Writer and Choreographer

Leki Jackson-Bourke

Tick Tick Boom!

An exploration of Pacific dance and movement and the effects of criteria driven performance. Also exploring Auckland's fast growing Pacific and Asian populations - a journey into the world of the Pan-Pacific identity and cross-cultural dance.

Leki Jackson-Bourke

Leki Jackson-Bourke is an emerging artist of Tongan, Niuean and Samoan descent. Leki is a proud graduate of the Pacific Institute of Performing Arts (PIPA) and has worked in multiple areas of the arts. He recently became the first recipient of the Creative New Zealand Emerging Pasifika Writers in Residence at Victoria University, was the recipient of the 2017 Todd New Writer's Bursary Grant and received the outstanding newcomer award at last year's Auckland Theatre Awards.