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Company
Auckland Arts Festival
Duration
1 hour 10 minutes, no interval
Advisory
Includes themes of war and trauma
This performed reading of the latest gem from celebrated theatre-maker Ahi Karunaharan is a stirring exploration of the annals of memory and why we hold onto the things we do.
In the year 1990, a family is forced to flee their homeland of Sri Lanka. The only remnant of the past brought to Aotearoa with them is a mixtape of obscure songs on an audio cassette. Thirty years on, the youngest in the family seeks out the stories behind each of those songs. Seventeen songs. Seventeen stories.
Featuring an ensemble of storytellers, musicians and dancers, a mixtape for maladies rewinds this magnetic heirloom of home videos, letters and artefacts back to life – to capture what we choose to hear, remember and share.
Concession tickets are available for Community Services Card holders and full-time tertiary students. Presentation of appropriate ID will be required.
Ahi Karunaharan
Writer & Co-Director
Jane Yonge
Co-Director
Performers
Isha Bhatnaga-Stewert
Ravikanth Gurunathan
Karishma Grebnoff
Shaan Kesha
Ambika Kumar
Gemma Naidoo
Muhammad Nasir
Raj Varma
Movement
Bhuvana Kannan
Music
Moksha Base Band
Shankar Narayanan
Singer
Aswathy Sasidharan
Singer
Dr. Vasanthan Raghuveeran
Singer & Acoustic Guitar
Prasanna Kumar
Guitar
Albin Abraham
Keyboard
Siva Kumar
Band Manager
Abhishek Raj
Band Manager
Leo Gene Peters
Lighting Design
Ariadne Balthasar
Stage Management
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