Performance works from Pacific artists will set the Galatos stage alight this Friday 27 February 2009, for the opening night of the Auckland Fringe Festival. ‘Tautai: OFF STAGE at Galatos’ brings together well-known artists including Leafa Janice Wilson, John Ioane, Marlon Rivers, Rob George and Andrea Low alongside talented newcomers for an evening of new and experimental works. “It’s going to be a night of live and mediated performance works – a mix of the high-brow and experimental, with a party atmosphere,” says organiser Christina Jeffery. Presented by the Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust, the event features a range of Pacific artists including Lonnie Hutchinson, Shigeyuki Kihara, Janet Lilo, Sheyne Tuffery, Itiri Ngaro and LindaT. They will be joined by a number of emerging artists including Vaimaila Urale, Junior Taumoepeau, Mose Eteuati, Angela Tiatia and Fristar Viliamu. The event begins at 6 pm at Galatos, 17 Galatos Street, Newton, Auckland.
John Ioane, one of the artists performing at "Tautai: OFF STAGE" at Galatos. Image courtesy of Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust
