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Vanessa Immink Productions is an independent creative producing company working across theatre, cabaret, musical theatre and live performance in Aotearoa and Australia.

We've rapped along to Hamilton while producing the first arena production, sweated through opening nights at Adelaide Fringe, acknowledged Matariki with culturally grounded programming, and sat in rooms with artists supporting them making their first work.

We've been on all sides of the table, as artist, producer and presenter - which informs our process and delivery.

The range isn't accidental, it’s exactly why we work the way we do.

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Vanessa Immink

A two-time ISPA Global Fellow

PANNZ Acorn Foundation Mid-Career Award recipient

Arts Foundation Out of the Limelight Award winner.

Vanessa is a festival director, creative producer and programmer with a global view of live performance — shaped by a career that spans commercial touring, fringe festivals, contemporary indigenous performance and major arts festivals.

Trained in musical theatre, she has worked across every scale of the industry: from producing Blue Man Group and Hamilton on the commercial touring circuit, to programming the Auckland Live Cabaret Festival, to leading Pūtahi Festival and touring Talofa Papa across Aotearoa and Australia.

Her work extends beyond production into strategy, advocacy and governance, including leading the development of Whakatāne District Council's Arts, Culture and Creativity Strategy 2023-2033. She is a former independent board member of Arts Wellington, current board member of National Youth Drama School and has sat on advisory boards such as Toi Mai Workforce Development Council, CNZ’s Arts Media review as well as part of the team that developed a business case for a new creative digital agency in Aotearoa.

Alongside her producing and programming work, Vanessa is an experienced creative facilitator and strategic consultant, working with organisations, councils and sector bodies to develop creative strategy, lead workshops and build capability across the arts and beyond.