Organization

Auckland Arts Festival

Assistant Director

Megan Adams

Movement director

Dramaturge

Riley Spadaro

Assistant Movement Director

Emma Broad

Dialect coach

Perry Piercy

Singer

Tenor

Shiddharth Chand

Waiter

Lighting designer

Matthew Marshall

Soprano

Tayla Alexander

Customer

Mezzo-soprano

Ebony Andrew

Manala

Morag Atchison

Michelle

Joshua Cramond

Tommy Murphy

Baritone

Andrew Grainger

Paddy Murphy

Frith Horan

Trisha-Lee Murphy

Georgia Jamieson Emms

Louise

Catrin Johnsson

Police Officer

Matthew Kereama

Mike 3

Alex Matangi

Taxi Driver

Robert Tucker

Phil Goff

Jennifer Ward-Lealand

Margaret Murphy

Conductor

Luke Di Somma

Stage director

Thomas de Mallet Burgess

Set designer

Tracy Grant Lord

Costume designer

Repetiteur

Ben Kubiak

Customs Official

Chris Mac Rae

Mike 2

Big Mike

Judge

Mike 1

Mike 4

Nigel

Mike 5

Child vocalist

Marley Grgicevich

Bunnings Hat Kid

William Kelly

Other roles

Pianist

New Zealand Opera

Orchestra

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

English

The Unruly Tourists

Auckland

New Zealand

Bruce Mason Centre

Public

Private

Approved

In a tale from living memory, a flock of badly behaved tourists spread a trail of rubbish and fuel a national obsession. This genre-defying comedy is written by the award-winning duo of Livi Reihana and Amanda Kennedy (The Fan Brigade) and composed by Luke Di Somma.

Presented by New Zealand Opera and Auckland Arts Festival at the Bruce Mason Centre near Takapuna Beach, The Unruly Tourists breaks all the stereotypes you think you know about opera, and will spark conversation long after the curtain goes down.

New Zealand Opera presents The Unruly Tourists

THE UNRULY TOURISTS
“a piece of commissioning genius… There has already been more hype and interest in The Unruly Tourists than anything New Zealand Opera has done in years.” (NewstalkZB)

In a tale from living memory, a flock of badly-behaved tourists spread a trail of rubbish, fuel a national obsession, make international headlines and land the visitors in local courtrooms.

This genre-defying comedy is written by the award-winning duo of Livi Reihana and Amanda Kennedy (The Fan Brigade), composed by Luke Di Somma and directed by Thomas de Mallet Burgess.

Presented by New Zealand Opera and Auckland Arts Festival in an immersive production at the Bruce Mason Centre, The Unruly Tourists takes you to Takapuna where it all started and then smashes all the stereotypes you think you know about opera. This witty, irreverent and caustically observed work will spark conversation and debate long after the curtain goes down.

This opera is an artistic and critical work. Not all depictions or statements are based on true events.

The Unruly Tourists by Di Somma, From (2023/2023), Directed by Thomas de Mallet Burgess,, Conductor Luke Di Somma, Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland, New Zealand

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Cast

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