Waitahi Aniwaniwa McGee

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Ko Ngāti Pākeha, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tama Ki Te Tau Ihu, Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Te Āti Awa ōku iwi. Ko Waitahi Aniwaniwa McGee tēnei. Mauri Ora

Waitahi Aniwaniwa McGee (They/Them) is an interdisciplinary artist working in live performance. 

After moving to Wellington in 2019 to study acting at Toi Whakaari/NZ Drama School, they’ve spent the last three years freelancing in roles spanning from Assistant Director to Stage Manager, Actor, Puppeteer, Producer, and Sound Designer working with established organisations such as Tāwhiri Festivals and Experiences, Wellington Opera, Verb Wellington, Kia Mau Festival, Barbarian Productions and more.

In 2020, Waitahi co-directed award winning Poetry Film “Noho Mai”. In 2021 they were awarded “Most Promising Emerging Artist” in the Wellington Fringe where they debuted their original work “Wai Ata Mai” as part of the Pūtahi Festival. In 2022 they were 1 of 2 successful recipients of the CNZ Toi Tipu Toi Rea Fund which allowed them to carry out a final development of “Wai Ata Mai”.

Waitahi Aniwaniwa McGee's reviews

Hine Hōia

Wellington

03/08/2023 - 03/08/2023

"Potential of craft and talent not yet achieved with clarity and cohesion..
The Sun and The Wind

Tauranga, Auckland

28/07/2023 - 24/03/2024

"Perfect performances enable audiences to consider the effects of intergenerational trauma..

"Inspired writing, great performances, and totally committed storytelling..

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THE HAKA PARTY INCIDENT

Auckland, Wellington, Rotorua, Christchurch

30/03/2021 - 11/11/2023

"The Haka Party Incident – bold, ferocious, essential viewing..

"Me hoki whakamuri kia anga whakamua: Look to the past to move boldly to the future...

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THE WORLD'S FIRST LOVERS

Dunedin, Wellington

07/12/2022 - 17/06/2023

"An otherworldly experience: my body gets it, my brain does not..

"Multi-layered and generous storytelling..
3 Steps Back

Wellington

23/02/2023 - 17/06/2023

"A deep, beautiful and poetically passionate insight into disability..

"Poetic, powerful, visceral, raw, gutsy and unmissable..
CONCERNING THE UFO SIGHTING OUTSIDE MT ROSKILL, AUCKLAND

Wellington, Auckland

07/06/2023 - 11/11/2023

"Thank you, Captain Dana Hayward, may you and your creator live long and prosper..

"A beautiful, delicate, raunchy way of raising questions about how we relate to each other..
MOKOMOKO

Wellington, Global, New Plymouth

10/05/2022 - 07/10/2023

"Beautifully disturbing, a wero laid down, a journey of self discovery..

"Perhaps it needs a rejuggle to make sense of the struggle..

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