Taungaroa emile biography of albert

The moment I want to share was not how extremely proud I was to be cast as Cook Islands Māori in the play Sunset Road, or that I would get to speak the reo on stage.

Nor was it that a piece of my father had managed to find its way into the show, as part of my costume. He would’ve been so pissed (lol). But about a wonderful moment on stage that happened on Opening Night in Auckland.

I remember feeling a quarter of the way through, this probably wasn’t our best run.

Be a few notes tonight. I wanted to stop and start again. House lights up. Everybody out!

TAUNGAROA EMILE - SUNSET ROAD - Tawata Productions

Resuming in five or ten minutes. Meitaki ma’ata. Redress. Reset. Repeat. Pretty sure I’m not the only one who has ever felt that way during a show.

It is important to stay true to the script.

Taungaroa emile biography of albert

To honour the story, the words the writer has painstakingly placed there for you, to make, to manifest. I wanted Ina to be as close to Mīria’s paparuau as I could. That the character was not a replica of my own father. I want