Performance maker | Performer
P E R F O R M A N C E S . P R O J E C T S
2018
Performance-maker, Baby Cake, Next Wave & Darebin Speakeasy
Autobiographical theatre work on 2 women's decisions around childbearing
In collaboration with Kerensa Diball
2016
Guest Curator, Victorian Theatre Forum
Curated the ‘Out and About’ series on theme of resilience and adaptability
Performer, Paperless Office, A is for Atlas
A durational performance and action art project
Artist & Co-facilitator, Museum of Me, Darebin City Council and Westgarth Aged Care
A cross-generational performance project which places elders and children in charge of the system
In collaboration with Kerensa Diball
Artist, Mama Gladis & Me, A is for Atlas & Carlton Connect LAB-14 Residency
A performance project and life project by the artist and her mother-in-law
2015
Co-facilitator and performance-maker, Neighbours, Big West Festival
A site-based, community engaged performance project with the residents of Footscray
In collaboration with Kerensa Diball
Co-creator, Uncommon Places, Melbourne Fringe Festival
A site-based audio work and installation in the Nicholas Building, Melbourne
Performance-maker/ Performer/ Ensemble, Particulate Matters, Oddbody
Devised full-length work
2014
Associate Artist (Part-Time), A is for Atlas
Collaborator on Dining Room Tales series
Platform Artist Representative, Singapore Suitcase Project, Platform Youth Theatre
Working group - key role in conversation on collaborations/exchanges with Singapore artists
Co-facilitator and performance-maker, Neighbours (Creative Development)
A site-based, community engaged performance project with the residents of Footscray
In collaboration with Kerensa Diball
Performer/ Collaborator, Written on the Body, Blink Dance Theatre
A dance work based on the writing of Anais Nin
Host/ Performer, Since I Suppose (work-in-progress showing at FOLA), One Step At A Time Like This
An audio-visual walking tour
Director's attachment, Dining Room Tales, A is for Atlas
A performance based in a home, with food and storytelling
2013
Performance-maker/ Performer, A small fish in a small pond was found between the devil and the deep blue sea
Part of 876 Oranges All in a Row, a series of solo devised performances at VCA
Performance-maker/ Initiating Artist/ Facilitator, A Very Long Table
A Community and Site-based project, VCA
Performer/ Performance-maker/ Collaborator, Pull The Thread
Group-devised performance, VCA
Provocateur, Malthouse Theatre
Facilitate post-performance conversation with audience members
2012
Performer, This Placement
Teater Ekamatra, Irfan Kasban dir.
A site-based work in the vacant Old Geylang Fire Station
Performer, Staged Reading of Garisan Kuning
Singapore Repertory Theatre’s Writers Week Platform, Jonathan Lim dir
Performer, Dream Country
Led by Marion D’Cruz, Singapore Arts Festival
An outdoor movement work with 35 women, 35 urns and a lot of water
2011
Performer, Re: Almost Left Behind
Thespis, Singapore Arts Festival
2010
Director, People Like Us
Short and Sweet Festival
Performer, Down Fall Down
Short and Sweet Festival, Cara Whitehouse dir.
2009
Director, The Table
Short and Sweet Festival
Performer, Red Queen
ECNAD, Lim Chin Huat dir.
Performer, Actually I
Act 3 International, Nina Siew dir.
Performer, Little Kite
Act 3 International, Nina Siew dir.
Performer, Songs for Gaia
ECNAD, Tan How Choon and Lim Chin Huat dir.
Performer, Unlibrary Project
National Library Board and The Necessary Stage, Alvin Tan dir.
2008
Performer, In His Own Write
Melbourne Fringe Festival, Fleur Kilpatrick dir.
2007
Co-Writer, A Psalm
Storyboard 2007, Shed.Ink: overnight scriptwriting competition, 3rd Prize
Adapted into short film, Girl With the Red Balloons; produced and screened at Singapore Short film Awards, Benjamin Tan dir.
A R T S A D M I N I S T R A T I O N / M A N A G E M E N T
2022 -
current
Manager, Sector Development and Membership, Theatre Network Australia
Research, independents program and advocacy, membership development and administration
2020 -
2021
Communications Manager, Theatre Network Australia
E-news, social media, database management
2019
Casual Administrator, Theatre Network Australia
2015
Marketing Assistant (Part-Time), Back to Back Theatre
Media reports, social media, database of stakeholders, e-news, administration
2014
Administrator (Casual), Back to Back Theatre
Assist marketing team with upkeep of database (salesforce) of stakeholders and supporters, assist with general marketing administration
Performing Arts Intern, Regional Arts Victoria
Executed pilot of Mapping Complexity, a survey and an interactive map which charts relationships between performing arts venues & orgs in regional victoria.
Administrator (Contract), Geelong Performing Arts Centre
Document, evaluate and generate report for education workshops (Kaleidoscope)
2013
Communications Intern, A is for Atlas
Social media and online activities, crowd-funding campaign for VOYAGE
Volunteer, Fortyfivedownstairs
Theatre bar shifts, gallery sitting, assist communications staff with office duties
2010 -
2012
Manager, Sector Development (Theatre), National Arts Council
Administered, processed and coordinated theatre grant schemes and funding programs. Initiated residencies and developmental programs in partnership with local theatre companies
R E S I D E N C I E S . G R A N T S . A W A R D S
2023
Performing Lines Residency, Victoria
2019
Vicarts Grant, Creative Victoria
For the creative development of 'Geelong Sweats', a theatre project in collaboration with gym enthusiasts from Waterworld
2019
Creative Communities Grant, City of Greater Geelong
For the creative development of 'Geelong Sweats', a theatre project in collaboration with gym enthusiasts from Waterworld
2019
Curious Mechanics Commission, Geelong Arts Centre
For the creative development of 'Geelong Sweats', a theatre project in collaboration with gym enthusiasts from Waterworld
2017
Performance-maker/ Performer, Seedpod Residency, Punctum
Creative Development of Baby Cake, created in collaboration with Kerensa Diball
2016
Carlton Connect LAB-14 Residency, City of Melbourne and Creative Spaces
Investigating social resilience through storytelling, performance and the ethics of food.
2015
Vicarts Grant, Arts Victoria
$16,000 for the presentation of ‘Neighbours’, a multi-disciplinary social and theatrical promenade performance through the streets of Footscray, as part of the 2015 Big West Festival.
Artstart, Australia Council for the Arts
$10,000
2014
New Work (Creative Development) Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
Kerensa Diball and Yuhui Ng Rodriguez (Vic) - $15,000
Neighbours, a community-engaged, site-based performance work in Footscray
Vicarts Grant, Arts Victoria
$7,000 for the creative development of a site-based, socially-engaged performance project, Neighbours
Co-performer/performance-maker/ Member of Odd Body Collective, Metro Arts Residency, Brisbane
3-week residency with Odd Body investigating strategies specific to our collective's process of performance-making
Co-performer/performance-maker/ Member of Odd Body Collective, Mechanics Institute Residency, Melbourne
Weekly training with Odd Body
2013
Belura John Tallis Award
Victorian College of the Arts
2008
Awarded by Monash University
Monash University International Scholarship for Excellence
Dean’s Recognition Awards, Faculty of Arts
Honorable Mention for Excellence in Creative Work, Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies
Prize for Achievement in Writing, Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies
P A N E L S . A D V I S O R Y
2018 -
Current
Creative Victoria Peer Panel Assessor
For various grant programs including Creators' Fund, VicArts Grants, Touring.
2018 -
2021
Australia Council for the Arts Peer Panel Assessor
For various grant programs including Projects for organisations, Projects for individuals and groups.
E D U C A T I O N . T R A I N I N G . P D
2023
Leadershift, TNA
Program to support mid-career diverse leaders in the performing arts
2022
Governance Training for Individuals, AICD and Australia Council
'Governance Foundations for Not-For-Profit Directors', 2 day course
2015
Suzuki Company of Toga, Summer Intensive
Residency and training in the Suzuki Method of Actor Training
2014
Responsive Performance Practice, Fragment 31
Weekly training led by Leisa Shelton, August - September
Graduate Diploma in Performance Creation (Animateuring)
Victorian College of the Arts
Responsive Performance Practice, Fragment 31
Weekly training led by Leisa Shelton, July - November
Physical Actor Training, Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre
Weekly training in the Suzuki Method and Viewpoints, Winter Intensive in 2012
2012
Winter Intensive, Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre
Intensive training in Suzuki Method, Viewpoints and Butoh, Montville, Queensland
2008
Bachelor of Performing Arts (Major in Theatre & Performance, Minor in Movement)
Monash University