PIVOT: Passion to Practice

Based in Perth, Western Australia, Cezera is a proud Nyoongar and Greek theatre maker whose passion for theatre started when she was a kid. As a teenager, she branched out into writing her own work, participating in Yirra Yaakin Writers’ Group for a total of five years.

She completed the Aboriginal Performance Course at WAAPA in 2018 Since, she has worked with a number of companies in both acting, writing and directing positions. She played the role of Jo March in adaption of Little Women for The Blue Room Theatre and Mel & Sal in 2021 and directed the Ngalaka Daa Ensemble piece for Yirra Yaakin and WAYTco in both 2021 and 2022.

Recently she co-directed Seven Sisters with WAYTco for Perth Festival 2023 and had her debut play Salted Pretzels premiere at the Blue Room Theatre with APK Productions. For her performance in Hecate (2020) she was awarded Best Newcomer and Best Supporting Actress at the PAWA awards.

Chloe Flockart (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist from Njaki Njaki Noongar Boodja in Regional Western Australia. She has worked as a puppeteer, puppet maker, and puppet mentor for companies around Australia and the UK, from tiny tabletop puppets to a large-scale inflatable turtle for Cirque Du Soleil.

When not working in puppetry, she passionately advocates for arts access in remote and regional communities. She is a founding member of Meridian Regional Arts Inc, a not-for-profit focused on ensuring the arts are accessible to regional communities in WA’s Wheatbelt, and a Regional Arts WA fellowship artist for 2021-2023 with a focus on creating a sustainable career in regional areas, and Minderoo Artist Fund recipient focusing on intersecting the arts with environmental activism. She is very good at fixing things with gaffer tape.

Joshua “Flewnt” Eggington is an award winning, Proud Nyoongar Wongi rapper from Boorloo(Perth). With astrong family legacy rooted in activism. '

Flewnt uses his raw Hip Hop flow andmodern-daymusings as hisplatform to articulate a powerful, positive, and uplifting message for his people.

Katherine is a creative producer and curator working across socially engaged, site-responsive and live contemporary art practices. She is currently the Program Director for the Fremantle Biennale, a festival of site-responsive contemporary art.

Previously she was the Curator at DADAA, a Creative Producer with Perth Festival (Witness Stand, 2021; Five Short Blasts, 2019) and the Special Projects and Revealed Coordinator at Fremantle Arts Centre.

Her most recent projects centre place, water and care. Katherine works, lives and swims on the lands and waters of the Whadjuk people of the Nyoongar nation.

Laura Boynes is an award-winning Independent Dance Artist, Performer, Choreographer, Educator, Movement Director and Disability Arts Worker based in Boorloo/Perth. Laura’s practice is centered on presenting social, cultural and political happenings as they intersect with individual experience.

Her practice utilises the body as metaphor and as a meeting point for investigating ideas of human resilience, social responsibility, adaptability and ecological change. She uses performance as a tool to inspire critical thought and reflection on the contemporary world.

She has choreographed multiple short and full-length independent works and directed large commissions for dance companies such as LINK Dance Company, CO:3 Youth Ensemble, Buzz Dance Theatre and the WA Academy of Performing Arts.

Her solo work Wonder Woman created with Adelina Larsson and Julie-Anne Long (2019) was nominated for four PAWA Awards and won the Australian Dance Award for Independent Dance in 2020. Her latest work Equations of a Falling Body premiered in the Perth

Peter Cheng is an experimental filmmaker and educator based in Walyalup, Western Australia, with a passion for community representation & collaboration. Peter's video practice serves as a critique of hermeneutic sociocultural systems as Peter aims to advocate and challenge preconceptions.

Since graduating from film school in 2011, Peter's unique perspective as a gender non-conforming artist informs their work, driving a commitment to fostering inclusive & diverse perspectives. Peter has collaborated with acclaimed artists such as Tracey Moffatt, Derek Kreckler, Cecile B. Evans and Molly/Aaron. They created 'Perth Artists,' a documentary series that achieved a community broadcasting grant.

Peter has partnered with community arts organisations to ensure high-quality video documentation of emerging and established artists and community arts events. Currently, Peter is editing their debut feature film that explores religious upbringings and the blur between faith and fiction.

Peter Cheng has garnered cinematography awards and is recognised for their advocacy & disruption in the field. As they continue to push boundaries and create thought-provoking video art, Peter strives for inclusivity, diversity and justice.

Shona is dedicated to understanding the complexity inherent in creativity and innovation, and the challenges of expertise and elite performance. She coaches senior leaders in the skills of creative leadership, and lead workshops on the neuroscience of creative practice, spanning corporate, not-for-profit and creative sectors.

In addition, Shona runs facilitation and conversation processes that attend to complexity and perspective. She continues to deliver psychology for performing and visual artists, as well as production and crew, through professional companies, universities, and in private practice. Shona has developed curriculum in areas of performance and wellbeing for performing artist, teachers, and directors using best practice models.

Sukhjit is a writer, performer, theatre-maker, filmmaker, producer, and ED of The Blue Room Theatre. Her work as a multi-form artist for the last ten years has been recognised at the PAWA Awards (2020), Mona Brand Writing Awards (2022), WA Multicultural Awards (2022) and Young Australian Sikh of the Year (2023).

Her passion for storytelling began as a finalist in the Australian Poetry Slam (2014), semi-finalist on Australia’s Got Talent (2016) and winner of The Moth GrandSLAM (2019). Sukhjit spoke at TedxUWA (2017), TedxNewtown (2019) and has supported Missy Higgins and L-FRESH the Lion on their national tours. Sukhjit premiered her sell-out theatre show FULLY SIKH with Barking Gecko and Black Swan (2019). Sukhjit and her partner, Perun Bonser, were selected to develop their rom-com series ONE OF THE GOOD ONES at Ron Howard & Brian Grazer’s talent lab, Impact Australia (2020). They premiered their video installation work BETWEEN BREATHS at Goolugatup Gallery (2022) and the work toured in 4A's BUSH DIWAN (2022).

Sukhjit has been a story-telling trainer at the Centre for Stories and has produced storytelling and theatre projects for adults and school students. COLLECTABLES, her debut hip-hop single is now streaming on all platforms.

Tyrown Waigana is a Wandandi Noongar and Ait Koedal artist and design. This mean his heritate can be traced people from the south-west Western Australia and Saibai Island in the Torres Strait.

Tyrown's practice includes graphic design, illustration, painting, animation and sculpture. He take on a variety of work from corporate commission looking for indigenous styled graphic to highly conceptual fine art. His practice relates social nuances to myths and uses humour as help ingest deep subject matter. Waigana enjoy taking on projects that allow him to grow as an artist and all-round creative.