‘And I don’t know what home is anymore, if not a feeling. This terrible, longing feeling’.

In an exciting blend of performance poetry and theatre, Red Soup tells the story of two women and two invasions of Ukraine; Oma is escaping Germany’s invasion of Ukraine in 1941, and Jade is a serial home renovator, arriving at her next project. 

Where is home when you’ve been running from it all your life?

Written and Directed by Anna Moore
Mentored by Jess Arthur

In this living installation, Divya explores a space that represents her childhood bedroom, a space that was a refuge from the world and a world in itself.
One Self over the Crimson Nest touches on the surreal gap between reality and the unknown, a gap in which every version of our self exists. Over the course of the season, expect this space to transform, as the walls begin to carry the memories and emotions from years past.

Created by Divya Lotliker
Mentored by Valerie Berry

Our story begins in a nightclub, our story ends in a nightclub, but this show isn’t really about a nightclub. 

CURBSQUATTERS is a fresh new work written and directed by Irelish Barker. A somewhat auto-biographical story, CURBSQUATTERS explores the trials and tribulations of clubbing culture amongst young people. It is a collection of conversations and moments, set on the street outside of a popular nightclub. Join this group of bold characters they navigate relationships, arguments and trepidation; as they discuss their thoughts and share their experiences regarding love, lust, regret, and harassment. 

Watch to see who in this motley crew ends the night on a high, and who will be sinking in their glass come midnight. 

Written and Directed by Irelish Barker
Mentored by Emma Saunders

CAST: Clementine de la Hunty, Breanna Boyd, Casey Cleary, Thomas Harper, Jack Taylor, Natasha Pontoh-Supit

Anna Krywyj Moore is a playwright and poet based between the bush of the Blue
Mountains and the beach of Wollongong. Anna’s poetic anthology, ‘From Adam’s Rib’
has been published by Story Factory Parramatta. Her play, ‘Her Name was Inna’ is
currently being produced for the Australian Theatre of Young People’s Intersection
Festival and published by Currency Press. Her awards include shortlisting in the
Tertangala Prose and Poetry Contest, and her play ‘Lady Lazarus’ was nominated for
OnStage 2021. Anna is a member of the Australian Theatre of Young People’s Youth
Advisory Body. Anna currently attends the University of Wollongong studying a Bachelor
of Arts and a Bachelor of Creative Arts. Anna is passionate about her Ukrainian heritage
and how remembering can ignite conversations about current issues.

Anna will be mentored by JESS ARTHUR

Divya Lotliker primarily works as a visual artist with a developing interest in exploring performance art as a way of expanding her reach into questions about human nature and the fabric of reality. 

Consistent themes in her work include the collective nature of this life, as experienced deeply by ‘individuals,’ our attachment to and experience of suffering and our dynamic relationship with religiosity, spirituality and lack thereof. All of this is rooted in the wisdom of eastern philosophies and questions about how our emotions and worldviews influence our relationships with other people and ourselves.

Divya will be mentored by VALERIE BERRY

Irelish Barker (She/Her) is an emerging actor, writer and theatre maker living and creating on unceded Dharawal country. Irelish completed her Bachelors in Performance at the University of Wollongong in 2021. Since graduating she has explored her passion for script writing and theatre making through her own independent works. She wrote for and performed in “Feral Women” (2022) which was written and devised in collaboration with Crush Collective Arts, funded by the Wollongong Council. She had an excerpt of her debut script “CURBSQAUTTERS” performed at MerrigongX’s Made From Scratch in March and most recently has been working with the Dire Theatre Company. Irelish is passionate about uplifting female presenting and young peoples voices in theatre. Her script “CURBSQAUTTERS”  explores the trials, tribulations and connections we make with others on a night out.

Irelish will be mentored by EMMA SAUNDERS