PLAY READINGS +
The Collected Works of Sani Muliaumaseali'i
+ Music + Movement + Momentos Moana a Kiwa Nui

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Flying home to be with his Valentine, a storm forces Lanza’s plane to land in Rotorua, where he meets Māori recording legend Ana Hato. What begins as chance turns into an unforgettable musical collaboration, blending Lanza’s iconic voice with the soul of Aotearoa.

Set in wartime, it weaves in the legacy of the Māori Battalion, whose courage and sacrifice shaped a nation. 

And don’t miss the magic of these iconic songs: Lanza’s "Be My Love" and "Vesti La Giubba," alongside the timeless Māori waiata "Pokarekare Ana’’ ‘’Hoea ra’’ Plus,  “Po Atarau / Now Is the Hour” — the song that bid farewell to the Māori Battalion, made famous again in the new Project Hail Mary starring Ryan Gosling! 

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Cast:

Mario LaNZa

Sani Muliaumaseali’i  Tenor, 

Ana Hato

Leila Alexander - Soprano 

Singer Rua

Aivale Cole - Soprano 

Marcus the pilot and narrator, 

Alan Mosley 

The Mechanic/ Singer Tahi

Charles Panapa

Betty/ Singer toru 

Sharlene Nair 

Accompanied by pianist 

Satoshi Kubo

Talune,  is a powerful stage work blending fact and fiction to evoke the 1918 influenza pandemic in Samoa. Premiering in London in 2018, it follows Teine (Nina Thilas Mohs) returning to Upolu from the big island of Savai‘i, walking home alone from the wharf when her brothers fail to meet her. Told through dreamlike vignettes that move to and fro between Teine’s monologue and the surrounding action, the work blurs reality and imagination as her personal loss opens into the wider grief of a nation. At its centre is the arrival of the SS Talune , the New Zealand ship that carried influenza to Samoa, its impact compounded by the negligence of Colonel Robert Logan (Alan Mosley). Engaging with the entangled histories of Samoa and New Zealand, the play confronts colonial power and the disregard for Samoan lives.

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Teine

Nina Thilas Mohs 

Colonel Robert Logan

Alan Mosley

Mele

Sani Muliaumaseali’i

Peniva

Nikoo Saeki

Sharlene Nair, Deborah Williams, Gaby Marcon, Kian OcConnell

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In a cramped dressing room in the West End, three understudies wait in the wings — each fighting to be seen. Kava Girls follows Sinalei, Salma, and Debra — all covering the same role, each carrying their own ambition, edge, and vulnerability.

Sweet, wide-eyed Sinalei a Samoan Fa’afine (a Samoan cis - male who lives as a female) steps into her first West End job, Her openness set against veteran Debra’s hard-earned resilience and go getter Salma’s fierce, questioning drive. As tensions rise, so do the emotional stakes — with moments of sharp wit, tenderness, and quiet power.

At its core is a striking choice: Sinalei is a Samoan Fa’afafine, yet her identity is not made a spectacle. It simply exists — unforced, unexaggerated — until, suddenly, it can’t be ignored.

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✨ Tender, funny, and quietly radical
 

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In the palace of dreams, the supreme protector of animals and nature, warrior goddess Poluknalai, guards Ool, holder of the eight keys of the elements. Suspicious climate disasters erode  Poluknalai’s confidence. Baba the baboon who convinces her to take a break. But Baba is power mad and steals the keys from Ool causing chaos- Can Poluknalai save the world?  

Amira is a child refugee from Afghanistan held in an Australian detention centre in the Pacific. Alone and afraid, her dream world cant keep her safe forever. Someone is watching. On the mainland the heat gets to Dolores and she wants out. Her decisions unleash repercussions that ignore time and space, but she’s too hot to notice. The Australian governments policy on detaining children in detention centre’s comes under scrutiny in this tale of choice and the states of being human. 

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Otello leads Samoa to the Rugby World Cup Final: Tensions on the field are high, but off the field they're deadly'. The passions of opera and rugby face off with domestic violence, in this imaginative retelling of the operas Otello (Verdi), Carmen (Bizet) and Tosca (Puccini) with scenes written and directed by Sani Muliaumaseali'i.