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Our current original production exploring community stories and local narratives
2026
HOME MADE
Where does your heart keep landing?
HOME MADE is a love letter to the places and people we call home. Made up of the moments and memories that form us, Massive Theatre Company's new and original production explores all of the wonderfully loud moments that create a life and the soft moments that make it worth living.
At its heart are five artists, each one with their own answer to what home looks, sounds, and feels like. Playful and heartfelt, the cast contemplate: Where does your heart live, and who does it call home?
A NEW AND ORIGINAL EMERGING ARTISTS PRODUCTION
HOME MADE premieres in Tāmaki Makaurau before heading north to Whangārei. This is Massive’s return to the stage following 2024’s acclaimed emerging artists production Te Ao Hou.
HOME MADE is presented in partnership with Te Pou Theatre and ONEONESIX, with support form Creative New Zealand, Foundation North and Auckland Council.
Cast
Manunui Rainey
Deviser & Performer
Māui Hitchens
Deviser & Performer
Phoebe Rayneau
Deviser & Performer
Tom Webster
Deviser & Performer
Tyla Tuala-Vaimasenu'u
Deviser & Performer
Dates | Locations | Tickets
Te Pou Theatre (Henderson, Auckland)
7.30pm-8.30pm | 22-25 July, 2026
SCHOOL MATINEES | Te Pou Theatre (Henderson, Auckland)
12pm-1.30pm (incl. Q&A) | Thu 23 & Fri 24 July, 2026
ONEONESIX (Whangārei)
7.30pm-8.30pm | 29-31 July, 2026
SCHOOL MATINEES | ONEONESIX (Whangārei)
11am-12.30pm (incl. Q&A) | Thu 30 & Fri 31 July, 2026
Creative Team
DirectorDenyce Su'a
Assistant DirectorHarmony Hogarth
ProducerCharlie Underhill
Production ManagerEmmanuel Reynaud
Stage ManagerRenee Wiki
Lighting DesignerJane Hakaraia
Costume DesignerLauren Millar
Operations ManagerJoseph Noster
What People Say
About Massive's Emerging Artists Productions
...an outstanding piece of devising – cohesive, clearly collaborative, rich in content, and swamped in manaaki – a compassion that is generously shared with an appreciative audience.
LM
Lexie Matheson (Theatreview) review of Te Ao Hou 2024
The performances, the story, the lighting design, costuming, and the set design are the most cohesive in recent memory. It is refreshing to see a production use a restricted number of media and stylistic choices, but utilise them to the fullest extent. The creative team have done a fantastic job of producing a play where all the constituent elements work in harmony.
BS
Ben Shand-Clennell (TheatreScenes) review of Heart Go...BOOM! 2023
This show is so smart and so slick. It doesn’t feel like an emerging artist show at all. The level of craft in this show is just on. I am probably going to go home tonight and keep thinking about it, and probably will wake up tomorrow thinking about it. I am coming back again!
AF
Audience Feedback of Heart Go...BOOM!