What’s On

Justin Nott: Justin is an independent theatre maker, writer and arts programmer whose practice encompasses new writing, queer dramaturgy and formal experimentation in visual works of ambitious scope. He holds a Master of Theatre (Directing) from the Victorian College of the Arts for which he received the Orloff Family Charitable Trust Scholarship for excellence.  Justin most recently directed Adam Fawcett's sprawling family drama, Every Lovely Terrible Thing ("a striking exploration of trauma and grief" - My Melbourne Arts) for LabKelpie, and Angus Cameron’s For Love Nor Money for Victorian Theatre Company, named by TimeOut as one of the best shows to see at Melbourne Fringe Festival 2023. Other directing credits include Variations or Exit Music (2022) - ****, ArtsHub; Can’t Be Tamed (2018) – “F***ked up and fabulous”, Weekend Notes; and Human_Error (2017) – “a special and important piece of theatre”, Stage Whispers. Justin is the Creative Director of queer arts festival Get Bent Fest!, and founded The Glass Theatre queer performance festival in London in 2019. Justin also performs with Dazza & Keif as his alter-ego, Gay Jordan and in 2024 was the associate director for the Australian premiere of The Inheritance at fortyfive downstairs. In 2024 Justin begins development on his new project, Gay Shame, with Darebin Speakeasy.

Sue Thomson: Sue is an award-winning filmmaker who is deeply passionate about human rights and equality. Sue wrote, directed & produced, The Coming Back Out Ball, the award-winning closing night film at MIFF 2018, now streaming on NETFLIX. Her last film UNDER COVER, about women over 50 experiencing homelessness is narrated by Margot Robbie and available on ABC iview. Right now, Sue is working on her latest documentary CARELESS, which is about the crisis in our aged care system.

Cate Kennedy: Cate is the author of the highly acclaimed novel The World Beneath, which won the People’s Choice Award in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards in 2010. She is an award-winning short-story writer whose work has been published widely. Her first collection, Dark Roots, was shortlisted for the Steele Rudd Award in the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards and for the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, and is currently a text on the VCE Literature syllabus. Other books included Sing, and Don’t Cry, and the poetry collections Joyflight, Signs of Other Fires and The Taste of River Water, which won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Poetry in 2011 and  Like a House on Fire (Scribe, 2012), which won the Queensland Literary Award and was shortlisted for the inaugural Stella Prize, and is also on the Victorian school syllabus, as a Year 12 English text. Cate lives in Castlemaine, Victoria, with her daughter.