Stella Reid

June – September 2020

Toi Pōneke Arts Centre are pleased to announce Stella Reid as the Write Room Wellington Screenwriter’s Residency 2020 with her project The Band of the True Prophet.

Supported by Toi Pōneke Arts Centre, Stella will be in residence in Wellington for 12 weeks from  20 June – 20 September. She will be provided with a grant, studio space and experienced creative support from Producers; Desray Armstrong (Stray, Coming Home in the Dark, and Juniper) and Vicky Pope (Savage, Gardening with Soul, Two Little Boys) and Director Rob Sarkies (Scarfies, Out of the Blue, Consent ) who make up the selection & mentoring panel.

Stella recently directed Second Unit (What  Will  You  Do  In  The  Shadows) and the NZ On Air funded short film Drop Down Globe​. She helped develop the web-series BURBS​, directing and writing several episodes. She is a graduate of Toi Whakaari NZ Drama School.

On applying for the residency, Stella said “I currently write in a converted spare room I share with two dartboards and a pinball machine, played daily. I call it the office, but my partner refers to it as the games room. To me the Write Room Residency offers above all else a place of refuge…”

Toi Pōneke Art Centre currently run four Residency Programmes to support Wellington based arts practitioners across a variety of mediums. 

A Sound Art Residency in partnership with Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music, a Dance Residency and a Visual Arts Residency. For more information on their support and opportunities. https://toiponeke.nz/support-and-opportunities