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Surviving personal loss, genocide and standing solo in front of an audience | Disruptors

In the sixth episode of Disruptors, Jean Sergent and Sarita So talk about their solo shows Change Your Own Life and Digging to Cambodia – two…

Disruptors 5: The art of coping and monetising grief

“To be an artist is to suffer.” The old adage coined by famed philosopher Aldous Huxley kicked off the fifth episode of Disruptors, which is the…

Disruptors 4: The quiet persistence of theatre life in lockdown

In this special fourth episode of Disruptors, recorded in the depths of lockdown, four theatre practitioners reflect on what happens when the disruption in their work…

Disruptors 3: The problem with having a seat at the table

Episode three of Disruptors pairs up the incoming and outgoing producers-in-residence at Basement Theatre – Elyssia Wilson-Heti and Alice Kirker. If, like us, you’re still a…

Disruptors 2: Sarita Das and Alice Canton on the transformative power of art

Sarita Das sets out to make art to “feel less alone”, and “more connected to the giant existence that is being human”.  The Tāmaki Makaurau theatre…

A poem to help us process our frustration and anxiety right now

In just a few weeks, many of us went from feeling more or less secure in our livelihoods to losing them. The rest of us are…

Disruptors: Frickin Dangerous Bro navigate the Pākehā spaces of comedy

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In the first ever episode of Disruptors, Comedy trio Frickin Dangerous Bro (Jamaine Ross, James Roque and Pax Assadi) talk about New Zealand’s comedy scene. 

How…

Honest Conversations With Our Mums

“I hate it when people don’t know I’m brown,” says Saraid de Silva Cameron, who has both Sri Lankan and Pākehā heritage. Conversely, her mum Karenza…