Nathan Joe is a Chinese-Kiwi playwright (2021 Bruce Mason Playwriting Award) and performance poet (2020 National Slam Champion).

He is a graduate of the New Zealand Broadcasting School (2011) with a Bachelor in Broadcasting Communications (Digital Film and Television Production).

He won the Playmarket b425 award two years in a row (2015 and 2016), and has been shortlisted for the ADAM NZ award. He also scooped up two awards - Auckland Live: Free Your Mind, Best Newcomer (Ensemble) - during Auckland Fringe (2019).

He was the 2019 NZ Young Writers Festival writer-in-residence, and is one of the 2020 Ursula Bethell writers-in-residence.

Recent work includes curating BIPOC spoken word event DIRTY PASSPORTS at Basement Theatre, co-creating Slay the Dragon or Save the Dragon or Neither with A Slightly Isolated Dog, and directing Yang/Young/杨 for Auckland Theatre Company.

His play Scenes from a Yellow Peril is set to have its world premiere at the ASB Waterfront Theatre in June.

As a critic, he is a regular contributor to Theatrescenes and was previously the theatre editor at The Lumière Reader.

As a dramaturge, he has worked with the likes of Legacy Project (year 5 & 6), Auckland Theatre Company (Here & Now), Proudly Asian Theatre (Fresh off the Page), and Black Creatives Aotearoa.

He is a playwright client of Playmarket, and occasionally goes by the nom de plume of yellowperilproductions.

He is currently based in Christchurch, New Zealand.