Our Pillars

Leading With Love & Joy

This is about being honest and sincere with ourselves and each other. Embracing our own vulnerability and shortcomings, sharing how we learn from them. To model curiosity, wonder and playfulness in our persistence to find things that we want to do. Above all, this is about having the freedom to express tenderness and compassion for one another regardless of the circumstance.

Knowing Oneself

The development of impactful actors and artists are only secondary to the growth of the human individual. The intention of all our work is to constantly reflect upon ourselves, our habits, our beliefs & values, our relations with and impact on the world, what motivates us and ultimately to accept ourselves. To be a good artist is to be a good person.

Strength in Collectivity

Community is essential as we are each other’s mirrors and thereby each other’s teachers. It is in the collective that revelation and transformation can be found. By collaborating and sharing resources (in whatever shape or form the urgencies of the circumstance requires) we build a stronger, more diverse and malleable presence.

Holding Brave & Empowering Spaces

Unearthing parts of ourselves and working through our challenges can be difficult, sometimes painful, work. A ‘brave’ space means that all those within feel they have equal agency to share freely and openly. To question and challenge the work. To reject, laugh, sing, scream, cry, or in some cases simply remain silent, all without judgement. To leave the room if need be. To care for themselves in whatever way, and know that it’s ok.

Exploring Conversations, Contexts and Narratives Relevant to the Region

Stories cannot exist in a vacuum, they are grown from roots and they necessitate connection. While we seek out opportunities for international exchange and connecting with a wider audience, above all else we strive to platform voices, stories and urgencies from the Nusantara. We want to constantly re-examine, be inspired by, adapt and honour our own roots and the relationships it has helped us forge.