

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Sons of Vao
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 09:00 am – Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 10:10 am (+12:00)
- **Event Description**: Vao is a warrior. A charming, handsome man, he carries rage in his fists and danger in his eyes. But, to his three sons, he is a god. “We follow his words and everything he does becomes the law in our young lives. Our lives belong to Vao.”

Spanning four decades, from village life in Niue in the 1970s to the suburbs of Ponsonby, this powerful story follows the brothers’ struggle to break free from their father’s destructive hold.

This play is directed by stage and screen legend Anapela Polata’ivao ONZM (Samoa: Vailoa Faleata, Vaiusu, Fagae’e Safune), who recently starred in the hit movie Tinā and directed acclaimed Auckland Theatre Company works Things That Matter and Red, White and Brass. Audiences can expect a powerfully told story.

A world premiere, Vela Manusaute’s (Niue: Mutalau, Hakupu) autobiographical Adam NZ Play Award-winning script is deeply personal. In parts, it is confronting and, in others, it uses laughter to mask the pain as the brothers emerge into adulthood, carrying childhood scars that affect each of them in very different ways.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/auckland/sons-of-vao/200029698551707
- **Event Categories**: art, theatre, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 3

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.atc.co.nz/whats-on/2026-season/sons-of-vao?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=auckland-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Auckland
- **state**: AU
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: ASB Waterfront Theatre
- **lat**: -36.842013687608
- **long**: 174.75766814081
- **full address**: ASB Waterfront Theatre, 138 Halsey St, Wynyard Quarter,Auckland, New Zealand

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Auckland Theatre Company (https://allevents.in/org/auckland-theatre-company/1126857)

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- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/6d3a35e786b0a2c51e9fba0185f4e49a93762c17b1e4cf3081e443c442fb775b-rimg-w300-h300-dc171917-gmir?v=1772880674

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 09:00 am (+12:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** ASB Waterfront Theatre, 138 Halsey St, Wynyard Quarter,Auckland, New Zealand
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Auckland Theatre Company
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, theatre, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Sons of Vao ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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