Aotearoa based ensemble UPU Collective are currently touring a show called UPU (“upu” means words in many Polynesian languages) co-created by Grace Iwashita-Taylor and Fasitua Amosa. It’s an hour long sequence of vignettes dealing with the historical experiences of the people of the islands; their journeys of exploration and settlement, their encounters with Europeans and, ultimately, their experience with capitalism and colonialism. It’s playing a short run at Aki Studio before moving on to Brantford, Fredericton, St. John, Prince Albert and Camrose.
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