Aqua Nullius: Toe Fai! & Talaucaka
Circa Theatre and The Blue Room Theatre, 2026
Writer / Director/Costume Designer: Emele Ugavule
Actor: Selina Alesana Alefosio, Te Ata Tu Patelesio, Maurea Perez-Varea, Kasaya Manulevu
Choreography: Selina Alesana Alefosio, Te Ata Tu Patelesio, Maurea Perez-Varea, Kasaya Manulevu and Emele Ugavule
Production Manager: Alexander Dickson
LX Designer: Alexander Dickson (Circa Theatre), Mannuel Caballero & Izzi Lao (The Blue Room Theatre)
Production Set & Props Designer: Grace O’Brien
Sound Designer: Ephraim Frame
AV Designer: Reuben Nicolas
Accent coach: Hilary Norris (Circa Theatre), Jean Goodwin (The Blue Room Theatre)
Costume maker: Thiwanka Wijewadarna
Photography: Maeve O’Connell
Graphic Design & Videography: The Misa Girls
Aqua Nullius is a century-spanning Pasifika futurist universe where the Pacific’s waters, lands, lineages, and digital shadows form a contested realm of erased and reclaimed Indigenous sovereignty. Across five plays, it explores water, memory, and colonialism—physical, ecological, and digital - challenging the myth of aqua nullius.
Talaucaka & Toe Fai! were presented as a double bill at Circa Theatre in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa and The Blue Room Theatre in Boorloo, Whadjuk Boodja in 2026.
