Taki Rua Productions has won Lottery Board funding to take a production of Strange Resting Places on a special Rugby World Cup tour.
The play is set around the battle of Monte Cassino in World War II and explores relationships formed between Maori and Italian soldiers.
Tour Keryn Bristow told Waatea News it might appeal to Italian visitors.
''Our plan is to go to the towns where Italy have games, so we are looking at Dunedin and Nelson,'' she said.
