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

The great American tenor Mario Lanza never toured to Aotearoa NZ, but in this musical fantasy he does.

Flying home to be with his Valentine, Lanza’s plane is forced to divert to Aotearoa due to engine trouble and inclement weather. Landing in Rotorua a despondent Mario meets Aotearoa’s first recording star, local legend Ana Hato. Together they embark on unique and magical musical collaboration – as long as the plane remains grounded.

Featuring songs made famous by Lanza 

Because you’re mine, Granada, Vesti La Giubba and 

Ana Hato Pokarekare Ana, Hoera, Waiata Poi all sung LIVE. 

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Sani Muliaumaseali’i - Tenor

Leila Alexander - Soprano 

Aivale Cole - Soprano 

Alan Mosley, Sharlene Nair, & Charles Panapa

Accompanied by pianist  Satoshi Kubo

'Last night, I had the most magnificent dream; I dreamt my whole family came to the wharf to meet me'

On 7 November 1918, the New Zealand passenger and cargo ship Talune arrived at Apia from Auckland. On board were people suffering from pneumonic influenza, a highly infectious disease already responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths around the world. Sick passengers were allowed to disembark and 25% of the Samoa population perished. 

 Sinalei is a young Fa’afafine (a Samoan male who lives as a female) who has just landed her first job in a West End show. She shares the understudying twilight with the gutsy Salma and the cucumber cool Debra.Funny, candid and with an original score that will speak directly to your heart, Kava Girls is the play you need to see.

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. 

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.