User:Pakoire/Estelle Chout

Estelle Chout is a New Zealand playwright and actor. Her work represents queer Afro-Caribbean migrants in Aotearoa with her play Po' Boys and Oysters that premiered in 2022.

Chout was born on Martinique an island of the Caribbean, and has lived in London. She moved to New Zealand in 2017 and lives in Auckland.

Chout's first play Po' Boys and Oysters is a comedy loosely based on her life and features 'a black lesbian couple wanting to adopt a child'. The play was the first produced by Black Creatives Aotearoa and appeared at the Auckland Pride Festival at the Basement Theatre after some delays due to Covid-19. The play was nominated for an Adam’s NZ Playwright Award in 2021.