Research Assistant to Prof. Jakelin Troy, University of Sydney
My current sociolinguistic research has been tremendously informed through my experiences working alongside Professor Jakelin Troy, Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research at The University of Sydney, where I was a Visiting Scholar for the month of August 2016. Jaky is a linguist, an educator and an Indigenous Australian […]
Cape to Cape: Notes on South African fieldwork
I have recently spent a little over a month travelling between Cape Town and Grahamstown in South Africa, sitting-in and observing rehearsals for productions showing at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival 2016. My trip has included meeting with Mandla Mbothwe at Artscape in Cape Town and watching performances from his […]
The Wardrobe Project: Documentary theatre and training ground
With Sonja Linden of Visible I have been conceptualising a type of auto/biographical production process, engaging both process and product. We have aimed towards professional theatre outcomes in addition to specific community engagement and capacity building outcomes. The Wardrobe Project is one of our most major Practice as Research Projects, […]
All we need is space: Old Vic New Voices
This stunning rehearsal studio at Jerwood Studios in London was the beginning of some my key current practice as research inquiries regarding ethics and engagement in auto/biographical performance processes. Project Assistant and Researcher, Housed by David Watson, Old Vic, London Housed was a production written by David Watson that was […]