Kai the star in Elemental event
16 Jul 2021 08:39 AM
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Tausani Simei-Papalii: Kai the star in Elemental event
Usually dinner theatre means a meal served up before a play or concert in a restaurant, but for an event in the Auckland Elemental Festival, the kai is very much part of the theatre.
Usually, dinner theatre means a meal served up before a play or concert in a restaurant, but for an event in the Auckland Elemental Festival, the kai is very much part of the theatre.
Artistic director Tausani Simei-Papalii came up with the idea of Takurua: Battle of the Brothers while working as head chef at Sails Restaurant in Rarotonga, where he saw it as a way to highlight Pacific culinary and cultural traditions.