Powerful, uplifting storytelling told with movement, music and words centered around lived experience
 

​Out the Gate is Theatre Marae presented by Te Rākau Hua o Te Wao Tapu, is a theatrical conversation about incarceration in Aotearoa. Presented by an ensemble of over 16 performers and followed by a facilitated kōrerō Out the Gate asks questions and provides hope. 

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Written by Helen Pearse-Otene

Directed by Jim Moriarty

Choreography by Tānemahuta Gray

Out the Gate will premiere at Pataka Art + Museum in Porirua, and then tour across the lower North Island.​​​​​​​​​​

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Te Rākau’s unique Theatre Marae method combines the complementary spiritual, social and political concepts of the Greek theatre and Marae into a performance hui.

Out the Gate is Theatre Marae in action, created with and for the community, deliberately blurring the lines between research, performance, and public kōrero. A conversation about incarceration in Aotearoa, the work presents episodic vignettes woven together through music, waiata, choreographed movement and physical theatre.

Content advisory: Some taumaha language and content may offend. Recommended for ages 14+. Whānau and tamariki welcome with parental guidance.

OUT THE GATE plays:
Pātaka Art + Museum, Porirua (premiere) - Wed 29 Oct, 7.00pm
Māoriland, Ōtaki - Fri 31 Oct, 7.00pm
Orongomai Marae, Upper Hutt - Sat 1 Nov, 7.00pm
Wainuiomata Marae - Sun 9 Nov, 1.30 pm & 7.00pm
Massey University, Mt Cook, Wellington - Wed 12 Nov – Sat 15 Nov, 7.00pm

More venues and community presentations to be announced. Tickets via www.terakau.org/out-the-gate.