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 & Yuck Circus, Lighting Technician / Tech Manager, 2025, Yuck Circus, Dir. Georgia Deguara, Multiple venues across WA
Matters Out of Place, Lighting Designer / Technician, 2024, WAAPA, Dir. Cassnadra Tytler, Old Commonwealth Bank building
Madre Muerte, Lighting Designer / Operator, 2024, OFF-base Dance, Tyrone Earl Lraé Robinson, Friday Studios
Acid Trip, Lighting Designer / Operator, 2024, OFF-base Dance, Tyrone Earl Lraé Robinson, Friday Studios
The Other Side of Me, Re-lighter / Tech Manager, 2024, NT Dance Company & Blak Dance, Gary Lang, Multiple venues across WA & NT
Deadset, Lighting Technician, 2023, Yuck Circus, Dir. Georgia Deguara, Multiple venues across WA
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
Bogan Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Tour Manager, 2024, Circuitwest & BS Productions, Dir. Dean Lovatt, Multiple venues across regional 
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, Technical Site Supervisor / Lighting Technician, 2019- 2025, The Pleasure Garden, Circus Theatre & De Parel Spiegeltent
Perth Festival, Event Control / Front of House Manager / Usher, 2017 - 2024, Multiple venues
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Lighting Technician, 2023, Palais Du Variete - Assembly
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Technical Stage Manager, 2023, Federation Square
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Technical Site Manager, 2022, Patterhoose - Gilded Balloon
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Residencies / Labs 
Artist in Residence, 2024, Fremantle Arts Centre
Winter Nights, 2019 & 2020, The Blue Room Theatre 
Howl Artist Lab, 2018, Aphids, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
FirstHand, 2016, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre
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