Te Tangi a Te Tūi

Te Tangi a te Tūī is a Te Reo Māori Circus Theatre Epic and is an evocative narrative of love and loss between Māori and the natural world in the face ofcolonial impact. Commissioned by The Cultch, Vancouver and Indigenous Vancouver theatre company Urban Ink, with a World premiere in Vancouver, October 2023, the show is a collaboration between Māori theatre company Te Pou Theatre and New Zealand's largest cirque theatre company, The Dust Palace and had is Aotearoa Premiere as part of the Auckland Arts Festival in March 2024. Both seasons were met with sold out shows (sales at 83% in Canada and 89% in Auckland) and critical acclaim "Visually and emotionally powerful" -Stir Vancouver, the show has further interest in Canadian and New Zealand presenters and we'd like to share this work with Australian audiences.