E Ipo, My Love

"There’s all this history… but there’s also me and you."

Tane & Gisele are like a lot of couples in this country. They love one another, fight for one another, and enjoy spending their lives together. But the history of Aotearoa is never too far behind them.

E Ipo, My Love is an honest, heartfelt and at times hilarious look at what it is to be a Māori and Pākehā couple in Aotearoa New Zealand. Inspired by historical accounts, interviews with couples, and their own experiences of being together, Tane Te Pakeke-Patterson (Kai Tahu, Kāti Hateatea) & Gisele Proud pull back the curtain on bicultural relationships in a nation with “one of the best race relations in the world”.

From first contact to final moments, E Ipo, My Love invites you to navigate both the uncomfortable and the uplifting alongside a young couple who are still trying to figure it out for themselves.

Bring your lover, your partner, or your situationship to enjoy this exciting new work by two young artists who are returning to Tāmaki Makaurau after developing and then touring this show internationally.

E Ipo, My Love was created in collaboration with the Isaac Theatre Royal and the Hagley Theatre School Six-Month Theatre Creation Course under the mentorship and direction of Dr Pedro Ilgenfritz.

Get ready to experience the complicated love story this country has never told…