CO-PRODUCER

Sukhjit is a writer, performer, theatre-maker, filmmaker, and producer based in Boorloo. Her work as a multi-form artist for the last ten years has been rec- ognised at the Performing Arts WA Awards (2020), Mona Brand Writing Awards (2022), WA Multicul- tural Awards (2022) and Young Aus- tralian Sikh of the Year (2023). Her passion for storytelling began as a finalist in the Australian Poet- ry Slam (2014), semi-finalist on Aus- tralia’s Got Talent (2016) and winner of The Moth GrandSLAM (2019). Sukhjit spoke at TedxUWA (2017), TedxNewtown (2019) and has supported Missy Higgins and L-FRESH the Lion on their national tours. Her poetry and community arts projects have led her to tour globally and across her nation. Sukhjit premiered her sell-out theatre show FULLY SIKH with Barking Gecko Theatre Company and Black Swan Theatre Company (2019). Since then, she has been developing her comedy series WHAT WOULD SUKI DO? with support from ABC TV and is currently producing A HAIRY TALE, a documentary exploring female body hair. Sukhjit and her partner, Perun Bonser, were selected to develop their rom-com series ONE OF THE GOOD ONES at Ron Howard & Brian Grazer’s talent lab, Impact Australia (2020). They premiered their video installation work BETWEEN BREATHS at Goolugatup Heathcote Art Gallery (2022) and the work toured in 4A Contemporary Asian Art Centre’s BUSH DIWAN (2022). Sukhjit has been a story-telling trainer at the Centre for Stories and has produced storytelling and theatre projects for adults and school students. COLLECTABLES, her debut hip-hop single is now streaming on all platforms. Sukhjit is the Executive Director of The Blue Room Theatre.

From Naarm (Melbourne) but now calling Walyalup (Fremantle) home, Joel graduated from Deakin University with a Degree in Contemporary Arts, working as a freelance actor for a number of years, they returned to study to complete a Mas- ters of Education at Melbourne University. They then worked for a variety of non-for-profits as a Teaching Artist, such as Western Edge Youth Arts, while also working for numerous Arts Organisations as a Assistant Producer and Education Assistant, such as The Malthouse Theatre. Joel was the Outreach Coordinator at Arts Centre Melbourne for many years, working on Access & Inclusion initiatives, Community Engagement projects and Education programs. Before moving West Joel was the first Senior Performing Arts Programmer at a new Arts Centre in Melbourne’s south-east called Bunjil Place, experimenting with different types of collaborative community producing and co-design programming. Joel is a spoken word poet and creative producer, their pronouns are he/they/him, Joel grew up on Boon Wurrung land.