Mokomoko
Written & Directed by Sherilee Kahui
How do you heal from intergenerational trauma as the result of a cultural genocide that people refuse to acknowledge? Asking for a friend…
#YesWeAreGoingThere
Moko is stuck between a rock and a hard place. She feels that a stronger grounding in her identity will help her heal from personal trauma, but the more she learns, the more she finds there’s so much work to do. Join Moko on her quest to discover the truth of her origin story, and help her to stay on the path to becoming the wahine toa she was born to be.
“I want wāhine Māori to come and feel seen, heard and empowered. This show is for us.” – Sherilee Kahui
6-10 June 2023
Circa Two
Tues – Sat 7.30pm
Friends of Circa $22
Under 25 $15
Group 6+ $25
Group 20+ $20
Earlybird $25
Preview $25
Student $20 (w $15 standby)
M Rated, Racism, Course Language, Trauma
Runtime: 60 Min; No latecomers
SHERILEE KAHUI: WRITER, DIRECTOR, ACTOR
MYCAH KEALL – ACTOR
GAY PUKETAPU-ANDREWS: KAUMĀTUA
H-J KILKELLY: PRODUCER
DANIELLE GARDINER: MITA CONSULTANT
THOMAS CARROLL: TAONGA PUORO, SX
NICHOLAS ERICKSON: TAONGA PUORO, SX
HĀMI HAWKINS: LX DESIGN, OPERATOR
MOLLY FRIIS: PRODUCTION DESIGNER
PAREKAWA FINLAY: STAGE MANAGER, PRODUCTION INTERN
STEVIE GREEKS: MARKETING, PUBLICITY
AMANDA NOBLETT: CHOREOGRAPHY, WAIATA CONSULTANT
XOË HALL: POSTER DESIGN
JAMIE KAHUI: PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHY
SHERILEE KAHUI (Writer, Director, Performer) – pepeha, bio
Ko Taranaki te mounga
Ko Pungaereere te awa
Ko Kurahaupō te waka
Ko Taranaki te iwi
Ko Te Pōtaka te pā
Ko Ngāti Haupoto te hapū
Ko Kahui te whānau
Sherilee is a graduate of Victoria University of Wellington and Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School. She has lived and made theatre in Japan, Australia and New Zealand. After becoming a mum to her first son, Darby, Sherilee toured her solo show, (A Smidge of) Pidge both around Aotearoa and to the 2017 Melbourne Fringe Festival. She has served as a trustee of Ngā Whakarākei o Whātaitai (Wellington Theatre Awards) and as a board member for BATS Theatre.
After her second year with Māori and Pasifika writers’ collective Maranga Mai (and while hapū with her second son, Jethro), Sherilee joined Breaking Ground where she developed her new work Mokomoko, which was performed in development at BATS Theatre in 2022.