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 live music mixed with drama and comedy in Maori, Italian and English, 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.

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The Plaza box office - 07 883 8596
Putaruru Information Centre - 07 883 7284
Tokoroa Information Centre - 07 886 8872
Fraser's Bookshop Matamata - 07 888 7787

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