The Seven Ages of Man (2008)

'All the world is a stage and the men and women merely players; they have their exists and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.'
2008 cross-cultural multi-media music-theatre performance at the Adam Concert Room, NZ School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington.
Featuring I Nyoman Sukerta (Balinese mask dance master) with Deborah Rea, Jessica Aaltonen and Salesi Le'ota, Gamelan Padhang Moncar, Gamelan Taniwha Jaya, and a group of randai performers. Directed by Lilicherie McGregor. Music by Gareth Farr, I Wayan Gde Yudane and Budi S. Putra.
Sponsored by Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, Asia New Zealand Foundation and the New Zealand School of Music.
Video filmed and produced by Paul Wolffram - Handmade Productions Aotearoa 2008.
2024 online version celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first gamelan orchestra being brought to Aotearoa (1974).
For more information, see gamelan.org.nz/the-seven-ages-of-man/