THEATRE & Performance
2026
Mature Skin
New play by Gabrielle Fallen
Director : Darebin Speakeasy
2025
No Love Songs
Australian Associate Director
NewTheatricals : Foundry Theatre, Sydney
2024
Every Lovely Terrible Thing
New play by Adam Fawcett
Director : Lab Kelpie, TheatreWorks, Melbourne
The Inheritance
Associate Director
fortyfive downstairs, Melbourne
Gay Shame (creative development)
Lead creative : Darebin Speakeasy, Melbourne
2023
For Love Nor Money
New play by Angus Cameron
Director/Dramaturge : Fringe Hub, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Dazza and Keif Reenact the Romeo + Juliet Movie Playing All The Roles
Drag dance comedy by Dazza and Keif
Performer (as Gay Jordan) : Fringe Hub, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2022
Variations or Exit Music
Writer/Director : La Mama Courthouse, Carlton
Dazza & Keif Reenact The Titanic Movie Playing All The Roles
Drag dance comedy (live) by Dazza and Keif
Performer (as Gay Jordan) : The Lark at Gluttony, Adelaide Fringe Festival; The Butterfly Club, Melbourne Comedy Fest
Get Bent Fest!
Queer performing arts festival
Artistic Director & Programmer : Midsumma, Common Rooms, Melbourne
2021
Oh, We Had A Time!
Immersive performance art by Kerensa Diball & Roman Tucker
Director & Dramaturge : Melbourne Fringe Festival
Dazza & Keif Reenact The Titanic Movie Playing All The Roles
Drag dance comedy (digital) by Dazza and Keif
Performer (as Gay Jordan) : Melbourne Fringe Festival
Get Bent Fest!
Queer performing arts festival
Artistic Director & Programmer : Midsumma, Common Rooms, Melbourne
2020
The Little Bits We Love: La Nonna
Digital theatre piece by Samuel Dariol
Co-Director / Dramaturge : VCR Fest, Melbourne Fringe, Melbourne
2019
Aespia presents The Glass Theatre
New works festival
Programmer & Producer : Aespia School of Art, London
The End of Tiger
Writer / Performer : Aespia presents The Glass Theatre
Stour Space, London
The Kick Inside
Play by Kerensa Diball
Dramaturge : Melbourne Fringe Festival, Melbourne
Aespia: London Takeover
Programmer & Producer, The Glass Theatre : Grow Tottenham, London
Martha/Isla
Interactive performance art by Jodie Powell
Performer: Meadows in the Mountains Festival, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria
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
2022 Masters of Theatre (Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne)
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, dramaturge and arts programmer working in Melbourne and London.