Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa OAM is a writer, performer, producer and cultural leader based in Boorloo. Her work as a multi-form artist for the last decade has been recognised at the Performing Arts WA Awards (2020), Mona Brand Writing Awards (2022), WA Multicultural Awards (2022) and Australian Sikh Awards (2023). Her passion for storytelling began as a finalist in the Australian Poetry Slam (2014), semi-finalist on Australia’s Got Talent (2016) and winner of The Moth GrandSLAM (2019). Sukhjit premiered her sell-out theatre show ‘Fully Sikh’ with Barking Gecko Theatre Company and Black Swan Theatre Company (2019). Since then, she has been developing her comedy series ‘What Would Suki Do?’ with support from ABC TV and is currently producing ‘A Hairy Tale’, a documentary exploring female body hair. Sukhjit presented at TedxUWA (2017), TedxNewtown (2019) and has supported Missy Higgins and L-FRESH the Lion on their national tours (2016-17). Her poetry and community projects have led her to tour globally and across the nation.
Sukhjit and her partner, Perun Bonser, were selected to develop their rom-com series ‘One of the Good Ones’ at Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s talent lab, Impact Australia (2020). They premiered their video installation work ‘Between Breaths’ at Goolugatup Heathcote Art Gallery (2022) and the work toured in 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art’s exhibition ‘Bush Diwan’ (2022-23). Sukhjit was a story-telling trainer at the Centre for Stories (2018-23) and her debut hip-hop single ‘Collectables’ is now streaming on global music platforms. Sukhjit was selected to participate in a Broadway producing program with Theatre Producers of Colour in New York (2023) and her debut novel Fully Sikh: hot chips and turmeric stains (Upswell Publishing) is available now. Sukhjit is the Executive Director of The Blue Room Theatre and has been selected to be in Creative Australia’s 2024-25 Creative Leadership cohort.
