What's Your Jam?

Marianne Elliott is a mouthy introvert and word geek who helps rally NZers to stand for truth, justice and a kinder way at ActionStation, a new force for Kiwis who believe in a fair and flourishing New Zealand.

Um. It's me? But interviewed by Matt Powell, who is an improvisor and director and general rad dude. We make shows together a lot.

Linda Calgaro is a Nelson-based Improv actor, teacher, director, singer and musician, who is passionate about making improv theatre. She thrives on getting the best and unexpected out of people and pushing the boundaries to creativity to inspire different, interesting, fun work.

Conor Twyford is the new General Manager of Wellington Sexual Abuse HELP. She has a campaign and communications background and has worked for many years in the union movement and community organising. She's new to the sexual violence sector but not new to the debate around gender violence, inequality and the need to turn that around.

Sameena Zehra is a consummate writer and performer and has a great connection with her audience. Her humour is dark and her mind is absurd. She is a storyteller, political satirist, feminist and humanist with a unique take on the world, equally at home exploring the individual experiences of daily life and the larger issues of the world we live in.

Ren Lunicke is originally from Cascadia and has been writing and performing poems and stories, singing, making messes with various visual arts mediums, and creating drama since ze was cute enough that people didn’t care if it was actually good. Most of zir peers grew out of it. Ze did not.

My dad is a scientist, a smallbore rifle shooting enthusiast, a home cook, a past-stay-at-home-dad, and a generally well known and well liked fellow. Ross is a regular attendee at my improv shows and frequent commenter on my Facebook posts. He's also on Twitter now and you should totally tweet him on @rossmason65.

Cassandra Tse is a writer and director all over Wellington. She's the Artistic Director of Red Scare Theatre Company and a member of Wellington Footlights.

Jem Yoshioka is an illustrator and comic artist living in Wellington, New Zealand. Deftly weaving words and pictures together, Jem’s comics tell evocative and emotional stories with themes of belonging, place, and heritage. Jem’s recent work explores the fluidity of her mixed race identity, documenting the challenges, delights and frustrations of being from more than one place at once.

Blair and Sateen are Wellington based sex workers and will be performing in Paying For It during Fringe Festival 2017. They are lovely. You can meet them and find out more by going to their show!