Everything in: Loose Canons
Wellington-based writer, Emma Ling Sidnam shares the five things that inspire her as she debuts with her coming-of-age novel Backwaters.
Hine Te Ariki Parata-Walker shares five things that inspired her play 'The Jumpers', which will be read as a part of the Kōanga Festival 2023.
Loose Canons is a series in which we invite artists we love to share five things that have informed their work. Ruby Macomber, poet, researcher and teina of Te Moana-Nui-a Kiwa; shares her favourite things.
Loose Canons is a series in which we invite artists we love to share five things that have informed their work. Jennifer Cheuk, writer, artist, and the Editor-in-Chief of Rat World Magazine, shares the five things that inspire her.
Loose Canons is a series in which we invite artists we love to share five things that have informed their work. Jujulipps, a Tāmaki Makaurau-based artist drawing energy from hip-hop and afrobeat, shares five things that inspire her.
Loose Canons is a series in which we invite artists we love to share five things that have informed their work. Director, actor and theatre artist Katrina George shares the things that make her who she is.
Loose Canons is a series where we invite artists we love to share five things that have shaped their creative practice. Playwright, theatremaker and performance poet Nathan Joe shares five pivotal things from his life.
Loose Canons is a series where we invite artists we love to share five things that have shaped their creative practice. Dancer and choreographer Abbie Rogers shares five things that inspire her.
Loose Canons is a series where we invite artists we love to share five things that have shaped their creative practice. Illustrator, producer and hot-shot screenwriter and playwright - Ankita Singh on the things that have powered her journey so far.
Loose Canons is a series where we invite artists we love to share five things that have shaped their creative practice. Writer, te reo Māori teacher and musician, Isla Huia shares the five things she grounds herself in.
Loose Canons is a series where we invite artists we love to share five things that have shaped their creative practice. Actor and magic consultant extraordinaire Justin Rogers offers five things that give him his spark.
Loose Canons is a series where we invite artists we love to share five things that have informed their work. Literary dream girl Joy Holley talks about the aesthetics, rituals and music that inspired her debut book.
Gorgeous, hilarious and crush-worthy, Janaye Henry shares the five things that inspire her as a comedian, actor and writer.
Introducing our new kaiwāwahi Kaupapa Māori editor - Sinead Overbye! Check out her Loose Canons to learn the 5 things that make her tick!
Meet writer, editor, cryptid, and our new Comms Manager, Alex! She shares five things that have informed her work, for Loose Canons.
Show Ponies creator, writer and performer Freya Daly Sadgrove shares with us the five things that make her tick! Watch out -her show Whole New Woman is currently on at BATS Theatre.
In our latest Loose Canons series, we invite artist and curator Talia Smith to share five things that have informed her work. Her practice explores the notions of time, memory, and familial histories.
Meet Tamara Tulitua, the 2022 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence at the IIML.
Shilo Kino, a writer and a TV journalist on Marae, tells us about the five Indigenous wāhine who influenced her life and inspired The Pōrangi Boy, her debut novel.
Ana Scotney is a Tūhoe-Jewish performer, and musician, who is debuting a new theatre show 'ScatterGun: After The Death of Rūaumoko'.
Grace Iwashita-Taylor is a poet, performer and curator of Silo Theatre's UPU.
Loose Canons is a series in which we invite artists we love to share five things that have informed their work. Boni Te Rongopai Tukiwaho is the new Auckland Fringe Festival Director.
Loose Canons is a series in which we invite artists we love to share five things that have informed their work. Vanessa Crofskey is a writer and artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau.
Loose Canons is a series in which we invite artists we love to share five things that have informed their work. Tayi Tibble is a poet and writer based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Ngāti Porou/Te Whānau ā Apanui).
Loose Canons is a series in which we invite artists we love to share five things that have informed their work. Lucinda Bennett – our just-departed Visual Arts Editor, now turned Staff Writer – is a freelance writer published across numerous print and online platforms.
Loose Canons is a series in which we invite artists we love to share five things that have informed their work. Kate Prior is a writer, producer, dramaturg, and performer working across theatre and film.
Iconic Auckland performer and director Anapela Polata'ivao drops by to share what inspires her.
Award-winning choreographer and director and Malia Johnston shares her stories about the people and principles that underpin her work.
Former Artistic Director of Silo Theatre and general theatrical maestro Shane Bosher pops by to tell us about the people and work that have inspired his career.
2018 Billy T nominee, Snort member and hard-hitting television journalist Alice Snedden tells us all about the things that set her on the path to who she is and the work she makes.
Sophie Roberts, Artistic Director at Silo Theatre and director of the upcoming glitter-pop extravaganza Here Lies Love, talks to Pantograph Punch about the people and ideas that have inspired her powerhouse career.
Ahead of her and Meg Rollandi's 2018 STAB Commission season of Actual Fact, Wellington performance-maker Isobel MacKinnon tells us about the inspirations that helped her find her own truth.
Director and performer Adam Rohe, most recently seen on stage in Silo's Theatre's production of Hir, tells us what inspires him and drives him to make what he makes.
Ahead of seasons of his new play Astroman in Christchurch, Melbourne and Auckland, New Zealand playwright Albert Belz shares the things that formed his storytelling instincts.
Francis Libeau, an interdisciplinary artist and sound designer for Q Theatre's Matchbox season of Medusa, unpacks the things that make her tick.
Playwright, director, Shakespeare expert and improv tycoon Lori Leigh talks about the people, the art and the dogs that have inspired her.
Ahead of the Dunedin Arts Festival season of her latest comedy, Attila the Hun, playwright and performer Abby Howells tracks her inspirations.
Prolific lighting designer Rachel Marlow shares the people, places and creations that have influenced her work.
Co-founder of Proudly Asian Theatre Company and writer-director of Orientation, Q Theatre's latest Matchbox production, Chye-Ling Huang talks about the people and art that have inspired her.
Ahead of her appearances at WORD Christchurch 2018 Festival, writer, performer and activist Sonya Renee Taylor shares her inspirations.
Alex Lodge, co-writer of the upcoming Circa play Modern Girls In Bed, shares her inspirations and influences.
Ahead of her Basement Theatre debut Future's Eve, Australian interdisciplinary performer Michelle Aitken digs into her inspirations.
Actor, writer and director Miriama Mcdowell lets us in on her inspirations.
Basement Theatre artist-in-residence Tallulah Holly-Massey lets us in on her inspirations.
Writer, director and musical fanatic Cassandra Tse tells us about five things that inspired her to create.
Writer, director and performer Nancy Brunning digs into her past and the heart of her work.
