For Stage Direction this week, Xin Ji joins Beth in the studio to discuss Body Story which is a physical dance theatre piece, as well as his debut solo show. Body Story is on at Q Theatre from the 18th-22nd February as part of Auckland Pride Festival. Tickets from Q Theatre’s website.
On May 1st, 1979, a group of young Māori and Pasifika activists, He Taua, confronted a gathering of University of Auckland engineering students as they rehearsed their annual ‘mock’ haka.
Following director Katie Wolfe’s play of the same name - which travelled the country on a highly successful national tour from 2021 - the documentary uses archival and contemporary interviews with people directly involved in the incident. Sofia spoke to Katie about this largely forgotten piece of history and her filmmaking process.
Sofia had a kōrero with writer, director, and producer of The Haka Party Incident, Katie Wolfe.
Includes the Kiwi Classic Throwback at 8pm, which is a throwback to an early example of Aotearoa shoegaze.
Plus a tribute to the one and only Marianne Faithfull.
Playlist
the mint chicks - i don't want to grow up
look blue go purple - cactus cat
klaxons - golden skans
the veils - melancholy moon
kristin hersh - your ghost (live 1994)
methodman - release yo'delf (prodigy mix)
rubi du - played me
kendrick lamar - cartoons and cereal
sophia george - girlie girlie
kim deal - a good time pushed
aga-panthers - go out and kick up a fuss
billy bragg - a new england
the specials - you're wondering now
Kiwi Classic Throwback: malchicks - vanilla
the smiths - there is a light that will never go out (for The Smiths' Convention 1993 bus driver Andy)
marianne faithfull - why'd ya do it?
the bemsha swing - kintsugi kids
afghan whigs - honky's ladder
smudge - i don't want to be grant mclennan
amyl and the sniffers - me and the girls
fontaines dc - roman holiday
shihad - clapper loader
jpse - bleeding star
hulmen - working for a living (happy birthday Gerry Moran!)
prince - 1999
UK producer, DJ and label head of Taipan TraxPhasmid provides us with a hefty Friday afternoon mix ahead of his Lerm Werld appearance (and NZ debut). Featuring local selectors Keighto and Lerm too.
Beth had a kōrero with Murray Savidan about his new book, STOP: Look Both Ways, and his extensive photography career.
Sofia had a kōrero with writer, director, and producer of The Haka Party Incident, Katie Wolfe.
And for Stage Direction this week, Xin Ji joins Beth in the studio to discuss Body Story - a physical dance theatre piece - as well as his debut solo show.
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