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

Saturday 2 May 2026
11:00 - 12:30
VFDalston 66 Stoke Newington Rd
N16 7XB
The Mario LaNZa Valentines Fantasy
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.
Sani Muliaumaseali’i - Tenor
Leila Alexander - Soprano
Aivale Cole - Soprano
Alan Mosley, Sharlene Nair, & Charles Panapa
Accompanied by pianist Satoshi Kubo

Saturday 6 June 2026
11:00 - 12:30
VFDalston 66 Stoke Newington Rd
N16 7XB
Talune
A girls dream portends the devastation brought to Samoa in 1918 by the flu pandemic.
'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.

Saturday 4 July 2026
11:00 - 12:30
VENUE: VFDalston 66 Stoke Newington Rd
N16 7XB
Kava Girls - A play with songs
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.

Saturday 1 August
11:00 - 12:30
VENUE: TBC
Baba the bad Baboon or how the Baboon lost its tail
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?

Saturday September 5 2026
11:00 - 12:30
VENUE: VFDalston 66 Stoke Newington Rd N16 7XB
The Third Country
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.

Saturday October 3
11:00 - 12:30
VENUE: St Georges, Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2SA
R'0tello The Rugby Opera - scenes & music
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.
PLAY READINGS +
Play reading: Performers read a script aloud, usually without sets, props, or costumes, emphasizing vocal delivery over staging.