HIVE CITY LEGACY

NAARM CHAPTER

ACTIVATE POLLINATE LIBERATE!

Are you a performing artist (18 - 35yrs) residing in Naarm on the Sovereign lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong Boon Wurrung Peoples of the Kulin Nation? Are you a Femme from a Global First Nations Background? Are you ready to delve into the process of creating multidisciplinary work filled with Joyous Rage and Radical Fierce Love with the genre defying, award winning Hot Brown Honey? Then we got you!

Hive City Legacy - Naarm Chapter is a guided, process driven project for Black, Indigenous and POC (BIPOC) Femmes to develop storytelling skills, amplify your voice, and centre your lived experiences through performance making.

APPLY NOW

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RISE AND SHINE MOTHERLOVERS!

At the forefront of everything we do we give our Love and Respect to the First Nations People across the globe. Sovereignty Never Ceded.

In an act of Radical Fierce Love, we at Hot Brown Honey lay it on the table. We invite you into our world where we stand centre stage shining brightly for all to see. Too often we are portrayed as the savage, the maid, the victim, the perpetrator, but we defy these labels. We ask you to celebrate with us. Celebrate all that we are. Our Truth. Our Courage. Our Complexities. Our Resistance.

Join us as we take back our stories and explode the stereotypes that follow us. Together let us laugh at them, dismantle them and re-write them with open arms and middle finger raised.The Arts has the capacity to shift culture. We live in a culture that needs change urgently. Not tomorrow. Right Here. Right Now. We are amidst the Creative Revolution.

Calling all the Game Changers, Myth Slayers, Poets, Movers. Music Makers Ground Breakers, Truth Sayers, Shake em up Women, Queens, Queers and Risk Takers - We are the Change Creators! THIS IS OUR WORLD MOTHERLOVERS! TIME TO SHINE! We are the Latest Models of our Ancestry. Our Stories. Our Voices. Our Bodies. We will not Apologise for Who We Are. To our Allies and Accomplices - The moment is now! #BurnItDown

HBH CULTURAL AWARENESS MERCH!

THE REVOLUTION CANNOT HAPPEN WITHOUT CHILDCARE

At Hot Brown Honey we believe parents and in particular mothers stories are often absent from our industry due to the overwhelming demands on them mentally, emotionally and of course financially. We want to make space where mothers can be included and until our industry comes to the table we get creative. All profits from our HBH Merch goes directly to helping the mothers in our team tour with their children. We try to provide an environment that includes children, provides financial assistance and supports their mother’s to shine bright centrestage. This is how we do it! Big venues, festivals, companies yes we talking to you - it’s not impossible you just have to make it a priority. We are also raising funds for Busty during her cancer journey. So turn up to our shows or online for some killa Merch!

MERCH AVAILABLE ONLINE: T-SHIRTS & HOODIES

Decolonise and Moisturise | Make Way for the Matriarchy | The Revolution Cannot Happen Without Childcare | Don’t Touch my Hair - Busty Beatz Fundraiser | Hive City Legacy

LIMITED EDITION MERCH AVAILABLE AT SHOWS

Small earrings | Large earrings | Badges | Decolonise and Moisturise Lip Balm and Moisturiser

GET YOUR HBH MERCH

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A MESSAGE FROM BUSTY BEATZ

In the words of Audre Lorde: “I have found that battling despair does not mean closing my eyes to the enormity of the tasks of effecting change, nor ignoring the strength and the barbarity of the forces aligned against us. It means teaching, surviving and fighting with the most important resource I have, myself, and taking joy in that battle.” (The Cancer Journals)

Our beloved Queen Bee, Busty Beatz diagnosed with the breast cancer (trip neg). We have taken great comfort & resolve from those who are/have gone through this battle. Some are still with us. Some are not. The reality is, this is lonnnng ass ordeal with unknown outcomes. So #ThisIsHowWeDoIt #PrepareForCare Turning shit into Honey is our Jam! #FuckCancer

MEET THE HONEYS

The Honeys are all super talented, multidimensional artists who trailblaze as independents as well as sharing time and space with Hot Brown Honey. Follow and support these incredible artists!

LISA FA'ALAFI - THE GAME CHANGER

Co-Creative Director. Creator. Writer.Director. Designer. Choreographer.

Definition: Innovator of an event or idea that significantly alters the current way of doing or thinking. Shake’Em Up Woman.

Defies the Norm. Shifts the Paradigm. Rocks The Boat.

In the words of Tusiata Avia:

“In a world that punches down on Moana women, celebrating our Indigenous joy is one of our most important acts of resistance”

BUSTY BEATZ - THE QUEEN BEE

Co-Creative Director. Creator. Writer. Music Director. Composer. Sound Designer.

Definition: So Boss. Vessel for The Word of The Mother. Divine Feminine Power. Hip Hop Wrath. Filled with Joyous Rage. Protector of the Hive. Nurturer. See Matriarchy. Fights The Power.

In the words of Dr Angela Davis:

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.”

YAMI LÖVENBERG - THE TRAILBLAZER

Movement Artist. Int'l Honey. Hive Facilitator. HBH Ensemble.

Definition: The Fire that burns pathways. Creator of Movements and Magic. Lady of The Legacy.

Keeper of The Culture. Radiantly Lit. Activates. Pollinates. Liberates.

In The Words of En Vogue:

“Free your mind and the rest will follow.”

GHENOA GELA - THE GROUND BREAKER

Multi-Dimensional Storyteller. Arts

Navigator. HBH Ensemble.

Definition: Originator or pioneer that leads to/makes possible further growth. Risk Taker. Devours Space. The Fierce Awakens. .

In The Words Of Nina Simone:

“An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times”

ALINTA MCGRADY - THE BADASSMUTHA

Singer. Songwriter. Dancer. Writer.

Triple Threat. HBH Ensemble.

Definition: Embodying values of justice, courage, compassion and integrity. One who has the responsibility of physical and emotional care of the next generation. Land connected, Fiercely protective.The Hardest job on earth.

In the Words of Hot Brown Honey:

“The Revolution Cannot Happen Without Childcare.”

LILIKOI KAOS - THE WAVE MAKER

Circus Artist. Comedian. Dancer.

Hoops. HBH Ensemble.

Definition: Oceanic innovator, navigating the way for those to follow. Flirting with risk, shaking up the system and braving the unknown. Washing away colonised thought, change through Kaos.

In The Words of Haunani Kay Trask:

“I break the ideology of happy natives and that makes me dangerous.”

OFA FOTU - THE MYTHSLAYER

Soul Singer. Dancer. HBH Alumni.

Guest Understudy for Busty Beatz.

Definition: Defeats a fiction or half-truth, especially one that forms part of an ideology. She slays. Staff Holder. Soothsayer. Smashes Stereotypes. Centre stage.

In The Words of Emma Dabiri, Solange, HBH and thousands more: “Don’t Touch My Hair.”

MAYU MUTO - THE GRAVITY DEFIER

Aerialist. Circus Artist. Dancer. Physical Comedy. HBH Ensemble.

Definition: One who defies convention. Refuses to obey. Grounded in tradition and elevated by the fantastic. Strength of body and mind beyond boundaries, generating joy as they reach for the sky.

In the Words of Yuri Kochiyama:

“The most powerful weapon for we women of colour is truth. Go out and tell truth, everywhere.”

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THE HIVE IS ALIVE!

DECOLONISE AND MOISTURISE

"The Hot Brown Honeys are fierce and with the music booming and a middle finger raised, they are here to make noise and to re-educate the patriarchal, colonial masses"

The Pantograph Punch

Rise and Shine Motherlovers! Hot Brown Honey are back with THE REMIX - Fierce! Femme! Global First Nations! Everything you love about the smash hit show, with extra sweet treats of Radical Fierce Love and Joyous Rage - Centrestage.

Steeped in the Word of The Mother and packing a punch of Hip Hop politics, Hot Brown Honey is an extraordinary production that spins tradition on its head, going above and beyond to challenge boundaries and embrace the resistance.

Equal parts theatrical masterpiece & social activism, a stellar posse of phenomenal Global First Nations women smash stereotypes in an unapologetic celebration of our similarities & differences. So get ready to laugh until you cry, clap until your hands bleed, dance in the aisles and shake every part of what your mama gave you. It’s time to be the change we want to be.

MAKE WAY FOR THE MATRIARCHY

"Hot Brown Honey is more than a show, it’s a movement...The future of feminism is Hot Brown Honey and it is delicious."

Vancouver Presents

HOT BROWN HONEY

Created and Written by

Kim “Busty Beatz” Bowers & Lisa Fa’alafi

DIRECTED BY LISA FA’ALAFI

MUSIC DIRECTION BY BUSTY BEATZ

TECHNICAL DIRECTION/LIGHTING DESIGN BY PAUL LIM

PRODUCED BY Quiet Riot - Executive Producer Linda Catalano In partnership with Kim “Busty Beatz” Bowers and Lisa Fa’alafi

STARRING

Lisa Fa’alafi aka The Game Changer

Ofa Fotu aka The Mythslayer/Busty Beatz Understudy

Yami Löfvenberg aka The Trailblazer

Ghenoa Gela aka The Ground Breaker

Alinta McGrady aka The Badass Mutha

Lilikoi Kaos aka The Wave Maker

Mayu Muto aka The Gravity Defier

Hope Haami aka The Music Maker

Busty Beatz aka The Queen Bee

FEATURING THE VOICES OF

Aunty Nancy Bamaga as The Hive Mother

Rhianna Patrick “The Privilege Test"

Matriarch Kim Kaos “Aloha Oiii"

FIRST NATIONS FIERCENESS

“It's phenomenal, sexy, foot stomping fun & radical consciousness-raising all at the same time"

The Scotsman

ORIGINAL COMPOSITION | SOUND DESIGN BY BUSTY BEATZ

ADDITIONAL COMPOSITION

“Praise to The Mother/Aunties” by Victoria Falconer. “HopeOne Makes Noise” by Hope Haami. “Badass Mutha” by Alinta McGrady. Music by Jhindu-Pedro Lawrie and Luke Daniel Peacock. Produced by Marly Luske. Recorded at Alchemix studio as apart of ‘Blakbeats’ QPAC 2019

CHOREOGRAPHY

Lisa Fa'alafi with Cast

ADDITIONAL CHOREOGRAPHY

Samantha Williams “The Privilege Test"

Mariah Pelesa “Pussay Tactics”

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Lisa Fa’alafi, Paul Lim, Tristan Shelley

SET DESIGN

Tristan Shelly

COSTUME DESIGN

Lisa Fa’alafi and Colleen Sutherland

COSTUME CONSTRUCTION

Lisa Fa’alafi, Colleen Sutherland, Millie Adams,

Leah Shelton, Jim Ioannides

COMPANY MANAGER: Colleen Sutherland

TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT: ADDITIVE

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Rachel Lee

RADICAL FIERCE LOVE

"This is both a call to arms and a declaration of a new era of activism. Hot Brown Honey sounds, looks & feels like the revolution we so urgently need"

Gayatri Gopinath, Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis.

New York University.

. Thank you to all the Honeys that contributed to the journey:

Elena Wangurra aka The Soul Soother

Kalala Sione aka The Love Liberator

Juanita Duncan aka The Truth Sayer

Crystal Stacey aka The Peace Maker

Cody Raymond aka The Shapeshifter