Lisa Maule 

Performing Arts & Events

Aotearoa New Zealand

This website profile's the work of Lisa Maule.

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Lisa has been part of many creative teams in the performing arts and events scene in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Instagram is an outlet for Lisa's drawings and images - her on-line visual diary.  

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About me

Ko Pākehā ahau.

I am Pākehā, a white New Zealander.

I live in Whānganui-a-Tara Wellington.

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My background is in the creative sector in Aotearoa. I started working backstage in performing arts in Wellington in my first year studying at university in 1990 at age 19. I went on to have a long career as a designer, organiser and educator, working across theatre, dance and events. I am currently working on research and development for projects.

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In my creative practice I am best known for lighting design and I has been critically acclaimed with two Wellington theatre awards and a few more nominations. In my formative years I worked with Red Mole, Taku Rua and women's theatre such as 'Not Broadcast Quality' in Wellington. I am part of the Magdalena Aotearoa Trust and the international network The Magdalena project.

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Between 2008 and 2017 I taught on the technical and management courses at Toi Whakaari: The New Zealand Drama School. During this time I was part of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority targeted review of qualifications (TRoQ) in performing arts. 

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I graduated in 2018 with a Master of Public Management from Victoria University of Wellington. Through this I focused on leadership practice and organisation culture. My research project was titled “Bringing Relationships In: Mātauranga Māori in Project Work”.  It is a case study centered around how Māori-based practices inform relationship building towards collaborative practice and organisational culture, a participant-observer study of the Māori theatre company Te Rakau Hua o te Wao Tapu.