Telling Your Own Story About the Love You Leave Behind

Telling Your Own Story About the Love You Leave Behind

MIXIT presents
BITTER SWEET
16 and 17 January 2015 at TAPAC

MIXIT gears up for their annual performance, taking place on the 16th and 17th of January. Renowned for producing inspirational and vibrant performance events that reflect the dynamic multi-cultural mix of Auckland refugee communities in 2015 – their latest, BITTER SWEET will see this diverse troupe of young performers give us their own personal take on that thing we call love.

Inspired by Shakespeare, informed by refugee and migrant experiences and situated in the here and now, BITTER SWEET mashes up drama, choreography and music to tell stories about love that’s taboo, love which has been left behind and secret love for things attainable. In a triumph of oral storytelling, we’ll hear narratives of flirtation and attraction, daydreams about desirable shoes and movie stars and the tensions that arise in the space between traditional expectations and new opportunities.

Every summer Mixit invites a multi-cultural team of people aged between 14 – 22 years to devise a site-specific performance event. They’ve been building BITTER SWEET over the latter half of 2014 with a cast of 30 hailing from the Congo, Zimbabwe, China, Samoa, Myanmar, Palestine, Tonga, Italy, Sri Lanka and India. Backed by a spirit of authenticity and play, their stories of celebration and sorrow will be told in a mélange of different languages. Their truths are palpable.

A creative team of leading artists will guide the BITTER SWEET project. Mixit DirectorWendy Preston will facilitate the work alongside much-loved Kiwi actor and directorPaolo Rotondo (Orphans and Kingdoms, When We Go to War, Strange Resting Places, Tartuffe), choreographer and dancer Justin Haiu (NZ Dance Company, The Arrival) and performer Tahi Mapp-Borren (Migrant Nation, The Arrival). They’ll also mentor three emerging artists, recently graduated from performing arts training, as creative interns.

Normally resident at Corbans Estate Arts Centre in Henderson, BITTER SWEET will see Mixit return to their old stomping ground, TAPAC for two performances in mid-January. This promises to be a powerful little package, a truly kinetic event that will make your heart beat faster.

Mixit is an inspirational multicultural youth project that uses the arts as a platform for empowerment, connection and for young people with refugee backgrounds to ‘mix it’ with migrant and local youth.

BITTER SWEET plays
Friday 16 January at 8pm
Saturday 17 January at 2pm and 8pm
TAPAC : 100 Motions Road, Western Springs
Tickets: $12 General Admission, $42 for a Group of 4
Bookings: www.tapac.org.nz or 09 845 0295

Visit www.mixit.co.nz for more information

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