Jo Randerson (born 1973) is a New Zealand writer, director and
performer. She is the founder and Artistic Director of Barbarian
Productions, a Wellington-based theatre production company.[1]Jo
Randerson was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1973 and moved to
Wellington when she was four years old.[2] She studied at Wellington
Girls' College, and then went on to Victoria University of Wellington
to major in English, theatre and film.[3] She wrote, directed and
performed in theatre productions for the Victoria University of
Wellington Student Drama Club. At the same time she also wrote for and
performed at BATS Theatre Wellington, and made television appearances
as a stand-up comedian. After graduating, She co-founded the theatre
group Trouble in 1995.[3] In 2012 she finished her Master of Theatre
Arts in Directing from Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School and
Victoria University of Wellington as well as participating in the
Leadership New Zealand Program. Randerson was a recipient of the Arts
Foundation of New Zealand New Generation Award in 2008.[4]Randerson's
writing has been twice shortlisted for the IIML Prize (2006 and 2008),
she has won Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards and was nominated for the
Billy T Award in 2005. She has earned fellowships at home and abroad
â€" she received the Robert Burns Fellowship in 2001 (Dunedin),
Winston Churchill Fellow 2003 (Russia) and completed a CNZ/DOC Wild
Creations Residency in 2002 at Cape Kidnappers'.[5] Randerson won the
Bruce Mason Playwriting Award in 1997 for her first play Fold (part of
the Young and Hungry season at BATS).[6] She won the Arts Foundation
of New Zealand New Generation Award for Literature in 2008. Her books
The Keys To Hell, The Spit Children, Tales From the Netherworld and
The Knot have all been critically acclaimed. Her work is characterized
as dark social satire.[7] In a review for The Keys to Hell in Landfall
209, Anna Smith wrote
performer. She is the founder and Artistic Director of Barbarian
Productions, a Wellington-based theatre production company.[1]Jo
Randerson was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1973 and moved to
Wellington when she was four years old.[2] She studied at Wellington
Girls' College, and then went on to Victoria University of Wellington
to major in English, theatre and film.[3] She wrote, directed and
performed in theatre productions for the Victoria University of
Wellington Student Drama Club. At the same time she also wrote for and
performed at BATS Theatre Wellington, and made television appearances
as a stand-up comedian. After graduating, She co-founded the theatre
group Trouble in 1995.[3] In 2012 she finished her Master of Theatre
Arts in Directing from Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School and
Victoria University of Wellington as well as participating in the
Leadership New Zealand Program. Randerson was a recipient of the Arts
Foundation of New Zealand New Generation Award in 2008.[4]Randerson's
writing has been twice shortlisted for the IIML Prize (2006 and 2008),
she has won Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards and was nominated for the
Billy T Award in 2005. She has earned fellowships at home and abroad
â€" she received the Robert Burns Fellowship in 2001 (Dunedin),
Winston Churchill Fellow 2003 (Russia) and completed a CNZ/DOC Wild
Creations Residency in 2002 at Cape Kidnappers'.[5] Randerson won the
Bruce Mason Playwriting Award in 1997 for her first play Fold (part of
the Young and Hungry season at BATS).[6] She won the Arts Foundation
of New Zealand New Generation Award for Literature in 2008. Her books
The Keys To Hell, The Spit Children, Tales From the Netherworld and
The Knot have all been critically acclaimed. Her work is characterized
as dark social satire.[7] In a review for The Keys to Hell in Landfall
209, Anna Smith wrote
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