Joni Nelson is a writer, organiser and candle-maker based in Tāmaki Makaurau. A creative all-rounder, she has been a producer, performer, poet, director, and then some. Joni has spent the last four years making space for other people, as co-founder of queer & trans creative arts organisation, Breaking Boundaries which she left behind in March 2019 to focus on her own creative pursuits. Her first play 8 Reasonable Demands was commissioned and performed by Auckland Theatre Company as part of HERE&NOW Festival and shortlisted as part of Playmarket’s b425 Awards 2019.
