SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS
Live Performance - Print - Audio - Film - Radio
Writer, Performer, Producer, Director, Journalist, Lecturer, Photographer
2005 - Present
- Australian Poetry Slam- Founder/ co-producer - Over 45 live events across the country plus online, radio and television events. Australia’s largest poetry event series run in collaboration with State and regional Libraries.
2009
- Sydney Writer’s Festival - Panelist and Writer/Performer
- The Mint/Historic Houses Trust - Writer/Performer with Synergy Percussion - Sydney
- The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry - poem, Night's Knows, published
- Macquarie University - Director of the Macquarie Poetry Slam - Sydney
- Wakakirri National Story Festival - asked to Judge the competition - National
- ABC2- Television host of the Australian Poetry Slam 1 hour show.
- Brett Whiteley Gallery - Dirty Curly CD poetic debut - Sydney
2008
- Sydney Opera House - Host of the Australian Poetry Slam Final
- DIRTY CURLY, CD published - writer/performer - Morganics, producer
- Calgary Wordfest - guest Writer/Performer
- Vancouver Writers Festival - guest Writer/Performer
- Australian Theatre for Young People- workshop facilitator - Tenant Creek, Northern Territory
- Beijing International Writers Festival- guest Writer/Performer in Beijing, Chengdu and Suzhou
- Night Words Festival - Creator and Director of Australia’s first Spoken-word festival at the Sydney Opera House
- Perth Writers Festival- guest Writer/Performer
2007
- Ubud International Writers Festival - guest Writer/Performer in Bali
- The Reel, DVD published - writer/performer - Denson Baker, producer
- The Asia Literary Review - poem, Rain Song, published
- Byron Bay Writers Festival - guest Writer/Performer
- Audio Art Festival - guest Writer/Performer - Krakow
- Art Gallery of NSW - Featured Writer/Performer for Art After Hours - Sydney
- Woodford Folk Festival - Featured writer/performer - Woodford, QLD
2006
- Sydney Opera House-The Studio- “Lamp Post Incantations” Writer/Performer - a double feature spoken-word and music event with Robert Hylton and Billy Bizniz
- Speak Up! - A CD-rom commissioned by the Labour Party - Writer/Performer three pieces on political issues
- Wordstorm Festival - Performer, Wordshop facilitator and panellist - Darwin, Northern Territory
- FBI RADIO (1.5 years)- presenter and producer of spoken word segments and shows- Sydney
- Museum of Contemporary Art - Writer/Performer commissioned to respond to the Edward and Nancy Keinholz Exhibition - Sydney
2005
- Tour of Regional NSW - including, schools, festivals, libraries offering wordshops and performances
- Croc Festival - Wordshop Facilitator - Kempsey, NSW
- Queensland Poetry Festival - Featured performer and wordshop facilitator - Brisbane
- The Sydney Festival - writer, performer and assistant director of Slamming a poetry-theatre-music show
- Cockatoo Island Festival - Spoken-Word Curator/Feature performer on the Cabaret Stage - Sydney
2004
- Poet's on Wheels Tour - Performed and ran wordshops in schools through regional NSW
- Randai Circus - large scale Indonesian theatre show, Poetry Wordshop Facilitator, Story developer - Newcastle
- The Program - Australia Council's youth arts website - contracted arts journalist for 1.5 years - National
- Metro Magazine - Special Features - Film writer (on-going)
- Leichhardt Poetry Slam Series - 7 spoken word events over two months - Co-ordinator/publicist/performer - - Sydney, Newcastle, Thirroul
2003
- Australian National University - Discarded, A Multimedia Installation - Writer/Performer -Canberra
- National Young Writer's Festival - Live and radio performance - Newcastle
- University of Technology Sydney - Guest lecturer - Poetry and Graphic Design
- Knot Gallery - Writer/Performer/Exhibiting Photographer - Sydney
2002
- Writer/Performer in LA, Chicago, New York, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Bangkok
- Tied-Up with String - Short Film - Writer/Director/Performer
- Little Gallery - God's Little Photo Album - Exhibiting Photographer - Sydney
- Good Buddha - Music Video - Writer/Assitant Director
1997-2001
- What Night Knows - spoken word and music CD - Writer/Performer/Producer
- US Tour - Burning Down Under - One-man show - Toured US - Writer/Performer/Producer
- The Performance Space, Sydney - Solo-show - Performer/Writer
- Yanked - Short Film - Writer/Director/Performer
AWARDS
- Sydney Writer's Festival - Winner - Poetry Sprint - Performer/Writer
- Chicago Reader - Critic's Choice Award - One-man Show: Burning Down Under
- State Library of NSW - Poetry Olympics - Winner - best written/performed one minute poem
- Kurrajong Poetry Award - Winner - best written/performed poem
- NSW Young Film makers Award - Short listed Mind Plummet - Screenwriter
- National Media Award - nominated - Movers and Shakers - Article on the Paralympic Arts festival
- Pseudonym Spoken Word Show - Best New Show - Melbourne Fringe