Written by Tim Finn and Ken Duncum
Film by Sue Healy
Performed by Tim Finn
Produced by Jumpboard Productions
"The island is full of voices," says Caliban in The Tempest, and so too are the islands of Aotearoa.
Join celebrated New Zealand musician Tim Finn in this unique show crafted with award-winning playwright Ken Duncum and filmmaker Sue Healey. A performance event where the alchemy of observation, photographs and journals, story, and song deliver a potent celebration of family, ancestors and what it means to be Pakeha.
Touching on themes of cultural dislocation, relocation, and reconnection, White Cloud is a reflection on the life of his Anglo-Saxon family growing up in New Zealand, missing the UK, being immersed in Maori culture and how that shaped his family.
"[Tim Finn's songs] tell amazing stories and are refreshingly direct in what he has to say and what he asks us to question. Duncum takes family stories and brings them alive, with enough nostalgia to make us all reflect on growing up in a younger more innocent New Zealand but not enough to feel sugar coated. They make for a powerful creative combination." - LYNN FREEMAN, CAPITAL TIMES
Nelson Arts Festival
