BlackTies

When Māori corporate hotshot Hera and Aboriginal consultancy entrepreneur Kane locked eyes at a Cultural Awareness session, it was love at first sight. Ambitious and career-focused, Kane and Hera now have their perfect future all mapped out. But there is one thing they can’t control… their families!

As the biggest mob of Aunties, Uncles and cousins from both sides of the ditch get worked up for the brownest wedding ever, reality is sinking in. Fast! Will this international love story bring two strong cultures together? Or will it blow Hera and Kane’s world apart?

Join them for the biggest, brownest wedding ever – a hilarious, heart-warming theatre experience from award-winning ILBIJERRI Theatre Company and Te Rēhia Theatre.

With a peerless cast including Lana Garland, Laughton Kora, Brady Peeti, Uncle Jack Charles, Mark Coles Smith and Tuakoi Ohia, and created by a brilliant team of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori artists, BLACK TIES reimagines the popular wedding rom-com from a distinctively First Nations perspective. Set to a live score of Black anthems and wedding classics, it will be a party to remember.

Recommended for ages 12+
Contains some adult references and moderate coarse language

Watch the trailer here

Read The Guardian review here

Read the Pantograph Punch review here

Watch an interview with co-writer, co-director and actor Tainui Tukiwaho on Māori Television here

Listen to an interview with co-writer, co-director and actor Tainui Tukiwaho on RNZ National here 

We catch up with Tainui Tukiwaho and actor Tawhirangi Macpherson for a Mojo Moment here 

"Completely brilliant" – Hear what Auckland audiences said after the opening night of BLACK TIES here