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LOUISE TU'U (1978 - ) |
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Nationality: NZ-born Samoan Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Playmarket Inc |
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Plays by Louise Tu'u |
Le Tauvaga (The Competition) | ||
| 1st Produced: | Auckland, New Zealand | 2004 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #59390 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | Le Tauvaga is the tale of a young Samoan man, Dash, who struggles to be kosher with his fa'a Samoa, as he is in the Palagi world, by trialling for the most competitive group at school: the Samoan Competitive group. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Providence | ||
| 1st Produced: | Auckland, NZ | 2020 | ||||
Company: | We Should Practice (Auckland) | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #136913 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | piece 60 min | |||||
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Synopsis: | Quietly deafening, raw and ambiguous with multiple characters deftly played by two actors on a minimal set. The structure of the performance emulates the dysfunction of the characters' lives, all the while playfully undermining traditional script-writing conventions. This is not just the recreation of stories, Providence is an investigation of the states of homelessness. Louise Tu'u's skilfully crafted script throws away narrative and concentrates on the nonsensical, self-righteous prejudices that people have of the homeless. Spanning nearly three years, Tu'u went undercover, speaking with the homeless, having meals at drop-in centres and spending time in a shelter in centralAucklandto get a sense of what it is to be without a home. | |||||
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