FULL HOUSE FULL HOUSE

BONES. One man play about the deep stories that shape us and make us who we are.

ONE SHOW ONLY

"The most powerful work I have seen in forever"

Margaret O'Hanlon

BONES the telling of stories and eating of scones.

A work in progress performance.

Sunday 8th December

This work is a co-creation between Maori writer and actor Julian Noel and Director/actor Martine Baanvinger.

Setting: a man telling stories of his mother, where he plays 8 different characters and sings a couple of songs really badly.

The playwright/performer says,"This is a work in progress showing. I will appreciate your feedback and input after the performance over scones and tea.

I am vitally interested in exploring the role of stories in our lives and their impact on how we live. There are both gifts and challenges passed down to us through our ancestors stories and actions. Stories are powerful. Are we wed to inevitable outcomes due to the stories we inherit? Can we break the chains of the past and leave a greater story for our descendants to follow?"

We all live entangled in stories, personal, cultural, national, they inform who we believe ourselves to be. Stories come from many sources ones we inherit, ones we make up.

Mostly they go unchallenged and we accept them as 'reality'. What stories do you live in? How might you free yourself from the grip of stories you have outgrown.

The play is based on a series of short stories written by Julian, and soon to be an audio book, whilst fictional there is a thread of truth that runs through the show and features the life and work of his mother, Maori artist and poet, Eve Patuawa Nathan.

Entry is FREE, Koha is appreciated.

TRIGGER WARNING: This play touches on domestic violence and sexual abuse.

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Venue: Hawea Flat Hall.

Sunday 8th December 4.00 p.m.

Performance is 90 minutes, then scones and a chat!!! Allow 2 hours for an easy relaxed timeframe. or, if needs be you can scoot away after the show.