Congratulations to WIFT member Michelle Scullion for her collaboration with Lisa Maule in Revelation Valley playing this week at Bats Theatre. Michelle has composed and recorded original music for the show and will be performing live alongside Lisa each night!
5th - 9th Aug 2025
7.30pm
Bats Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace, Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Book Tickets: www.bats.org.nz
Experience the artistry of theatre-maker Lisa Maule, musician Michelle Scullion and special guests in this poetry premiere. Three years ago surrounded by books and thinking about constitutional change, Pākehā theatre maker Lisa Maule decided to write poetry. Revelation Valley is a selection of her writing performed by Lisa with titles such as My Capitalist Stapler, Cohesion is Also a Radical Act and Hate (a poem about love). Each night a different invited guest adds to the creativity.
Current guest schedule:
Tue 5 Aug - Dylan Fa’atui - actor and community worker
Wed 6 Aug - Aische Arawelo - dancer & educationist
Thur 7 Aug - Eru Moriarty - Year 6 student & performer
Fri 8 Aug - Heather Came (MNZM) - Tangata Tiriti, activist scholar, and crafter
Sat 9 Aug - Jim Moriarty - Director and rangatira of Te Rākau Hua o Te Wao Tapu
Embrace unexpected laughs, challenge your norms and immerse yourself in creativity. Not a straight town at all, not a straight down. An asphalt zigzag. Home to hydrangea’s, cats, rats, cars, tartan trinkets, china tea cups and traces of ancient trees.
Tickets:
Waged $25, Unwaged $15, Extra Aroha Ticket $40
Book Tickets: www.bats.org.nz