Te Pou Theatre | Front Yard Festival

Front Yard Festival is an initiative from Te Pou Theatre, bringing the joy of live theatre to the most isolated of Tāmaki Makaurau.

In response to COVID-19 Te Pou took the stage to koroua and kuia throughout Auckland. Their front yard shows were fun 10 minute music and physical theatre shows performed by  three professional theatre actor/musicians. The shows were light and uplifting, able to be performed on any driveway, front lawn or grass verge.

It was simple for the public to host a show. All they needed to do was contact Te Pou via email or on the booking form on their website and arrange a time for one of their performance teams to show up to perform. Each performance was 10 minutes before the performers would leave to drive to the next whare.

Directed by Tainui Tukiwaho & Jarod Rawiri, performers included Regan Taylor, Tuakoi Ohia, Acushla-Tara Kupe, Jess Hong, Tom Knowles & Edmund Eramiha.
 

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Te Pou is Auckland’s home of Maori theatre and performing arts, based at Corban Estate Arts Centre. They are dedicated to providing an accessible home for the creation and presentation of performing arts and house programmes that uplift the community. Te Pou welcome bookings from artists for development and presentation as well as delivering our own programmes and festivals.

tepoutheatre.nz/front-yard-festival