AIGA | World Premiere 2024! Auckland Arts Festival + Nelson Arts Festival
AIGA (Samoan for family/whānau) is a groundbreaking and emotional Disability-led Pasifika-led work of theatre told through the lens of the real-life journey of Lusi Faiva.
Hero image of Lusi Faiva for the world premiere of AIGA by Touch Compass. Lusi, a wheelchair user of Pasifika heritage, is seen with her Samoan-tattooed left hand curled into a fist, raised triumphantly. Her face appears in mid-yell, and the Samoan flag encompasses the background of the image.
AIGA | World Premiere! Auckland Arts Festival + Nelson Arts Festival 2024
AIGA (Samoan for family/whānau) is a groundbreaking and emotional Disability-led Pasifika-led work of theatre told through the lens of the real-life journey of Lusi Faiva and we are proud to have staged our World Premiere Season 2024; firstly in March with Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki | The Auckland International Arts Festival, then next in the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand with the Nelson Arts Festival in October.
A collective creative ensemble of women, non-binary, disabled, non-disabled, Pasifika and Maori identities brings this quest for identity and belonging to life, artfully sharing their own experiences with and through Lusi’s.
AIGA is an Aotearoa story with universal resonance: an honest and heartfelt work that moves you, expands your empathy and consciousness and invites you to explore new perspectives of being. With a powerhouse creative team, this work features storytelling at its core; a story that will make you laugh, cry, think and feel – one that needs to be heard.
All shows are accessible.
Accessibility has been seeded within the work. The spatial design of the performance means that priority seating goes to those with a lived experience of disability - visible and non-visible. Wheelchair users, low vision or blind, d/Deaf, PMLD, Sensory needs, Neurodivergent. NZSL and Audio Description are centrally featured in the work.
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