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I was born on Gadigal country, raised on Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Kombumerri country, and now live and work on Bunurong country. I pay my respects to their elders, past & present. Sovereignty was never ceded. Join me in paying the rent.

About Me

My name’s Ryan (he/they).

I’m a fat queer theatre-maker and producer based in Narrm (Melbourne) who tells stories about place, otherness, and utopia. It’s nice to meet you 👋

Theatre Criticism

I am also an emerging theatre critic, you can read some of my written reviews on this site, but I predominantly post video reviews on Instagram and TikTok.

I was the recipient of the Funny Tonne award at the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival for writing the best review of the festival, as judged by a panel of ArtsHub critics.

I am also a judge for the Green Room Awards Independent Theatre panel.

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I would love to see your work and write about it. Let's get in touch.

Education

I am a graduate of Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business. I studied at the (now defunct) Centre for Theatre and Performance, and was one of the students who led the campaign to save it in 2020.

Canon fodder: Monash cuts to music studies draw chorus of protest
More than 70 scholars from universities including Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge have urged Monash Uni to reverse a decision to scrap some music units under plans to shed 277 full-time jobs.
The AgeAdam Carey

Way back during lockdown, when I had blue hair.

Practice

The work I make is often queer, site-specific, & verbatim, and looks to make our world a bit better. You can see my portfolio here.

The work I’m most proud of having made so far is called Full Cream, a story about fat kinship and liberation that I made with Em Keagan, Jonathan Graffam-O’Meara, and Georgie Wolfe.

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Full Cream has been shown at Geelong Arts Centre, Fringe World Perth (Weekly Award Winner), Radically Soft, A Plus Market, Melbourne Fringe (Emerging Company Incubator Award).

I also record a weekly-ish podcast called Broadly Relevant, a quick-fire overview of the week’s news ft. a sufficient amount of shit-talking with one of my high school besties.