Themes of friendship and family as well as ‘wahine power” will be centre stage when Katikati College has its entire-school production Moana Jr.
About 100 students from all years will hit the stage for the musical adaptation of the popular movie being held this month.
It’s the first entire-school production Katikati College has run in 21 years.
A vote was held to pick what production they’d be doing, says show director and head of arts Kylie Backhouse-Smith. Out of 10 possibilities, Disney’s Moana Jr was the favourite.
“It’s a really great production for a diverse community and fantastic for getting as many kids on stage as possible,” she says. There are many themes in the adaptation such as identity, friendship, family, heritage, finding your place in society, cultural traditions, as well as ecology and strong women.
