ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
2016 PhD Thesis entitled: Heroin(e) Habits: Potential and Possibility in Female Drug Literature. A comparative literary analysis of the gendered differences in agency in male and female drug writing, drug use and addiction over the past two centuries. University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia 2004 Graduate Certificate in Teaching Second Languages University of Southern Queensland, Australia 1999 Master of Philosophy (Literature) Thesis entitled: The Female Unique? A Contextual Reading of Germaine Greer’s The Female Eunuch from the perspective of a ‘third wave’ feminist. Literary analysis and examination of Australian feminist scholarship and writing, 1970 – 1999. University of Southern Queensland, Australia 1995 Bachelor of Arts Honours (Literature) University of Southern Queensland, Australia 1992 Bachelor of Arts (Journalism and Literature) University of Southern Queensland, Australia
ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS 2015-2016 Higher Degree by Research Output Grant, University of the Sunshine Coast for the publication of doctoral research and establishment of post-doctoral research in the area of Creative Health: Creating Communities. 2014 Higher Degree by Research, University of the Sunshine Coast Grant Funding for conference attendance at Oxford University UK. 2014-2015 Australian Government Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Scholarship for ‘exceptional research potential.’ 2012-2015 Australian Government Research Training Scheme (RTS) Scholarship 2012 Higher Degree by Research, University of the Sunshine Coast Grant Funding for conference attendance at Oxford University UK.
Dr Nycole Prowse PhD, M.Phil., B.A. Hons., Grad. Cert TESOL
CURRENT ACCREDITATION AND STANDING Founding Director, Peripheral Arts. (2016 - Current) Peripheral Arts is a regionally based arts organisation. The core team at Peripheral Arts have a strong belief that everyone has a story, and value multimodal creative and artistic processes that necessitate stories. From the foundations of storytelling we create collaborative, engaging creative arts projects and performance productions for venues and festivals with a focus on artist- led initiatives and high-quality production. This work complements our community story crafting workshop programs, designed to enable the location and expression of stories to foster connection with ourselves, our communities and the places we live. www.peripheralarts.com.au
Sunshine Coast Festival Director/Creative Producer, Anywhere Festival. (2017-current) Establishment and development of site-specific/site-repsonsive and site-responsive performance in the Sunshine Coast Region. Funding partners Arts Queensland, Australia Arts Council, Sunshine Coast Council, Noosa Council, Brisbane Council https://anywhere.is
Playwright, Poet, Performer, Theatre Producer, Theatre Director, Site Specific and Applied/Boalian Theatre Maker. (1994 – current)
Co-Producer Bunker Spoken Word Series. (2016-current) The Bunker Spoken Word is a quarterly poetry and storytelling event series and competition delivered in partnership with Peripheral Arts, Writers Republic and Horizon Festival. National and International affiliations include Centre for Story Perth, Outspoken UK, Word Travels US/Canada, Queensland Poetry Festival, Ruckus Slam, Melbourne Writers Festival, Adelaide Writers Festival, The Moth US. Funding partners: Horizon Festival (3 years); Regional Arts Development Fund (3 years).
Co-Producer Australian Poetry Slam, Sunshine Coast Region. (2019 ongoing) A partnership between Bunker Spoken Word Series, Word Travels, Noosa Alive and Queensland Poetry Festival.
RADF Assessor (Expert Consultant Theatre Production and Performance, Creative Writing) Regional Arts Development Fund. (2017-current) The Regional Arts Development Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Sunshine Coast Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland
Previous: • Committee Member, Creative Program Development, Spiral Inc. (2017-2019). . • Expert Consultant (Theatre Production and Performance, Creative Writing), Creative Cabinet, Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance. (2015-2017). • Expert Consultant (Gender), The University of the Sunshine Coast International Development. (2016). • Panel Chair, Brisbane Writer’s Festival. (2014-2015).
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PROFESSIONAL, COMMUNITY AND CREATIVE INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS, MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
• Director, Peripheral Arts • Director/Creative Producer, Anywhere Festival • Co-Producer, The Bunker Spoken Word Series Collective + national and international partners and affiliates: Centre for Story Perth, Outspoken UK, Word Travels US/Canada, Queensland Poetry Festival, Ruckus Slam, Melbourne Writers Festival, Adelaide Writers Festival, The Moth US. • Australian Poetry Slam • Sunshine Coast Spoken Word • Pente Poets • Member Creative Cabinet, Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance (2015-2018) • Creative Regions, Creative Alliance • Sunshine Coast Council Horizon Arts and Culture Festival • The Black Box Theatre and Old Ambulance Station, Nambour • RADF Assessor, Sunshine Coast Council Regional Arts Development Fund (Sunshine Coast Council and Arts Queensland) • Cooroy Butter Factory; Caloundra Regional Gallery; Noosa Regional Gallery; USC Gallery • SunCentral Maroochydore City Centre, Arts Activation • Spiral Dance Troupe • Sunshine Theatre Troupe • Brisbane Writers Festival • The House that Dan Built https://www.thehousethatdanbuilt.com • Montessori International College – Imagineers Festival • Noosa Alive Festival • 3B Creative • Sunshine Coast Live / Sunshine Coast Theatre Alliance • CORE Arts, UK • Theatre of the Oppressed • La Boite Theatre • Queensland Theatre • Brisbane Festival • Creature Tales, Tasmania • Centre for Stories, Perth, WA Community and Government Groups • Arts Health Network Queensland • Queensland Health • Belong Community Organisation, Brisbane • The Global Hub Multicultural Group, Caloundra Community Centre • Nambour Community Centre • SevGen Indigenous Corporation • Gubbi Gubbi Dance Troupe • LGBTI CAN • Spiral Inc • Sundale Ltd
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ACADEMIC AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES CONFERENCES, SUMMITS, RESEARCH AND TRAINING
2019 Life To Page To Stage: A Verbatim Theatre Workshop (30th June). One-day intensive training facilitated by Margery and Michael Forde in partnership with Maleny Arts Council, The Playhouse, Maleny Showgrounds.
2019 Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble (QSE) Training - Theatre of the Oppressed. (1st- 5th July) Five day intensive training led by QSE Artistic Director Dr Rob Pensalfini. Registration funded by Sunshine Coast Council RADF Assessor Committee Honorarium and Professional Development.
2019 Arts Ablaze: Queensland Regional Art Conference and Celebration – delegate. (2nd- 6th Oct). Arts Ablaze conference focuses on the transformation of regional communities and arts practice through attitudes, access, people and place. Registration funded by Sunshine Coast Council RADF Assessor Committee Honorarium and Professional Development.
2018 Creative Humanities Matters Colloquium: Australasian Consortium of Humanities Research Centre’s 2018 Annual Meeting and Arts Research in the Creative Humanities (ARCH) Showcase, USC. Invited to present a film showcasing Peripheral Arts’ creative and community projects, workshops, methodology and outcomes.
2018 Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM), Brisbane – delegate. APAM is Australia’s leading, internationally focused industry event for contemporary performing arts.
2018 ArTour Queensland Touring Showcase, QPAC, Brisbane - delegate. ArTour Queensland Touring Showcase is an annual event for artists, producers, presenters and key industry players across Queensland to come together and exchange ideas, discuss new opportunities, plan and collaborate.
2018 Sunshine Coast Council State of the Region Address (December). Invited to speak as a representative of the arts and creative communities of the Sunshine Coast in my role as director of Peripheral Arts. https://youtu.be/Omfj9nFFP0E
2017 Remix Sydney 2017: Culture, Technology Entrepreneurship - delegate. Remix Summits explore the intersection of Culture, Technology and Entrepreneurship, discovering the future of cultural and creative industries, creative cities and creative economy. Registration and costs funded by Sunshine Coast Council RADF Assessor Committee Professional Development.
2017 Site-specific and site-responsive Theatre Training, Sunshine Coast. Workshops led by Scott Wings, award-winning physical theatre artist and funded by Anywhere Festival, Arts Queensland and Sunshine Coast Council RADF and Community Grant.
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2017 Excess, Desire and Twenty-to Twenty-First Century Women’s Writing Conference. Hecate: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Women’s Liberation, in association with the Contemporary Women’s Writing Association (University of Queensland, Australia). Delivered paper entitled: Out of Control: Excess, Desire and Agency in Female Drug Writing
2016 Site-specific and site responsive Theatre Training, Brisbane. Workshops led by Scott Wings, award-winning physical theatre artist and funded by Anywhere Festival, Arts Queensland.
2014 4th Global Conference: Time, Space and the Body (Interdisciplinary.Net, Oxford University, UK). Delivered a paper entitled: Peripheries, Perversions and Possibilities: Time, Space and the Body in Female Drug Literature.
2013 37th Congress of Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association ‘Worldmaking’ (UQ Brisbane) Delivered a paper entitled: Worlds of Possibilities: Drug Landscapes in Female Drug Literature
2012 1st Global Conference: Reframing Punishment: Opportunities and Problems (Interdisciplinary.Net, Oxford, UK). Delivered a paper entitled: Shadow Play: Punishment and Addiction in Female Drug Literature
2011 University of the Sunshine Coast ‘Learning and Teaching Week’ Forum. Delivered a revision of the paper: Precarious Politics and Ethical Responsibilities:Teaching Gender in the Middle East
2011 University of the Sunshine Coast Faculty of Arts and Sciences Research Forum. Delivered a revision of the paper: Mother Load[ed]: Literary Representations of Addiction and the ‘Monstrous’ Mother
2011 3rd Global Conference: Evil, Women and the Feminine (Interdisciplinary.Net,Warsaw) Delivered a paper entitled: Mother Load[ed]: Literary Representations of Addiction and the ‘Monstrous’ Mother
2008 Addiction and Obsession Conference, Kingston University (London). Delivered a paper entitled: ‘Tracking’ Change? A Comparative Analysis of Literary Representations of Women and their Addiction.
2006 UK Political Studies Association Women and Politics Annual Conference - University of Edinburgh - Feminist Ethics, Feminist Politics and the States we’re in: Critical Reflections in Uncertain Times (Edinburgh). Delivered a paper entitled: Precarious Politics and Ethical Responsibilities: Teaching Gender in the Middle East
2005 TESOL Arabia Conference, (Dubai). Participated in a Research Workshop
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ACADEMIC REFEREED PUBLICATIONS TO DATE
Date: 2019 – currently in press Type: Peer-Reviewed Chapter in Anthology (hard copy) Ch Title: ‘Into the Urban Labyrinth: Helen Garner and Luke Davies’ Book Title: Routledge Companion to Australian Literature Publisher: Routledge Editor: Dr Jessica Gildersleeve
Date: 2019 – currently in press Type: Co-Contributor of Peer-Reviewed Journal Article Title: "Engaging Children as Simulated Patients in Healthcare Education" Publication: Simulation in Healthcare Res. Team: Dr Natasha Budd (lead), Dr Patrea Andersen, Penelope Harrison, Dr Nycole Prowse
Date: 2018 Type: Book Title: Heroin(e) Habits: Potential and Possibility in Female Drug Literature Publisher: Gylphi Limited, UK. Editor: Professor Jason Lee, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. Description: Invited to write the book as part of a book series entitled Transgressive Cultures
Date: 2018 Type: Editor of Anthology and Chapter Contributor Ch Title: “Possibilities from the Peripheries: Time, Space and the Body in the Australian Drug Writing of Helen Garner and Luke Davies” Book Title: Intervening Spaces: Respatialisation and the Body Publisher: Brill publishing
Date: 2017 Type: Peer-Reviewed Chapter in Anthology (hard copy) Ch Title: ‘Possibilities from the Peripheries: Time, Space and the Body in Helen Garner’s Monkey Grip’ Book Title: Claiming Space: Australian Women’s Writing Organisation: Miles Franklin, Women of Australia Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Editors: Dr Sunjukta Dasgupta & Dr Davaleena Das
Date: 2017 Type: Peer-Reviewed Journal Article Title: ‘Out of Control: Excess, Desire and Agency in Female Drug Writing’ Publication: Hecate: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Women’s Liberation, in association with the Contemporary Women’s Writing Association Publisher: University of Queensland Press
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Date: 2016 Type: Peer-Reviewed Chapter in EBook Title: “Peripheries, Perversions and Possibilities: Time, Space and the Body in Female Drug Literature” Book Title: Time, Space and the Body Publisher: Brill publishing (transferred from Interdisciplinary.net later this year)
Date: 2014 Type: Peer-Reviewed Paper published in Journal Title: ‘Worlds of Possibilities: Drug Landscapes in Female Drug Literature’ Publication: Journal of Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association: Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association and UQ
Date: 2013 Type: Peer-Reviewed Chapter in EBook Ch Title: “Shadow Play: Punishment and Addiction in Women’s Drug Literature” Book title: Reframing Punishment: Problems and Opportunities Publisher: Brill publishing (transferred from Interdisciplinary.net later this year)
Date: 2012 Type: Peer-Reviewed Chapter in EBook Ch Title: “Mother Load[ed]: Literary Representations of Addiction and the ‘Monstrous’ Mother” Book title: Evil, Women and the Feminine Publisher: Brill publishing (transferred from Interdisciplinary.net later this year)
Date: 2012 Type: Chapter in Anthology (hard copy) Title: ‘Tracking’ Cixous’s Medusa? A Comparative Analysis of Literary Representations of Women and their Addiction” Book Title: Addiction and Culture Publisher: Cambria Press, New York. Editor: Professor Jason Lee, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.
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EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Tertiary Teaching, Academic and Administrative Experience
Design, development and delivery of course material across Literature, Theatre, Creative Writing, English, Journalism and Communication disciplines over 27 years at domestic and international universities and tertiary institutions:
Date: 2015 - Current Role: Sessional Academic – Tutor and Moderator Program: Drama Courses: Devising Performance; Directing Performance; and Dramatic Languages – Process Theatre Institution: University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Date: 2012 - Current Role: Sessional Academic - Tutor Program: Literature Courses: Introduction to Literature: The ‘English’ Tradition; Imagined Homelands: An Exploration of Australian Literature; and Wonderworlds: An Exploration of English Literature Institution: University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Date: 2017 - Current Role: Sessional Academic and Guest Lecturer Program: Creative Industries Courses: Introduction to the Creative Industries; and Introduction to Creative Entrepreneurship Institution: University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Date: 2011 – 2016 Role: Sessional Academic – Lecturer and Tutor Program: Communication Courses: Communication and Thought; Communication, Theory and Practice; and Introduction to Media and Communication Industries Institution: University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Date: 2015 - 2019 Role: Research Assistant School: Drama and Nursing Project: Acting 4 Health, Child Simulation and Acting Research Institution: University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Date: 2016 - Current Role: Research Assistant School: Literature Academic: Dr Clare-Archer Lean Institution: University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
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Date: 2016 Role: Expert Consultant Dept: USC International Development Project: Gender & Cultural Diversity in Education Institution: University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Date: 2004 - 2011 Role: Assistant Professor of English Program: English Courses: Advanced Composition and Literature; Research and Advanced Composition; Composition and Rhetoric; and Public Speaking Advisor: University Theatre Troupe; Poetry and Writing Extension Programs Institution: The American University in Dubai, UAE
Date: 2004 Role: Tutor Program: English as a Second Language – Study Tour Courses: English Institution: University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Date: 2003 - 2004 Role: Program Administrator and Community Engagement Officer Faculty: Business Faculty Institution: University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Date: 2003 Role: Tutor Program: English as a Second Language Courses: English Institution: CSIT Institute of TAFE, Nambour, Australia
Date: 2003 Role: Lecturer Program: English Courses: Academic English Institution: Northern Lights Canadian College – South China Normal University, Kangda Campus, Zhenlong, China
Date: 2002 - 2003 Role: Lecturer Program: English Courses: Academic English Institution: University of Southern Queensland – South China Normal University, Kangda Campus, Zhenlong, China
Date: 2000 - 2002 Role: Program Administrator and Marketing Officer Faculty: Business Faculty Institution: University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
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Date: 2002 Role: Tutor and Study Tour Coordinator Program: English as a Second Language – Study Tour Course: English Institution: University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
Date: 1999 Role: Associate Lecturer Program: Tertiary Preparation Program for Indigenous Australian university students Courses: Academic English; Communication; Mathematical Skills; and Study Skills Institution: Kumbari Ngurpai Lag Indigenous Support Unit – University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Date: 1995 - 1999 Role: Tutor Program: ATAS Program for Indigenous Australian university students Courses: Literature; Communication; Asian Studies; Politics; and Journalism Institution: Kumbari Ngurpai Lag Indigenous Support Unit – University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
Date: 1999 Role: Tutor Program: ATAS Program for Indigenous Australian university students Courses: Literature; Communication; and Journalism Institution: Oodgeroo Indigenous Support Unit at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
Date: 1997 Role: Research Assistant School: Literature Academic: Prof. Alison Bartlett Institution: University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
Date: 1992 - 1994 Role: Tutor Program: English as a Second Language Courses: English Institution: Nova Intercultural Institute, Tokyo, Japan
ACADEMIC GROUP FACILITATION
Date: July 2012 to July 2015 Type: Facilitator Title: HDR Student Braid Reading, Researching and Writing Group Venue: University of the Sunshine Coast Description: Co-founder, coordinator and facilitator of the Higher Degree by Research (HDR) reading, research and writing group offering support, guidance and encouragement for HDR students.
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CREATIVE INDUSTRIES SECTOR EXPERIENCE Peripheral Arts – Director (2016-current) Primary designer, developer and facilitator of artist and participant led multimodal theatre, storytelling, performance, spoken word, schools and community projects, workshops and productions in my role as director of Peripheral Arts. • Unlocked: Behind the Door (current). LGBTI Seniors multimodal story crafting and performance workshops and exhibition. In partnership with LGBTI CAN, Nambour Community Centre, Cooroy Butter Factory. Funded by Queensland State Government ‘Ageing Friendly Grant’. • Keys to the City (current). Multimodal story and visual arts workshops providing schools engagement with newly developing Maroochydore City Centre. In partnership with Suncentral Maroochydore City Centre. • Women of Stories (2019). Intergenerational women’s multimodal story crafting and mask making workshops and exhibition at Women of Story Exhibition for International Women’s Week. In partnership with Women Initiating New Direction Organisation (WINDO), Montessori International College, Old Ambulance Station Creative Hub. Funded by RADF and Sunshine Coast Community Grants. • Najara Creating Writing Workshops (2018). Poetry, short story and collaborative writing classes with WHOS Sunshine Coast known as Najara as part of the 6-month residential drug free treatment program based on the Therapeutic Community Model. Funded by Commonwealth department of Health, supported by Queensland Health. • Connection Through Story (2018). Multimodal creative writing and performance workshops with performance outcome in partnership with Belong Community Centre, Brisbane South. Funded by Queensland State Government ‘We are Queensland’ – Social Cohesion Grant. • Harvesting Stories (2017-2018). Multimodal story crafting workshops and exhibitions based on theme of food sustainability held in Sunshine Coast Schools. In partnership with the Sunshine Coast Council Living Smart Program. • Women’s Journeys of Belonging (2016 – 2019). Locating and sharing migrant stories from the women of the Global Hub, Caloundra Community Centre. Multimodal creative writing, visual arts and cinematic storytelling workshops with film, performance and exhibition at Horizon Festival (2016); Women of Story Exhibition for International Women’s Week (2019). Funded by RADF grant. • Wild Women’s Tales (2016 – 2017). Multimodal theatrical storytelling workshops with performances at Horizon Festival (2016) and Anywhere Festival (2017). Group consisted of USC students and community. Funded by RADF and Sunshine Coast Community Grants. • The Art of Storytelling (2016). Multimodal 5-day performance events and USC student volunteer supervision during inaugural Horizon Festival (2016). Funded by RADF and Sunshine Coast Council grants.
Anywhere Festival – Director/Creative Producer (Sunshine Coast 2017-current) • Design, develop, deliver and facilitate site-specific theatre workshops, mentoring, creative development, production and marketing assistance for over 80 theatre makers as part of my role as director and creative producer of Anywhere Festival (Sunshine Coast 2017-current) • Develop partnerships in line with my role as coordinator and facilitator of Anywhere Festival Artist in Residency Site Specific Creative Development Program (Sunshine Coast). Program for 2019 was in partnership with Sunshine Coast Council Creative Spaces and venue host Maroochy Bushland Botanical Garden (2019)
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CREATIVE WORKS AND FACILITATION Creative Practitioner/Educator Writer, director, producer of theatre, musical and poetry performances and productions in collaboration with national and international artists and dramaturges (1994-current), including:
• Stuff: A Tale of Storage and Clutter (2019-2020). Creative development of site-specific work with renowned dramaturge/performer Lucas Stibbard (Back Bone Youth Theatre, Queensland Theatre). Creative development funded by RADF grant. • The Siren & the Sailor – the Opera (2019-2021). Co-producer and writer of site-specific operatic work – a post-modern feminist reimagining of Siren mythology. A collaboration with award winning poets Ben Burns and Nycole Prowse; Tony award winning musical producer and composer Mark Ferris; and Danielle O’Keefe (director, performer, vocalist and founder of The House that Dan Built, Sydney). Conceptual development 2019; creative development 2020; potential premier production Anywhere Festival 2021 and APAM application 2021). • Alice Dorothy & Wendy (2016). A musical, cinematic and theatrical adaptation of Nycole Prowse’s award winning poetry the Alice Poems by musical composer Mark Ferris, winner of the 2013 Pacific Opera Vocal Writing Prize. Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia. Funded by RADF grant. • Headland to Hinterland Pente Poets Poetry Trail (2015 – Current). Supporter and MC of ephemeral and permanent Pente Poet’s poetry and arts trail project supported by Sunshine Coast Regional Council, through the Regional Arts Development Fund. • The Alice Project (2015). A musical theatrical adaptation of Nycole Prowse’s award winning poetry the Alice Poems by musical composer Mark Ferris, winner of the 2013 Pacific Opera Vocal Writing Prize. Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia. • Panel Chair, Brisbane Writers Festival (2014 & 2015) • Forget Me Not (2012). Editor of novel written by Sunshine Coast writer Brittany Evans. • Alice the Play (2010). Creation of play in collaboration with New York playwright James Henry. Produced and presented in Dubai, UAE. • The Dinner Party: Women’s Rooms (2009). Developing, facilitating and performing in art installation and poetry evening as part of Dubai International Art Fair, Bastakiya Area Dubai, UAE. Development and facilitation of intercultural multimodal workshop and performance of international female artists locating creative connection based on Virginia Woolf’s literary work A Room of One’s Own along with my own original work. • Third Saturday Poetry (2004). Facilitator of Sunshine Coast Poetry Group. • Poetry Prize Winner (2004). University of the Sunshine Coast Poetry Prize for poem Alice. • An Eclipse of the Heart (1995). Design, development and performance in cross sector (arts/health) Boalian Theatre of the Oppressed workshops and performance. Collaborative Forum Theatre workshops leading to a site-specific theatrical performance within a mental health care setting, directed by John Bailey MA (Hons). A theatrical work within the broader frame of cultural production, focusing specifically on the fields of Community Cultural Development and Boalian Dramatherapy within the mental health care setting. In partnership with Queensland Health. • Indonesian Music and Theatre Production (1996). Performer in traditional Indonesian masked performance with Toowoomba’s Balinese gamelan orchestra, Gamelan Giri Jaya at Woodford Folk Festival, Australia.
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• Snip (1994). Creation of play in collaboration with UK playwright Robin Price. Produced and presented in Tokyo, Japan. • The Grief Journals (1994). Performance Poetry at Brisbane Fringe Writer’s Festival, Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, Australia. • Freelance Journalist (1989 – 2002). News Limited Quest Newspapers Brisbane; The Australian Newspaper, Sydney; The Toowoomba Chronicle; and Club Magazine, London.
DR NYCOLE PROWSE CREATIVE INDUSTRY VIDEO LINKS:
2015 – Nycole Prowse Interview Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmqL_6jMrEI
2016 - The Art of Storytelling Event Series overview film. Directed and produced by Nycole Prowse: https://www.youtube.com/embed/kL5flM9NWxI
2018 – Nycole Prowse invitation to represent creative community as part of the Sunshine Coast Mayor’s State of the Region Address: https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Council/News-Centre/State-of-our-Region-2018-071218
2018 – Stories From the Red couch Interview with Dr Nycole Prowse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UuLwktdaOY
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REFEREES
Dr Clare Archer-Lean Lecturer, English Discipline Leader, English School of Communication Faculty of Arts and Business University of the Sunshine Coast Tel: +61 7 5456 5029 Email: [email protected]
Mr Phil Smith Managing Director, Creative Arts Alliance Ltd Principal, Gomango Architects Board Member, Sunshine Coast Arts Advisory Board Queensland, Australia Tel: +61 (0)408 721 339 Email: [email protected]
Jude Pippen PhD (Performance Studies) Metamoves Tel: +61 (0)428 188 184 Email: [email protected]
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