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Conspirators

Nathan Sibthorpe // Director

Nathan Sibthorpe is a contemporary performance-maker and video designer based in Brisbane, Australia. He was previously Queensland Theatre Company’s Geek-In-Residence in 2012-14; the Festival Director of Short+Sweet Queensland from 2013-16; an Australia Council JUMP artist in 2012; and the Creative Director for Markwell Presents Cinematic Theatre Company from 2016-18.
Since 2014, Nathan has been nominated for ten Matilda Awards, receiving two for Best Video Design in 2017, and Best New Australian Work in 2018. In 2017, Nathan received the Dr Don Batchelor Award for Drama Research at QUT, and in 2022, he received a Sydney Theatre Award for Best Production for Young People, with I’ve Been Meaning to Ask You.
Nathan’s other credits as a performance-maker include: One Bottle Later (The Good Room & Brisbane Festival, 2020); I’ve Been Meaning to Ask You (The Good Room & Brisbane Festival, 2018-22); Bunker (Lisa Wilson Projects & Metro Arts 2018-22); and Some Dumb Play (Metro Arts, 2012). As an AV Designer, notable credits include: Horizon (Playlab, 2021); The Holidays (Queensland Theatre, 2020); To Kill a Cassowary (JUTE, 2020); Leotard (DeBASE & Metro Arts, 2020); Blue Bones (Playlab, 2017-22); Wireless (JWCoCA, 2017); Locked In (Shock Therapy Productions, 2015-21); and He Dreamed a Train (Brisbane Powerhouse, 2014).
Nathan sometimes teaches performance studies at QUT, where he holds a Masters Degree in contemporary performance. See More...

Christine Felmingham // LX & Tech Designer

Christine Felmingham is a Brisbane based lighting designer who has worked in Theatre, Dance and Live Performance. She has created lighting designs for a diverse range of companies and festivals, including: Opera Queensland (The Sopranos, 2022) Dead Puppet Society (ISHMAEL, 2021); La Boite Theatre Company (Ceasar, 2021); Playlab (Rising, 2021; The Dead Devils of Cockle Creek, 2018); Debase Productions (Boyle and Waters in LEOTARD, 2020-22); Expressions Dance Company (Echo, 2019); Understudy Productions (Sweet Charity, 2019); Vulcana Circus (As If No-one is Watching, 2018); Belloo Creative (Rovers, 2018-21); and Now Look Here Theatre Company (Sound of a Finished Kiss, 2018; Splendour, 2017; Slight Ache & The Lover, 2016). Other recent credits include Pink Matter Entertainment, (Betwixt, 2022 & The Type, 2020), BC Productions (Anatomy of a Suicide, 2021); Woodward Productions (Weathering Well, 2021-22); The Hive Collective (Elektra/Orestes, 2021; Conviction, 2021; The Bull, the Moon, and the Coronet of Stars, 2021); and The Good Room (Dirty Laundry, 2020). In 2019 Christine was presented with the inaugural Emerging Female Leader Award at the Matilda Awards Ceremony. While her passion lies in lighting design, Christine is equally comfortable in technical roles, having worked as a touring production manager, board operator and lighting technician. Christine holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Technical Production) (QUT 2015); and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama) at the same institution. See More...

Mike Willmett // Sound Designer

Mike Willmett is an Australian sound designer, composer and key creative for dance and theatre productions. His practice frequently revolves around the relationship between sound and space, with a particular focus on how sound can be manipulated to invite, distort and transport the perspective of an audience in immersive, lush environments.
Mike’s sound design and composition has been reviewed as “of the highest order, extremely clever and genuinely exciting…a feast for the ears” (Crunch Time), “amazing” and “unnerving” sounds that “sit in the peripherals of your hearing, building the tension while not distracting” (Squad Goals), “evocative… immersive… inclusive” (The Stance), and as a “beautiful cacophony” (Room #328).
Other recent credits include March of the Reef (Dead Puppet Society, Milbi Festival 2021); Summer Play Factor (Flipside Circus, Brisbane Festival & HOTA 2021), Let’s Be Friends Furever (The Good Room & Little Red Company, Brisbane Festival 2021); Awesome: A State of Wonder & Fear (Liesel Zink, World Science Festival 2021); Dirty Laundry (The Good Room, Metro Arts 2020); and The Stance (Liesel Zink 2015-2019).    
Mike was also part of independent band My Fiction from 2008 to 2015, co-writing and releasing 2 albums and an EP with tracks synced on internationally recognised TV shows such as Gossip Girl and Extant, and as a composer commissioned for online content advertising including GOMA, Clemenger BBDO, and QUT.
Academically, Mike holds a Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (QUT 2016), Master of Music (QUT 2009) and Bachelor of Creative Industries (Visual Art) with distinction (QUT 2007). He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and received a QUT Vice-Chancellor’s Award in 2017 for excellence in exceptional sustained performance and outstanding achievement in learning and teaching; innovative and creative practice; and influence on work culture or climate. See More...

Elizabeth Hunt // Creative Producer

Elizabeth Hunt is a theatre, festival, and events producer working from Brisbane and beyond. Her work on the festival circuit has included the role of Associate Producer with Brisbane Festival (In-Theatre program), Event Coordinator and Project Manager with Sydney Festival (Sydney’s Symphony Under the Stars & Call to- Series), and Production Coordinator with Dark Mofo (MAC2 venue). Her producing and production experience span work across a broad range of events and performances, from new original theatre works and orchestral concerts, to raves and live music, to roving performances and site-specific activations.

Her festival credits also include Adelaide Fringe, Adelaide Festival (The Plastic Bag Store; The Cage Project), and Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Her independent producer and collaborator credits include Let’s Be Friends Furever (The Good Room and The Little Red Company, 2021); Backbone Festival 2019 - Fake News/Dumb Views, Plus One (Backbone Youth Arts, 2019); Sincerely X (Metro Arts & Vena Cava, 2019); Within A Fleeting Moment, (Interim Theatre, 2019); Contact, (Anywhere Festival 2019); The Call, (Interim Theatre, FAST 2018) and If Thy Tongue Can Speak (Interim Theatre, FAST 2017). In 2019, Elizabeth received two of three Judge’s Pick awards for best works in the Anywhere Festival, for Within A Fleeting Moment and Contact respectively. Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama), Minor in Entertainment with distinction from QUT.