Performance and Theatre
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Performance and Theatre *
Live storytelling as resistance, remembrance, and reimagination.
These projects centre Indigenous time, memory, and embodiment through theatre, movement, and site-based performance. Whether devised from within the collective or commissioned in collaboration, each work explores story sovereignty, futurism, and cultural continuance on stage.
Talaucaka
2025 • Te Whaea Theatre, Wellington
Format: Theatrical development season
Role: Writer, Director, Producer
Summary: Set in a post-collapse England, Talaucaka unfolds inside the ruins of the British Museum, now an e-waste processing facility. Here, time belongs to AI King George, memory is currency, and questions are forbidden. Four women labour beneath the surface—until something fractures. Part of the Aqua Nullius series.
Partners: Te Kura Toi Whakaari o Aotearoa
Toe Fai!
2022–2024 • Arts House Melbourne, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, The Basement Theatre, Te Whaea
Format: Original commission for BLEED Festival, local and international tour, Redevelopment of theatrical work
Role:Writer, Director, Producer, Choreographer
Summary: A speculative solo work exploring Pacific grief, rage, and time through satire and ceremony. Commissioned for BLEED and later supported by Wellington City Council for further re-development. Part of the Aqua Nullius series.
Partners: Arts House Melbourne, Wellington City Council
Kalaga Atu
2022-2024 • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Outloud Arts, Auckland Theatre Company
Format: Original commissioned performance in response to Matisse: Life & Spirit, online only re-presentation for Outloud Arts, Development clinic of the work for Playmarket NZ
Role: Writer, Director, Producer
Summary: A live performance that reclaims space within a colonial institution through ritual, response, and Indigenous oratory.
Partners: Art Gallery of NSW, Atelier, Vikki Olsen, Outloud Arts, Playmarket NZ
The Glasshouse
2024–2025 • International Institute of Modern Letters & Arts House CultureLab
Format: Script development & theatrical lab
Role: Writer, Director, Producer
Summary: Set on Whadjuk Boodja, this play follows three Black /Blak women caught inside a future farming regime built on migrant exploitation and biometric surveillance.
Partners: City of Melbourne, International Institute of Modern Letters, Creative New Zealand
Remarkable Women
2023 • Fremantle Arts Centre
Format: Site-based performance & public program
Role: Curated, Directed, Produced by Studio Kiin
Summary: Original commissioned community performance and cultural celebration featuring local artists, Sobah drinks, food trucks, and live performance.
Partners: Half the Sky, Department of Local Government, Sports and Cultural Industries, Fremantle Arts Centre