SECRET ART POWERS! 🎭 Jo Randerson interviewed by Gwen Issac

Wed, 19 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 am UTC+13:00

137 Jackson Street, Petone, New Zealand 5012 | Lower Hutt

Schr\u00f6dinger's Books
Publisher/HostSchrödinger's Books
SECRET ART POWERS! \ud83c\udfad Jo Randerson interviewed by Gwen Issac
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Schrödinger's Books welcomes founder and artistic director of Barbarian Productions, Jo Randerson ONZM (they/them) to talk about their brand new book, 'Secret Art Powers: How Creative Thinking Can Achieve Radical Change'. They will be interviewed by shop favourite, filmmaker, Gwen Isaac.
Tickets include a $5 credit towards a copy of 'Secret Art Powers' or any other book purchased on the night of the event.
About the book:
What is Art’s mysterious power to excite, confound, challenge and transform us?
Jo Randerson shares some of their Secret Art Powers—six ways that thinking like an artist can increase personal resilience, unleash innovation, dissolve unhealthy power relationships and help us describe and navigate the complex and changing world of the twenty-first century, and to sing while we do it.
About the author:
Jo Randerson ONZM (they/them) is an Arts Foundation New Generation Laureate, and the founder and artistic director of Barbarian Productions. They are an award-winning playwright/artist/author who has published four volumes of short fiction and poetry and a number of plays. As a writer they have been twice-nominated for the IIML prize, received the Bruce Mason award, the Robert Burns Fellowship at Otago University, and won the NZIFF Patron’s Choice Award for their first short screenplay 'Hey Brainy Man!'
Jo is the creator of Barbarian’s twenty-five year catalogue of works, from their seminal solo performance 'Banging Cymbal, Clanging Gong (2001)' to large-scale outdoor immersive experiences 'U R Here (2023)' & 'U R Back (2024).' They also received the Topp Comedy Award in 2023. They were also a co-founder of the Vogelmorn Bowling Club community space.
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