What do you do?
Writer, theatre-maker, festival director.
When did you get into it?
Myself and three other deviants formed Bohemian Productions upon leaving school in 2001and produced a double-bill of Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter and Jack Lloyd and my script Quiet Time.
Who or what influences you as an artist?
I would murder everyone I know in order to be able to produce a work that does in theatre what the Avalanches' Since I Left You does with music. My writing comes out of my obsessions with cheap science fiction, shabby electronica, absurdist theatre and whatever Hadley's been writing recently.
What’s your biggest achievement/proudest moment so far?
Last October Gillian Schwab and I co-directed the inaugural Crack Theatre Festival as a part of This Is Not Art in Newcastle. 16 performances, 17 panels/forums and over 60 theatre and performance artists from around Australia. We ran for four nights and only got shut down by the police on two.
What are your plans for the future?
Crack pt 2 this October, and my ensemble Boho (with Jack Lloyd and Mick Bailey) is producing a new interactive work at Belconnen Arts Centre this July, touring to the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney.
What makes you laugh?
Jack found a thriller in the book section of Myer this afternoon entitled TOO MANY MURDERS. That made me happy.
What pisses you off?
That Mr Fibby are not more famous.
What’s your opinion of the local scene?
Indestructible. Either the powers that be haven't got their shit together or they're not trying hard enough, but the indie theatre scene still regularly turns out amazing work. Canberran artists are like cockroaches.
What are your upcoming performances/exhibitions?
Touring a new solo work Sun Drugs to the New Zealand Fringe Festival in several weeks, directed by Ms Naomi Milthorpe. It's a teen prom coming-of-age movie set in a flooded city in Asia and includes a DIY-vibrator making workshop. Otherwise, artist applications for the Crack Theatre Festival 2010 are now open - visit www.cracktheatrefestival.com to download a form.
Contact Info:
www.blind-dragonfly.com
