Biography

Writer and theatre-maker Jo Randerson (ONZM) is recognized as one of New Zealand’s most original voices. Her writing is dark, funny, poetic and absurd, and frequently peopled with outsiders, subversives and dissenters. Jo’s published works include short-story collections The Spit Children, Tales from The Netherworld and The Keys to Hell and her plays such as Fold, The Lead Wait, and The Unforgiven Harvest are performed frequently in schools and professional theatres. Her writing has won her the Robert Burns Fellowship, an Arts Foundation New Generation Award and the Bruce Mason Award for playwrighting. She collaborates internationally with visual artists, theatre makers and activists, most recently in Paris, Moscow and Istanbul with Swedish visual artists Goldin+Senneby at the biennales in each city.