Natano Keni and Sarita So are both actors, writers and directors, as well as co-founders of their production company I Ken So...and also, husband and wife.
Their production O le Pepelo, Le Gaoi Ma Le Pala'ai - The Liar, the Thief and the Coward opens at Auckland's Waterfront Theatre tonight as part of the Auckland Arts Festival.
It's a dark comedy about leadership and tradition in Samoa - what happens when a proud chief falls ill and refuses to name a successor.
Natano is Samoan, born and raised in the Hutt, while Sarita's parents fled the Cambodia's Khmer Rouge for New Zealand. She's explored their story and her connection to it in her solo play Digging to Cambodia.
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