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A Possibility of Reviving the Rakugo Club?

On By Kanariya EishiIn Notice, Updates2 Comments

Kia ora!

As a few people have asked me if I am willing to revive the rakugo club, I am writing this to suss out if there is enough interest out there to resume the group.

Learning from my past mistakes, I will approach it a bit differently this time if you are interested in participating in this only rakugo community in New Zealand.

  1. As it is the traditional way, I am still willing to teach rakugo free of charge. However, this time I’d like the participants to organise a venue for me. I want to focus on just teaching rakugo (in the past, I had to do most of the admin myself).
  2. This time I will make, for example, a 10 week-long curriculum to end the term with a public performance. I’d like students who actually want to perform at the end of the programme.
  3. The problem of a free programme was that many people didn’t show up regularly, but this time I’d expect participants to show up at least 80% of the sessions.
  4. I have a few women’s kimono donated to the club for you to use, but otherwise you will need to organise your own kimono. A very cheap ones can be purchased for $30-50 at Asia Gallery Kimono Emporium.
  5. If you don’t live in Auckland, please do not contact me regarding this (as it happens a lot!). If you do, I am sorry but I will disregard your message!

If you are interested in getting involved, please message me via the contact page or one of my SNS.

Performing Rakugo on Saturday 7 September!

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I’m letting you know that my rakugo performance at Te Pou Theatre is happening this weekend!

Some people have asked me what time my slot is, so here you go!

PLACE: Tāhū Studio at Te Pou (Corban Estate Arts Centre, 2 Mt Lebanon Lane, Henderson, Waitakere)

TIME (for my performance): 2:15PM-2:45PM

As I mentioned before, it’s a part of Whānau Day, and you can check out heaps of other amazing artists, too, FOR FREE!

Hope to see you there, and make sure to say hi to me!

Rakugo Performance Schedule

On By Kanariya EishiIn Māori, Notice, UpdatesLeave a comment

Kia ora!

It’s been a while to update my website, but hope everything is well with you all 😊

I have been performing mainly for educational institutions for the last few months, but 2 public performances are coming up very soon!

One will be at UPSTAIRS of my favourite bookstore, Time Out (432 Mt Eden Road), and the other will be on Whānau Day 2024 at the prestigious Māori theatre, Te Pou (2 Mt Lebanon lane, Henderson)!

* To clarify the notice on Whānau Day 2024, ‘Rakugo’ is the right spelling of my art, and my real name ‘Hiroshi’, instead of my stage name Kanariya Eishi, is shown (which is actually seen as a no-no in the rakugo world), but I’m still super grateful!

Please do RSVP via contact page or one of my SNS if you are coming to the Time Out performance. RSVP not required for Whānau Day.

I normally pick which stories to perform while I’m on stage, but I have realised it’d be more audience friendly if I let them know before the performance, so here’s my plan:

Time Out (Sat 24 August)

Story 1: The Zoo (動物園) Story 2: Licking a Kettle (やかんなめ)

Te Pou (Sat 7 September)

Story 1: Jugemu (寿限無) Story 2: The Zoo (動物園)

Hope to see you there! Don’t forget to RSVP if you are coming to Time Out!