I am an actor, theatre-maker and teaching artist based in Australia. I use the ritual of theatre as a forum for human connection; a site to hold radical ideas, witness multivalent perspectives and offer counter-narratives to the confinements of the dominant culture. I tell stories in the quest to redefine personal, cultural and political identity through the radical act of being seen and heard. The stories we tell and are told forge our sense of self. They influence how we act and are acted upon. The narratives we live in can limit us, or expand our sense of possibility. Stories are road maps. Stories can be medicine.
I practice in the lineage of Eastern European ensemble theatre, Shakespeare performance and devised contemporary theatre. Through theatre I reimagine stories from history, myths, Shakespeare, imagination, memory and personal experience and use the ritual of drama, language, poetry, character, live music, singing and heightened physicality to play in the dynamic relationship of actor, ensemble and audience. I have developed and presented work in Australia with PACT Theatre, Tantrum Youth Arts, NEXT WAVE, Underbelly Arts, Urban Theatre Projects and Performance Space; and internationally with Odra Ensemble (Song of the Goat Theatre, Poland), Shakespeare & Company (U.S.A) and ULTIMAVEZ (Belgium). Most recently I directed HOME; a devised ensemble piece, that investigated the complexity of belonging, produced by Tantrum Youth Arts. HOME was nominated for 5 CONDA awards including Best Direction and Best New Work.
I practice in the lineage of Eastern European ensemble theatre, Shakespeare performance and devised contemporary theatre. Through theatre I reimagine stories from history, myths, Shakespeare, imagination, memory and personal experience and use the ritual of drama, language, poetry, character, live music, singing and heightened physicality to play in the dynamic relationship of actor, ensemble and audience. I have developed and presented work in Australia with PACT Theatre, Tantrum Youth Arts, NEXT WAVE, Underbelly Arts, Urban Theatre Projects and Performance Space; and internationally with Odra Ensemble (Song of the Goat Theatre, Poland), Shakespeare & Company (U.S.A) and ULTIMAVEZ (Belgium). Most recently I directed HOME; a devised ensemble piece, that investigated the complexity of belonging, produced by Tantrum Youth Arts. HOME was nominated for 5 CONDA awards including Best Direction and Best New Work.
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