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Performer | Acrobat
Naz is a Naarm-based acrobat specialising in handbalancing and aerial straps. With a diverse training background (including graduating from the National Institute of Circus Arts), they have an interest in creating acrobatic work that holds strong intention, powerful storytelling and passionate movement.
Naz’s artistic practice explores the relationship between stillness and intensity, often drawing from personal ritual and emotional landscapes. Always eager to push boundaries and play with the unexpected, Naz is particularly excited to get a little spoopy with this one.
Naz is a Naarm-based acrobat specialising in handbalancing and aerial straps. With a diverse training background (including graduating from the National Institute of Circus Arts), they have an interest in creating acrobatic work that holds strong intention, powerful storytelling and passionate movement.
Naz’s artistic practice explores the relationship between stillness and intensity, often drawing from personal ritual and emotional landscapes. Always eager to push boundaries and play with the unexpected, Naz is particularly excited to get a little spoopy with this one.
Performer | Acrobat
Griffin is a graduate from the National Institute of Circus Arts where he specialised in Hoop Diving, Swinging Trapeze and Ensemble Chinese Pole.
Hailing from Tasmania, he grew up hearing stories about Circus Oz, from his performer parents, which instilled a love of the art form in him from a young age. Griffin is an artist who loves the innate physicality and energy of circus, which allows him to express his boundless enthusiasm and zeal.
He loves ensemble work and the community that develops from creating art together. Since graduating he has performed with Circus Oz, trained with Circ Du Soleil and made an award winning fringe show with Split Focus Productions.
Griffin is a graduate from the National Institute of Circus Arts where he specialised in Hoop Diving, Swinging Trapeze and Ensemble Chinese Pole.
Hailing from Tasmania, he grew up hearing stories about Circus Oz, from his performer parents, which instilled a love of the art form in him from a young age. Griffin is an artist who loves the innate physicality and energy of circus, which allows him to express his boundless enthusiasm and zeal.
He loves ensemble work and the community that develops from creating art together. Since graduating he has performed with Circus Oz, trained with Circ Du Soleil and made an award winning fringe show with Split Focus Productions.
Performer | Acrobat | Producer
Louis is a circus performer based in Melbourne who loves the thrill of soaring through the air from a teeterboard, finds tension and tenderness in aerial straps, and explores dynamic relationships and character in duo acrobatics.
Since graduating from the NICA, he has performed with Circus Oz, Split Focus Productions, NICA Represents, Highwire Entertainment and Oz: The Cirque Experience.
Originally pursuing a career in Graphic Design, Louis brings an aesthetic sensibility to his work, blending visual art, physical theatre, movement, and circus into a cohesive art form.
Since graduating from the NICA, he has performed with Circus Oz, Split Focus Productions, NICA Represents, Highwire Entertainment and Oz: The Cirque Experience.
Originally pursuing a career in Graphic Design, Louis brings an aesthetic sensibility to his work, blending visual art, physical theatre, movement, and circus into a cohesive art form.
Co Director | Producer
Alonso Pineda (he/him) is a Mexico City-born director, producer, creator, and arts manager, and the first Latino graduate of the Master of Directing for Performance at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne.
His work spans theatre, circus, live events, and film, known for bold, contemporary storytelling that reflects on humanity through emotional journeys. He has collaborated with leading organisations including Melbourne Theatre Company, Michael Cassel, and Circus Oz. Recipient of the Cassidy Bequest Scholarship and City of Melbourne support, Alonso’s work champions inclusivity and the shared human need for connection, dreaming, and storytelling.
Alonso Pineda (he/him) is a Mexico City-born director, producer, creator, and arts manager, and the first Latino graduate of the Master of Directing for Performance at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne.
His work spans theatre, circus, live events, and film, known for bold, contemporary storytelling that reflects on humanity through emotional journeys. He has collaborated with leading organisations including Melbourne Theatre Company, Michael Cassel, and Circus Oz. Recipient of the Cassidy Bequest Scholarship and City of Melbourne support, Alonso’s work champions inclusivity and the shared human need for connection, dreaming, and storytelling.
Co Director | Producer
Samuel Boyd is a freelance artist with an extensive background in performing, arts marketing, and producing. With an arts career spanning a decade, Samuel has worked with La Boite Theatre Company, Circa Contemporary Circus, and Circus Oz.
As a producer, Samuel has produced works for Melbourne Fringe, MICF, and Adelaide Fringe Festival, and has been Associate Producer with the National Institute of Circus Arts, and a project producer with Circus Oz. Samuel holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama) from Queensland University of Technology, and a Masters in Directing for Performance at Victorian College of the Arts.
Samuel Boyd is a freelance artist with an extensive background in performing, arts marketing, and producing. With an arts career spanning a decade, Samuel has worked with La Boite Theatre Company, Circa Contemporary Circus, and Circus Oz.
As a producer, Samuel has produced works for Melbourne Fringe, MICF, and Adelaide Fringe Festival, and has been Associate Producer with the National Institute of Circus Arts, and a project producer with Circus Oz. Samuel holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama) from Queensland University of Technology, and a Masters in Directing for Performance at Victorian College of the Arts.
Lighting Design
Spencer is a multidisciplinary lighting designer and artist working across all forms of live performance including theatre, contemporary circus, cabaret, concerts and events.
Seeking new perspectives and innovative outlooks, he is a dynamic and collaborative artist with a painterly approach that values detail, nuance and complexity. He was nominated for a 2025 Green Room Award in Best Lighting Design for The Last Train to Madeline.
Recent credits as lighting designer include: SUGAR by Ro Bright (Assembly Checkpoint), Thirty-Six by Jo Clifford (fortyfivedownstairs), Given Volume by Matthias Schack-Arnott, Romeo & Julie (Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre), The Last Train to Madeline (Meat Market Stables), FAMOUS (National Institute of Circus Arts), The Lonesome West (Old Fitz Theatre), The Crocodile (fortyfivedownstairs).
Seeking new perspectives and innovative outlooks, he is a dynamic and collaborative artist with a painterly approach that values detail, nuance and complexity. He was nominated for a 2025 Green Room Award in Best Lighting Design for The Last Train to Madeline.
Recent credits as lighting designer include: SUGAR by Ro Bright (Assembly Checkpoint), Thirty-Six by Jo Clifford (fortyfivedownstairs), Given Volume by Matthias Schack-Arnott, Romeo & Julie (Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre), The Last Train to Madeline (Meat Market Stables), FAMOUS (National Institute of Circus Arts), The Lonesome West (Old Fitz Theatre), The Crocodile (fortyfivedownstairs).
Set and Costume Design
Savanna Wegman is a set and costume designer and writer of Chinese Malaysian and Dutch descent, based on unceded Wurundjeri land in Naarm/Melbourne. Recent design credits include Set & Costume Design Katya Kabanova (Victorian Opera), Pride and Prejudice (The Bloomshed), Converted! (ATYP, Sydney Festival), The Last Train to Madeline, Climbers, Brittany and The Mannequins (Fever103 Theatre); Biographica (Lyric Opera) and Costume design FAMOUS (NICA).
Savanna has been Assistant Designer for Marg Horwell on My Brilliant Career (Melbourne Theatre Company) and Associate Designer for Dann Barber on productions Candide (Victorian Opera); Far Away (Patalog Theatre); The Crocodile (Spinning Plates Co.). A three-time Green Room Award nominee, she is currently part of Melbourne Theatre Company’s Future Creatives initiative.
Savanna Wegman is a set and costume designer and writer of Chinese Malaysian and Dutch descent, based on unceded Wurundjeri land in Naarm/Melbourne. Recent design credits include Set & Costume Design Katya Kabanova (Victorian Opera), Pride and Prejudice (The Bloomshed), Converted! (ATYP, Sydney Festival), The Last Train to Madeline, Climbers, Brittany and The Mannequins (Fever103 Theatre); Biographica (Lyric Opera) and Costume design FAMOUS (NICA).
Savanna has been Assistant Designer for Marg Horwell on My Brilliant Career (Melbourne Theatre Company) and Associate Designer for Dann Barber on productions Candide (Victorian Opera); Far Away (Patalog Theatre); The Crocodile (Spinning Plates Co.). A three-time Green Room Award nominee, she is currently part of Melbourne Theatre Company’s Future Creatives initiative.
