Jane Yonge is a New Zealand theatre director of Fijian and Chinese descent.
Biography Yonge grew up in Auckland. Her father is Fijian and her mother was Chinese-Fijian. Yonge's mother died when she was 23 years old and Yonge travelled to China to explore her mother's culture.
Yonge graduated from the University of Auckland in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in drama. In 2013 she moved to Wellington and studied theatre at Victoria University of Wellington and Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, graduating in 2015 with a master's degree of theatre arts in directing. In 2019 she studied in New York under a Fulbright Program award, graduating with a master's degree in arts politics from New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
Career +YearProductionCompanyRoleAwards and nominationsNotes2022Scenes from a Yellow PerilAuckland Theatre CompanyDirector2021Slay the Dragon, Save the Dragon or NeitherBATS Theatre, WellingtonDirector2019A Fricken Dangerous Space-masBasement Theatre, AucklandDirector2018At the WakeCirca Theatre, WellingtonDirector2017-2018The Basement TapesCo-creator and directorFringe First, Week One (Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018) Best Performance Award - The Stage (Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018)
Melbourne Fringe Tour Ready Award (New Zealand Fringe Festival 2017)
Best Director (Wellington Theatre Awards, 2017)2017-2018WEiRdO BATS Theatre, Wellington and Basement Theatre, AucklandDirector2016Hetero-performativeBasement Theatre, AucklandDirector2016Page TurnersNew Zealand FestivalDirector
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