THEATRE
2018
History Of Ireland
Play by Moxie Brown
Dramaturge : A Bit Of A Boogie 2018, London
My Feminist Boner
Play by Sarah Blanc
Dramaturge : Croydonites Festival 2018, London
La Nonna
Play by Samuel Dariol
Dramaturge : La Mama Theatre
Can’t Be Tamed
Co-Creator / Director : La Mama Theatre : Midsumma Festival
2017
The Cave Under The Bed
Play by Jack Currie
Director / Dramaturge : La Mama Explorations, La Mama Theatre
4 Men + The Girl Behind The Door
Play by Elvis Peeters
Assistant Director to Richard Murphet : La Mama Theatre
Human Error
Play by Angus Cameron
Director : Arts House Meat Market Stables
Presented by The Bakers Dozen
Can’t Be Tamed
Co-Creator / Director / Lx Design : The Bakehouse Theatre : Adelaide Fringe Festival
2016
Life On Repeat
Play by Jack Currie
Director : Melbourne Fringe Festival : Victorian College of the Arts : Studio 45
Can’t Be Tamed
Co-Creator / Director / Lx Design : The Warehouse : Fringe Hub : Arts House : Melbourne Fringe Festival
Who Is The Best?
Co-Creator / Director : La Mama Courthouse / Grant St Theatre
Presented by La Mama : AMES Australia
2015
Back To The Future
Co-Creator / Director : La Mama Courthouse / Grant St Theatre
Presented by La Mama : AMES Australia
2014
4.48 Psychosis
Play by Sarah Kane
Director : VCA One Acts Season : Victorian College of the Arts : Studio 45
Grease: A Tragedy / Devoted: A New Musical
Co-Creator / Director : Midsumma Festival : The Tote / The Workers Club / Northcote Social Club
2013
Blindness
Adapted from the novel by Jose Saramago
Creator / Director : Melbourne Fringe Festival : Melbourne University Undergound Carpark & Second Story Studios, Melbourne
The Secret Spectacular: Moulin Rouge!
Full-scale backyard guerilla musical adaptation of the film
Co-creator / Director / Actor : A Northcote backyard
Presented by The Backyard Bandits
Hotel
Co-Director (Sc. 3) : Guild Theatre : University of Melbourne
Presented by Until Monstrous
The Polite Conversation
Play by Catherine Trainor
Director : Short + Sweet Festival : Kings St Theatre (Sydney)
2010
The Wonderful World of Dissocia
Play by Anthony Neilson
Co-Director / Set Designer : Guild Theatre : University of Melbourne
Presented by Theatre Incubator
Winner “Best Production of the Year” – Union House Theatre Awards
The Pitchfork Disney
Play by Philip Ridley
Co-Director / Video Designer : Guild Theatre : University of Melbourne
Presented by Theatre Incubator
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Musical by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin
Director / Actor / Lx Design : St Bernard's College
Presented by St Bernard’s Old Collegians Arts Association
Performance Art
2013
The Dig Collective
Performance Art devising series : Various locations
Pissing Out The Window, or The End
Live art event : Brunswick Art Space
EDUCATION
2014 Postgraduate Diploma in Performance Creation (Directing) (Victorian College of the Arts)
2012 Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) – Major in Cinema Studies (University of Melbourne)
AWARDS & Achievements
2017 Melbourne Festival Directors Lab for professional theatre directors from Australia and around the world, based on the long-running Lincoln Centre Directors Lab, NYC.
2017 Midsumma Futures nine-month development and mentoring program for queer artists and culture makers
2015 Moreland City Council Development Grant to participate in the Prague Quadrennial
2014 Orloff Family Charitable Trust Scholarship for excellence in my year, VCA
2010 Union House Theatre Best Production of the Year for The Wonderful World of Disoccia, UHT Awards, University of Melbourne Theatre Board
POSITIONS
2015-Present Project Co-ordinator and Workshop Leader : La Mama/AMES Australia
2015 Directors Intern : Cybec Electric : Melbourne Theatre Company – The Exact Dimensions of Hell by Bridget Mackey & directed by Luke Kerridge
2015 Malthouse Provocateurs Program : Malthouse Theatre
2015 Directors Intern : Cybec Electric : Melbourne Theatre Company – The Unknown Man on Somerton Beach by Tobias Manderson Galvin & directed by Sarah Giles
2011 Festival Director : Mudfest
2009-2010 Artistic Director : Theatre Incubator
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I am a freelance director, theatre-maker and dramaturge working in Melbourne and London.