Strange Resting Places

The PumpHouse Theatre Presents The Autumn Season of Strange Resting Places

By Rob Mokoraka and Paolo Rotondo
Starring Paolo Rotondo, Rob Mokaraka and Maaka Pohatu

Bravery and fame have strange resting places.

Italy, 1944: a battle torn-theatre of the Second World War. The allied onslaught stalls at Monte Cassino and the 28th Maori Battalion find themselves centre stage. A young Maori soldier goes out to steal food; an Italian takes cover in a stable. Both find themselves trapped in a potentially deadly stand-off, but with Germans just outside, their survival depends on co-operation.

With music and comedy in Maori, Italian and English and some hilarious and moving characters, Strange Resting Places shines a light on the complex emotional bonds of New Zealand’s wartime history and the three universals that Maori shared with the Italians: whanau, food and song – not to mention wily cunning, a love of vino and a passion for the ladies.

Strange Resting Places is theatre crafted from extensive research, contemporary storytelling and personal experience.

“ . . . a spellbinding gem of a show that will have you laughing a lot and crying just a little . . . ” - New Zealand Herald

Directed by Leo Gene Peters
Presented in association with Taki Rua Productions

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