The stories behind BONES
The following audio recordings give you the opportunity to step inside the stories that gave BONES its voice — raw, funny, unafraid of the dark… and the people whose bones still ache for the truth.
BONES is a work of fiction drawn from the stories of many set in a valley haunted by ghosts who still have something to say.
These stories — Kaihu Scones, The Fantail, and others — are the bones of the work.
They speak of mothers and sons, of violence and forgiveness, of the ancestral threads that refuse to stay buried. Some are funny, some brutal — all seeded with grains of truth from people, living and dead, who want their stories told.
These recordings are richer and longer than the versions read in live performance. They’re the kind of stories we all carry in our bones.
Washing Dishes
cloaked behind kai, kōrero, laughter and sadness… the unthinkable happens, and the impact is still reverberating — three generations later…
Kaihu Scones
A sunny Saturday morning.
A mother baking scones in a kitchen filled with ghosts…
and the soft threads of forgiveness that weave a family together.
The Fantail
A fantail taps at the window — ghosts with opinions meet the living trying to forget, and a brother who finds what can’t be buried.
Some family reunions happen beyond the grave.
I thought I was safe here.
When your father is the unexpected guest.
Te Po
The voice from the void. Who knew a walk to scool could lead to such an adventure?.
