Full Name
Lisa Maule
Job Title
Kaiwhakahaere Kaupapa
Organisation
Te Rākau Hua o Te Wao Tapu
Speaker Bio
Lisa is an award-winning lighting designer of English and Scottish heritage. She grew up in Karori, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, where she lives now.
Lisa started out with BATS and Taki Rua Theatre in the 1990s, working as a technician with Red Mole and Magdalena Aotearoa to name a few.
Since then she has worked as a producer, lighting and set designer, educator and researcher of performing arts, and is well-known for nearly a decade of teaching technical and management courses at Toi Whakaari: The New Zealand Drama School.
In recent times Lisa has also been coordinating cultural heritage projects to better make accessible the story of arts of Aotearoa and Te Moana a Kiwa through the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.
Lisa received a Master of Public Management from Victoria University of Wellington in 2018, where her final project was based on participatory research while working with Te Rākau on the theatre series, Undertow.
Lisa brings her investment in social justice and creative practice, and a keen ability to facilitate and hold process, to her role as Kaiwhakahaere Kaupapa at Te Rākau.
'The creative mahi of Lisa Maule...must be acknowledged...Pivotal props are illuminated by her subtle touch.'
- theatreview
Lisa started out with BATS and Taki Rua Theatre in the 1990s, working as a technician with Red Mole and Magdalena Aotearoa to name a few.
Since then she has worked as a producer, lighting and set designer, educator and researcher of performing arts, and is well-known for nearly a decade of teaching technical and management courses at Toi Whakaari: The New Zealand Drama School.
In recent times Lisa has also been coordinating cultural heritage projects to better make accessible the story of arts of Aotearoa and Te Moana a Kiwa through the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.
Lisa received a Master of Public Management from Victoria University of Wellington in 2018, where her final project was based on participatory research while working with Te Rākau on the theatre series, Undertow.
Lisa brings her investment in social justice and creative practice, and a keen ability to facilitate and hold process, to her role as Kaiwhakahaere Kaupapa at Te Rākau.
'The creative mahi of Lisa Maule...must be acknowledged...Pivotal props are illuminated by her subtle touch.'
- theatreview
Speaking At
