About The Bone Feeder

The Bone Feeder is a 75 minute play, a contemporary reworking of the historical sinking of the SS Ventnor.  In 1902 the coffins of 499 Chinese sojourners from Otago and Wellington, being repatriated to their home towns in China, were lost near the Hokianga Harbour.  The play follows the trials of a young man called Ben who seeks to find the lost bones of his great great grandfather and to bring them home, and of Kwan, a man who emigrates to NZ in the 1800s and has to decide where he belongs.

Combining theatre with aerial stunts and martial arts, live music, shadow play and dance, the play is a fictional exploration of what is for many Chinese New Zealanders a very real and significant piece of their history.  The play also explores one of the first times of contact between Maori and Chinese.

The Bone Feeder is a New Zealand play with a difference.  It's a contemporary Western theatre piece which draws on the traditions of Asian storytelling.

VENUE: TAPAC, 100 Motions Rd, Western Springs, Auckland
DATES: Thursday 10 November – Sunday 20 November (Preview 9 November)

TIMES:  Tue – Sat @ 7.30pm
No performance Sun 13/Mon 14 November
matinee Sat 12th & Tues 15th @ 12pm, Sun 20 @4 pm
Q+A after the 7.30 pm show on Sat 12th

Tickets here or by calling (09) 8450295 from 10am – 5pm weekdays.

Season supported by Creative NZ and Asia NZ Foundation
with thanks also to TAPAC, Toi Ora Arts Trust and Kiwistat
Title image by artist Penny Howard