dancer Thomas ES Kelly of Karul Projects. Thomas ES Kelly's Kuramanunya is at Te Pou theatre in Tamaki Makaurau 8-9 June as part of Pacific Dance New Zealand Festival.
RNZ News
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- RNZ News
Comedian Liv Ward dresses as a lobster to express love
media culture 40 minutes ago Why are there so many comedians today? And in such variety? I went into Liv Ward's debut solo comedy show in Poneke Wellington with many questions. And, after an hour of absurd theatre, they actually started to feel answered. The first questions came exploding out of the complex title for Liv's show: EPIC WAY! I'm Gay? Oui oui faguette™ I LOVE KIM HILL (1999 version). Then there was the matter of costume. Why was Liv Ward dressed as a lobster? Friends first encouraged Liv Ward to try their hand at comedy in 2023. A year on, they were the winner of the Wellington Raw Comedy Quest and a National Raw finalist, where they were called the "new Lyn of Tawa, or Billy T. James". Liv's show EPIC WAY! won a Dunedin Fringe Tour Ready Award on its first run earlier this year and is now in the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. Outside of comedy they work in graphic design, are working towards doing a Masters of Architecture and were the producer of 2024's DAT festival, which showcased d/Deaf, Neurodivergent and Disabled artists.
