The Court Theatre is proud to introduce Nuku & Vai, an original production that will tour primary schools in 2025. This is a new, bilingual work (English and Kāi Tahu dialect) devised in collaboration with Māori artists and creatives and through consultation with local iwi and hapū.
NUKU & VAI
Written and directed by Juanita Hepi anD Talia-Rae Emvaega
Ever since they can remember, things have always been the same for best friends Nuku & Vai. They laugh at the same things, dance along to the same waiata, and they both love playing outside. But when they need to be on the same team, they realize that they have two totally different ways of thinking! Will they be able to see past their differences and work together?
Jump into the vibrant, musical world of pūrākau and indigenous storytelling with two unlikely heroes on an epic adventure of self-discovery. Join Nuku & Vai as they look into the past, explore the present, and open the door to a future where any dream can become reality.
Packed full of physical theatre, and interactive kapa haka and waiata. Inspired by Te Waipounamu stories. Told in te reo Māori and te reo Pākehā.