Siblings is a brand new theatre show devised by director Pelenakeke Brown, associate director Barnie Duncan, and members of the D/deaf and tāngata whaikaha/disabled community and their siblings.
Siblings started as a Flock project and is now proudly independent; we are delighted to see how it is growing and developing.
Be part of the audience that helps shape the future of Aotearoa theatre.
“We’re here to explore the nuance of agency and care within the messy universe of Siblings from the perspective of disability.” – Pelenakeke Brown, Director
Directed by Pelenakeke Brown and Barnie Duncan and created with the cast. SIBLINGS has evolved over three years of talanoa, play and deep connection. This genre-defying new work brings together four extraordinary Māori and Pacific artists in a show that is truly authentic.
This is theatre that resists tidy narratives – a constellation of sensation, memory, and care.
Created with and for our communities.
Created with access at its centre.
Created with deep whanaungatanga.
24–28 July | Te Pou Theatre
NZSL + audio description available
Pelenakeke Brown - Director
Pelenakeke Brown (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist, and writer. Her practice explores the intersections between Disability theory and Sāmoan cultural concepts. Her practice investigates sites of knowledge that hold both and she uses technology, writing, poetry, and performance to explore these ideas. Her work has been featured in Art in America, The New York Times, The Big Idea, and Pantograph Punch.
Barnie Duncan - Associate Director
Barnie (he/him) has been creating theatre for the last twenty three years, as a solo performer, collaborator and director. He has long been interested in trying to present fresh and innovative ways of telling stories on stage, and is extremely excited by the possibilities Siblings presents to further this exploration. He himself inhabits a not-very conventional Sibling Universe, and is curious to uncover what threads are common to us all within this most intimate and complex relationship structure.
“I’m interested in the universe of siblingdom because it’s a fascinating world full of different relationships, and as someone who is the oldest with many siblings (seven, to be exact) it’s a really rich place to explore. As a disabled artist, I think there hasn’t been a piece of theatre that has explored these ideas yet, of family and disability, that I’ve seen, so I am super excited to delve into this world”
— Pelenakeke
Our Supporters
Please email siblings@flock.nz for more information or to register for the workshop.