Kōpū

KŌPŪ calls you into to a cheeky ballad of a show sharing the songs of our young wāhine Māori as they navigate this world, hairy nipples first, following in the footsteps of our naughty nannies from the kāuta.

Our kāhui whetū of multi-talented performers weave live music, performance, poetry, and poi to share a hilarious honest and no hold barred account of their experiences of wāhinetanga now; The day and night duality of being fiercely everything at once.

Kōpū has been in development since 2021. After covid cancelled the planned Auckland Arts Festival 2022 premiere presentation this talented team spent the year workshopping and sharing exclusive public showings of the work in progress. Audiences came online into our whare whakaari matihiko and saw behind the scenes and attended our Kōanga Festival showing at Basement Theatre. Here’s what they had to say…

Audience Member 2022
"Loved the singing, love the korero. Could definitely relate as a young Māori female navigating the world."

Audience Member 2022
"Humorous, invigorating and exciting!"

Audience Member 2022
"Āe, tino rawe tenei Whakaari. Maha ngā momo kaupapa e pā mai ki au. Pai ki te whakarongo ki te matakitaki ene mareikura me o rātou whakaaro, kōrero, tīrohanga rereke. Pai te katakata."

So, kindly unpeg yourself from the patriarchy, check your white feminism at the door and join us in a hearty musical celebration of the ira Wāhine in us all.