Martin Sercombe

Martin Sercombe Multi Media Artist The School of Humanities, Media and Creative Communication, in collaboration with Palmerston North City Council and Square Edge Community Arts, is thrilled to announce they will be hosting Martin Sercombe as the second Visiting...

Feana Tu’akoi

Feana Tu’akoi Writer Working from a community centred Tuākana-tēina approach to create a zine publication with a group of Pasifika children, Feana also focused on writing nonfiction essays grounded in her life-experience as part of a bicultural family....

Rhian Firmin

Rhian Firmin Summer Shakespeare Director Romeo and Juliet (Covid Cancellation Event) Rhian Firmin is a familiar face to summer Shakespeare audiences, having performed in several productions as an undergraduate at Massey University before taking on her training at...

Mikaela Nyman

Mikaela Nyman Writer Mikaela dedicated her time in the Manawatū to two projects: her first poetry collection in English and editing a memoir by a Vanuatu writer. The poetry collection is tentatively entitled The Anatomy of Sand, while the memoir offers “a rare woman’s...

Mel Cook

Mel Cook Summer Shakespeare Director Mel Cook is an experiential theatre maker working in site-responsive, transmedia, and devised theatre. A graduate of RADA’s Acting BA and Birkbeck University of London’s MFA in Theatre Directing, Mel. has directed productions for a...

Sorawit Songsataya

Sorawit Songsataya Multimedia Sorawit Songsataya is a New Zealand artist of Thai origin who is based in Pōneke Wellington. He is specialised in digital moving-image, 3D animation, and multi-media installation. Often his works are presented in an installed environment...