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Duffy Theatre
Team Red
Tavita Nielsen-Mamea, Emily Brill-Holland and Jess Old are Duffy Theatre's Team Red!
Look out for the Duffy car with its special trailer as it travels round Duffy school spreading the reading message to thousands of Duffy kids.
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Tavita Nielsen-Mamea
Where are you from?
Dunedin!
What books did you love growing up?
Tane Steals the Show, Green Eggs and Ham, Magic School Bus, Captain Underpants!
What do you love about reading?
I love the adventure! The way reading can take you on an adventure whether it’s fighting off alien invaders or something more personal like the adventure of someone's life.
What inspired you to be an actor?
My family and friends, always putting skits together to entertain our family. The feeling on joy in performance and the awesome feeling of becoming a character in someone's story.
Who is your favourite storybook character?
BFG!
Who are your real life role models?
My family and my friends mostly, also my idols like Temuera Morrison, Cliff Curtis, Nathanial Lees, Martin Henderson.
What do you look forward to most about touring in The Duffy Show?
Meeting new people and seeing the Country.
Talia-Rae Mavaega
Jess Old
Where are you from?
Taranaki!
What books did you love growing up?
Loved Harry Potter, David Eddings and Enid Blyton books.
What do you love about reading?
Being transported to different places and having adventures with crazy characters. I love how reading expands my imagination and introduces me to new vocabulary as well!
What inspired you to be an actor?
I played a Bee in my first ever production in primary school and got hooked - seeing End of the Golden Weather performed at my intermediate did it for me - I went "I want to do THAT!"
Who is your favourite storybook character?
Polgara the Sorceress from the Belgariad series.
Who are your real life role models?
My parents (two of the bravest most epic people I know) and also Dame Judi Dench, Kristen Wiig and Amy Poehler.
What do you look forward to most about touring in The Duffy Show?
Seeing Aotearoa and having the privilege to perform every day... What a dream!
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