WE REMEMBER WRONG

A daring new work by local playwright and director Jackson Rosie that unearths the violence hidden beneath Aotearoa’s collective memory.

Set in a room with two side-by-side cages... two strangers, Kiwa, a Māori man, and Sophie, a Pākehā woman, awaken under the gaze of a masked man.

Stripped of context, history, and identity, they are forced to rediscover who they are through fragments of distorted propaganda and surveillance.

What begins as a psychological puzzle soon fractures into a confrontation with truth itself. As state-controlled media reframes colonisation as benevolence and identity as criminality, Kiwa and Sophie are driven to question not only what is real, but who benefits from the rewriting of history.

Drawing on Aotearoa’s colonial legacy, systemic racism, and the weaponisation of memory, the play fuses dystopian thriller, dark comedy, and political protest. The story mirrors modern anxieties around misinformation and power – where history is edited, truth becomes unstable, and humanity is tested.

Visceral, urgent, and unflinching, We Remember Wrong challenges audiences to look at the stories we’ve been told – and those we’ve chosen to forget.

“Warren Loulanting is superb as Kīwa. He is utterly believable and funny. He brings a sensitivity to his performance which makes the audience care about his future and question his past.” - Theatreview

“Eva Clarke impresses as Sophie. It is a hard ask to be the “shouty” one, but she gives a strong performance and portrays a range of emotions.” - Theatreview

“A thought provoking and well performed play.” - Theatreview

“Exposes our inability and discomfort with distinguishing truth from within our glass houses which trap us in a state of disbelief.” - ODT

Written and directed by Jackson Rosie

Starring Warren Loulanting, Eva Clarke and Chris Cook

Also starring Izzy Dalley, Andrew Matheson, Zach Hall, Thomas Burns, and Nevaeh Mckenzie

Producers - Jackson Rosie and Chris Cook (JCR Productions)

Stage Manager - Andrew Matheson

Tech Advisor - Matt Morgan

Lighting Design - Milla Swanson-Dobbs

Sound Design - Shannon Burnett 

Tech Operation - Gwyn Stevenson

Photography - Grace Basel

Video Design, Poster Design, Program Design - Jackson Rosie