The Conch’s The White Guitar is an exposé on the land of milk and honey, of a dream that has long been lost - if it ever existed. In this autobiographical work, the Luafutu family share their story of Aotearoa, the…
“I represent the thousand souls that never made it this far,” Malo Luafutu (best known as Scribe) explained at the opening of the 2016 season of The White Guitar at Hannah Playhouse last night. Directed by Nina Nawalowalo and Jim…
It was great sitting down this evening with a much more representative cross section of New Zealanders in the audience than we often see at the theatre. The diehard theatregoers that had heard good things about the show were there, alongside…
Theatre doesn't get much more real than this. Two brothers and their father stand onstage to give an unfiltered account of their lives. The hook is that one of the men is the rapper Scribe - who in 2003 enjoyed…
When John the Apostle said “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:32), he was closing the deal on converting a group of Jews to Christianity. It was his ‘truth' versus their ‘truth'.…
Sharing Pasifika stories from the community back to the community drives the creatives of The Conch theatre. The White Guitar is no different and in conversation with Dione Joseph director Nina Nawalowalo shares the process and evolution of this personal…
Like many families arriving in New Zealand for a better life, the one in The White Guitar is no different to any other. They dreamed of a new beginning when leaving Samoa, but as so often happened, those dreams turned into a…
This is the story of the Luafutu family – acted out for the stage by the Luafutu family, that’s father John and sons Matthias and Malo. Matthias has an acting background. Malo has a performing background – you know him…