Friday, June 8, 2012

Goodbye My Feleni

I have had a long and strong friendship with writer David Mamea for a few years now. So when I stumbled upon a post on facebook a few months ago that he was producing a play as part of Greyview's The 3UP project , I was thrilled for him. After many years of nagging him to write for the stage - he  did it.

Little did I know, I would get a phone call requesting a meeting.
David had a a favour to ask - would I come on as a co-producer  for Goodbye My Feleni.

Now , I didn't hesitate , this was my good friend and the way I saw it , I owed him big time for all of the projects he had supported me on, over the years.

So merrily , I have walked alongside David to ensure that this project comes to fruition, with hopefully as little stress as possible. His job , make the script the best it could be , my job find director  - easy.  Chris Molloy came onboard and selected his cast.

Shadon Meredith , Samson Chan Boon, Leki Jackson Bourke and Andy Sani .


The funny thing about co-op productions is that you get to do all things.
Between David and myself we have designed a minimal set , sourced costumes, created a eflyer and promoted the work. David has also acted as stage manager fo the work.
 Chris has designed a simple lighting design and organised the rehearsal schedule.

We are 5 days out from opening night and I look forward to seeing all the hard work come to fruition on stage on Thursday 14 June.



Friday, March 16, 2012

E Ono Tama'i Pato by Maureen Fepulea'i - One step at a time!


Hekama Creative has started to work with Maureen Fepulea'i on the further development and plans for production of E Ono Tama'i Pato.

On March 10 , Maureen was invited to be part of TAPAC at PASIFIKA FESTIVAL 2012.
Big thanks to all those who came over and attended - we had about 40 audience members join us.
Who generously gave Maureen feedback after the reading both in public forum and via surveys we handed out. The encouragement to take this play to the community has been incredible.
We are working hard on possible production dates. So watch this space.

Even bigger thanks to the amazing cast and director :

Lilioavani - Ana Tuigamala
Raesala - Stephanie Tuaevihi
Sala - Suivai Autagagia
Elisapeta - Victoria Schmidt
Mele - Jenni Heka

This reading was directed by Margaret Mary Hollins .

This was Hekama Creative's first attempt at eflyer design - didn't do too badly considering.