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RECKŌNING
Te Waiata Paihere Wairua

 Consulting Producer, Darlinghurst Theatre Company, 2023
By Beat Entertainment
Samuel Gaskin & Johnny Hamilton 
Reckōning is a powerful one-hour show celebrating Indigenous culture through storytelling, original songs, and dance. It explores themes of racism, intergenerational trauma, and cultural reclamation, blending striking visuals, emotional music, and raw storytelling to guide audiences through truth-telling and healing. With symbolic staging, vibrant costuming, and a contemporary soundtrack by Samuel Gaskin and The Merindas, the show uplifts while addressing historical injustices. Winner of 4 Melbourne Fringe Awards, Reckōning is a journey of reclaiming power, reconnecting with ancestry, and celebrating Indigenous resilience, creativity, and strength, leaving audiences inspired and deeply moved. 

As the consulting producer for Darlinghurst Theatre Company I was in charge of producing cultural engagement events for indigenous communities for the Reckōning Sydney Tour.

Check out Reckoning Sounds more information
Photo credit: Beat Entertainment


No Pink Dicks
(Development)

Consulting Producer, Darlinghurst Theatre Company, 2023
Writer: Moreblessing Maturure  

Development Team
Director: Amy Sole
Dramaturg: Jules Orcullo
Actors: Ratidzo Mambo, Sam Marques, Mariama Whitton

No Pink Dicks is one of many works in development by multi-award-winning Zimbabwean/Australian inter-disciplinary artist, Moreblessing Maturure. This development was supported by Darlinghurst Theatre Company (DTC) and Creative Australia (formerly Australia Council for the Arts). My work as consulting producer was to coordinate the creative team, manage the development and it’s budget and provide support and liaise between the creative team and DTC.

For more information about the project refer to The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting which was awarded to Moreblessing for No Pink Dicks in 2022.
In photos: Development Team for No Pink Dicks
Photo credit: Rizcel Gagawanan, 2023

Kallective

Co-Founder & Co-Producer, Artist Collective
Producers:
Annie Brockenhuus-Schack, Rizcel Gagawanan

Resident Artists:
Miranda Aguilar
Kate Baldwin
Annie Brockenhuus-Schack
Gloria Demillo
Rizcel Gagawanan
Jules Orcullo
Christine Pan
Crystal Valdez

Kallective seeks to connect, empower and cultivate awareness around the rich experiences of what it means to be Asian-Australian. The Baybayin letter “Ka” means ‘kinship we seek’ and so our practice involves cultivating collaborative spaces for creatives of colour to tell stories that reclaim our agency within the cultural landscape. We’re invested in continual learning around non-Western processes of artistic production and story making, and through that we develop our own unique methodologies. 

Kallective’s first project ‘The Filipinx Writers Room’ formed during the pandemic in 2020 and was supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. This project led to Kallective’s first theatre work Salt Baby which was further developed in 2021-2022 through the support of CreateNSW, Creative Australia (formerly Australia Council for the Arts), PACT Centre for Emerging Artists and Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre.
In photos: Kallective’s workshops held at CPAC
Photo credit: Annie Brockenhuus-Schack & Rizcel Gagawanan, 2022

Salt Baby

 Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, 2022
Producers:
Annie Brockenhuus-Schack, Rizcel Gagawanan

Writers:
Miranda Aguilar
Annie Brockenhuus-Schack
Gloria Demillo
Rizcel Gagawanan
Jules Orcullo

Designers:
Kate Baldwin (Lighting Design)
Christine Pan (Sound Design & Music Composer)
Crystal Valdez (Production Design)
With the support of Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (CPAC) Kallective was able to further develop Salt Baby with an in-depth focus on design. This work was also supported by CreateNSW (NSW Government’s arts and culture funding body) and Creative Australia (formerly Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian Government’s principal arts investment and advisory body). 

A presentation of Salt Baby and its design concepts was presented to the public attended by industry representatives and members of the Filipino-Australian community. 

In photos: Kallective’s presentation of Salt Baby at CPAC
Photo credit: Darren Taing, 2022

Salt Baby

 PACT Artist Residency, 2021
Producers:
Annie Brockenhuus-Schack, Rizcel Gagawanan

Writers:
Miranda Aguilar
Annie Brockenhuus-Schack
Gloria Demillo
Rizcel Gagawanan
Jules Orcullo

Designers:
Kate Baldwin (Lighting Design)
Christine Pan (Sound Design & Music Composer)
Crystal Valdez (Production Design)

Performer:
Rizcel Gagawanan
PACT has been a place for emerging artists where artists meet and new discoveries are made. In 2021, Kallective (formerly The Filipinx Writers Room), was awarded the Group Artist Residency to help further develop the theatre production of Salt Baby. This work was also supported by CreateNSW (NSW Government’s arts and culture funding body) and Creative Australia (formerly Australia Council for the Arts, the Australian Government’s principal arts investment and advisory body). 

The residency concluded with a showing of Salt Baby, Kallective’s first public and in-person showing after the pandemic. This showing was attended by industry representatives and members of the Filipino-Australian community.

In photos: Salt Baby showing at PACT Theatre in Erskineville, created and presented by Kallective, performed by Rizcel Gagawanan
Photo credit: PACT, 2021


In photos: Kallective’s workshops during the PACT Artist Residency
Photo credit: Annie Brockenhuus-Schack, 2021

The Filipinx Writers Room

 Research & Development Project, 2020
Producers:
Annie Brockenhuus-Schack, Rizcel Gagawanan

Writers:
Miranda Aguilar
Annie Brockenhuus-Schack
Gloria Demillo
Rizcel Gagawanan
Jules Orcullo

The Filipinx Writers Room was developed out of a desire to see more stories made by female or non-binary Filipinx-Australian creatives and provide a space to foster artistic talent. Despite the pandemic, the Filipinx Writers Room was a great opportunity for the group to cultivate kapwa whilst collaborating on an artistic project. As Filipinos, kapwa means co-spirit, the inner self is in the other, and that we are connected. This became apparent through creating space and acceptance for each other's varied experiences. After weeks of collaboration, a new theatre work Salt Baby was developed. The group presented their first work-in-progress presentation online to the Arts and Filipino-Australian community.


In photos: Stills from the online live read of Salt Baby, works in progress presented The Filipinx Writers Room
Photo credit: The Filipinx Writers Room, 2020






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