Nisha Madhan (India/Aotearoa) is an independent artistic director and Creative Producer at Asia TOPA. Until recently she was the Lead Creative Producer at Next Wave in Naarm, Melbourne and the Programming Director of Basement Theatre in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Her eclectic career includes creating, directing, and producing experimental live art, performing on stage and screen, and critical writing. She took part in a three year arts residency curated by Basement Theatre, Forest Fringe (UK) and West Kowloon Cultural District (HK). In 2022 she toured her co creation, Working On My Night Moves, a live art exploration of feminist futures to Rising Festival in Melbourne. In 2023 she co-directed Aoteroa’s inaugural Festival of Live Art, F.O.L.A. [AKL] in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland.