Dark MOFO
& Mona Foma 2023
When Tasmania turns inwards, and there’s snow on the mountain, the underbelly of it all comes to life. And in 2023, I got to be a part of it.
Emergency Dollhouse
Hobart CBD
Dark Fringe 2023
Enter an immersive "world design" that begins in triage and then goes next level.
1 hour. 4 levels. Many stairs. More emotions. Extensive basements.
A journey through the absurd, the grotesque, the beautiful and the sublime, exploring female archetypes with twists and turns.
Created by: David Ja & Sabio
A Mouthful of C Words
Salamanca Arts Centre, Peacock Theatre
Mona Foma 2023
Inspired by a play that got its author charged with immorality, five authors have worked together to write the stories of ten couples—always played by the same two actors—that take place over a day and a night in the middle of a Hobart winter. Oh, and the characters have sex in every scene.
Carrie McLean – Writer
Stephanie Jack – Writer
Hera Fox – Writer
Andy Vagg – Writer
Matthew Cooke – Writer
Chris Mead – Director and Dramaturg
“Nicholas was equally convincing as a jaded divorcee as she was as the high energy ‘Missy’. She gave a beautifully human and gracious portrayal of a sex worker. As a politician, she was both ridiculous and vulnerable. In every instance she was credible and engaging.”
-Anne Blythe-Cooper, Stage Whispers
Arcana
Salamanca Arts Centre
WINTER LIGHT FESTIVAL 2022 & Dark MoFo 2023.
Arcana brings together some of Tasmania’s finest performers to render a musical interpretation of your past, present and future. Using the ancient art of the tarot as a springboard, go in the draw to ask your question and hear your reading as a multi-layered, semi improvised sonic experience.
Created by: Alethea Coombe
Performed by: Alethea Coombe, Jem Nicholas, Tom Robb, Lachlan Johnson, Michael Fortescue, Randal Muir & Michael Mathieson-Sandars
Random Acts of Wierdness
Salamanca Arts Centre & MONA
Random Acts of Weirdness – where the strange and beautiful meet.
Short form performances with extreme undertakings.
Experience theatre created in the moment. With nothing but the gentle sounds of cello whirring beneath; these three strange and beautiful artists will weave together a multi disciplinary performance sure to arouse the senses; confuse the mind; and make you question pre-conceived limitations of storytelling.
Created and performed by: Jem Nicholas, Georgia Shine and Risa Ray