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Rhi (she/they) is a queer performance maker, visual designer, and technician based in Boorloo (Perth, Western Australia), who makes fun, weird, genre bending art. Rhi’s work has been described as 'exciting, pertinent and ambitious theatre’ (Seesaw Mag, 2020).
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Education
Bachelor of Arts (Performance Studies Major), Curtin University. 2015
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Selected Artistic Experience
Writing / Devising / Performing
Dinosaur Zoo, Performer, 2021, Erth, Dir. Scott Wright + Ella Hetherington, WA Museum
The Jellyman, Creator / Performer / Set Designer, 2020, Rhiannon Petersen, Dir. Sam Nerida, The Blue Room Theatre
Survive the Apocalypse!! [Development], Creator, 2020, Rhiannon Petersen and Michelle Aitken, The Blue Room Theatre / Online
Valentine, Performer, 2020, 2019, 2018, Rachael Woodward, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts & Margret River Arts Centre
Unrule, Deviser / Performer, 2019, Hey! Precious, Dir. Michelle Aitken, The Blue Room Theatre
The Big Dark, Creator / Performer / Designer, 2018, Rhiannon Petersen, The Blue Room Theatre
The Lab Rat, Writer, 2018, Midnite Theatre Company, Dir. Gregory Jones, Christ Church Grammar School and UK schools tour
Shout Lab, 2016, Creator / Performer, 2016, Hive Ensemble (Propel Youth Arts), Crack Theatre Festival (TINA) and Curtin University
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Lighting Design / Technical
Deadset, Lighting Technician, 2023, Yuck Circus, Dir. Georgia Deguara, Multiple venues across WA
Dick Pics in the Garden of Eden, Lighting Designer, 2022, The Last Great Hunt, Dir. Jeffery Jay Fowler, Subiaco Arts Centre
Homeward Bound, Lighting Designer / Technician, 2022, Lazy Yarns, Dir. Elise Wilson, The Blue Room Theatre
Little Women, Lighting Designer / Technician, 2021, Mel and Sal, Dir. Mélanie Julien-Martial and Sally Davies, The Blue Room Theatre
Bite the Hand, Lighting Designer, 2021, The Last Great Hunt, Dir. Matt Edgerton, Subiaco Arts Centre
Ugly Virgins, Lighting Designer / Technician, 2021, Lindstedt and Davies, Dir. Anna Lindstedt and Sally Davies, The Blue Room Theatre
The Tale of Tales, Lighting Designer / Technician, 2021 & 2018, Bow and Dagger, Dir. Clare Testoni, The Blue Room Theatre & The Rehearsal Room, State Theatre Centre
The Gods The Gods The Gods, Lighting Designer, 2020, Gobbledigook Theatre and The Flanagan Collective, The De Parel Spiegeltent
Atlas, Lighting Designer / Technician, 2018, WAAPA, Dir. Sam Chester, Tricycle Theatre
The Twits, Lighting Designer, 2017, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, Dir. Michael Barlow, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre
Arteries by Ancestry, Lighting Designer / Technician, 2017, Fugue, Dir. James McMillan, The Blue Room Theatre
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Set Design
Las Hormigas / The Ants, Scenographer, 2022, Pilar Mata Dupont, Dir. Pilar Mata Dupont, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
See You Next Tuesday, Set Designer / Lighting Designer / Tour Manager, 2022, Static Drive Co, Dir. Alexa Taylor, Subiaco Arts Centre & Multiple venues across WA
Love Letters to the Revolution, Set Designer, 2021, Sian Murphy, Dir. Sian Murphy, The Blue Room Theatre
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Stage / Tour Management
Catch, Tour Manager, 2022, Circus Maxima, Dir. Yvan Karlsson, Multiple venues across WA
A Night Of… and MicroMove, 2018, Summer Nights, The Blue Room Theatre
Future's Eve, Tour Manager, 2018, Hey! Precious, Dir. Michelle Aitken, The Basement Auckland & Brunswick Mechanics Institute
Ode to Man, Stage Manager, 2017, Emma & Pre, Pru Clark, The Blue Room Theatre
Don Procopio, Assistant Stage Manager, 2016, Lost and Found Opera, Dir. Thomas de Mallet Burgess, Balcatta Vasto Club
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Festival Experience
Fringe World Perth, Lighting Technician, 2019- 2023, Circus Theatre & De Parel Spiegeltent
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Technical Stage Manager, 2023, Federation Square
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Technical Site Manager, 2022, Patterhoose - Gilded Balloon
Perth Festival, Front of House Manager & Usher, 2017 - 2022, Multiple venues
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Residencies / Labs
FirstHand, 2016, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre
Howl Artist Lab, 2018, Aphids, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
Winter Nights, 2019 & 2020, The Blue Room Theatre