We Remember Wrong
Written and Directed by Jackson Rosie
13-15th March 2026
Shore Street Studios, Andersons Bay, Dunedin.
Recommended for those aged 16+ with parental supervision
Writer and Director - Jackson Rosie
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
Starring - Warren Loulanting, Eva Clarke, Chris Cook
Also starring - Izzy Dalley, Andrew Matheson, Zach Hall, Thomas Burns, and Nevaeh Mckenzie
Made possible with the support of Boosted, Kim and Matt Morgan, the Dunedin Theatre Reviewers Collective, Hic Sunt Dracones, Birds of a Feather (Lara Macgregor), Kimberley Buchan and Taieri College, all who donated to the boosted campaign (see below), New Athenaeum Theatre, CueGo, Allison Horsley, Īhaka Martyn, Cindy Diver, Shore St Studios (Lynne and Bill), Playmarket NZ, Jess Covell and Ara Toi Ōtepoti.
JCR Productions proudly presents the premiere season of We Remember Wrong, by Jackson Rosie.
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.
Below image: Grace Basel
Lead Cast
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Warren Loulanting
as Kiwa
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Eva Clarke
as Sophie
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Chris Cook
as The Man
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Content Warnings for ‘We Remember Wrong’.
This production contains themes, depictions and usage of language that some audiences may find distressing, including:
Racism and colonization — discussions and depictions of systemic racism, colonial violence, and cultural erasure.
Psychological distress — scenes of confinement, gaslighting, and emotional manipulation.
Violence and threat — verbal and physical aggression, including scenes of implied and described violence.
Sexual assault references — discussion and offstage references to sexual assault.
Coercion and control — depictions of power imbalance, state authority, and moral manipulation.
Gun violence — depiction of a shooting and onstage death.
Strong language — use of explicit and confronting language throughout.
Loud noises and projections — use of sound, light, and projection that may be disorienting.
If you have any questions at all about specific content or would like to discuss how we can support your viewing experience, please contact the production team prior to attending. You can do this through the contact us section of the ‘About’ page.
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Special thanks to all who contributed to the boosted campaign, which meant we could raise $3,700 towards this production, and made it possible.
Andrew Matheson - Tracie Patel - Caitlin Owen & Reuben Crisp - Jess Keogh - Matt Brennan - Robyn Shaw - Willow Millar - Aimee Freeman - Sally Spittle - Nicola Brown - Liz Hurst Anonymous - Cameron McIntosh - Fiona Smeaton - Rosemary Manjunath - Lillian Wheeler - Megan Stenning - Pip Hare - Robyn Gardner - Milla Swanson-Dobbs - Lorraine Johnston - Brooke Dalziel - Lucky Goel - Mel Christian - Sarah Darling - Kairi Mortensen-Morunga - Tia Brown - Anonymous - Sacha McConnon - Jason Rosie - Kim & Matt Morgan - Grace Basel - Holly O’Shea - Kate Will-Tofia - Thomas Downing - Jess Rosie - Ed Rosie - Izzy Dalley - Manutai Wi Rutene-Pomare - Tui-Aroha Fransen - Kaiser Coles Emily Kerr-Bell - Gerard Dougherty - Dean Matheson - Pip Hare - Jess Keogh - Jim & Glenys Walker - Eva Clarke - Ari Winter - Suez Walker - Anita Matheson - Marea Colombo Andrew Matheson - Anonymous - Liam Beckham - Calum Beck - Debbie Conway - Janice Burnett - Steph Peters - Caitlin Stewart - Lillian Wheeler - Anonymous - Anonymous Joel Rosie - Elsa Bell - Rosie Maley - Gwyn Stevenson - Lorraine Johnston - Beth Sunderland - Shannon Burnett - Renata Burnett - Ella Coudret - Rosemary Manjunath - Zoe Eckhoff
And a big thanks to the Dunedin City Council and Ara Toi Ōtepoti for matching up to $500 of contributions.