Nathan Joe is an award-winning Chinese-Kiwi theatre-maker and performance poet (2020 National Slam Champion) from Ōtautahi. His recent work includes a staged reading of Scenes from a Yellow Peril with Auckland Arts Festival, directing Yang/Young/杨 for Auckland Theatre Company, and collaborating with A Slightly Isolated Dog to create Slay the Dragon or Save the Dragon or Neither. He is also the curator behind BIPOC spoken word lineup DIRTY PASSPORTS.