Elisabeth Gunawan

Elisabeth Gunawan is a Chinese-Indonesian writer-performer. She’s the founder of the independent company KISS WITNESS, whose work harnesses the power of theatre to create spaces of belonging for people who don’t have it in real life, to decolonise the imagination and empower people. Their most recent works include the ensemble piece Prayers for a Hungry Ghost (Barbican, 2022–2025) and the immersive headphone piece Stampin’ in the Graveyard (Summerhall Edinburgh Fringe, 2021–2025). Her performances have been critically acclaimed and won multiple awards including The Stage Debut Award (2022). In the UK, she has been an associate artist with Theatre Ad Infinitum and ArtsAdmin. She is currently pursuing a practice-based PhD at Goldsmiths, University of London.