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Steven Mitchell Wright

hs_StephenWright.jpgFrom 2003 - 2007 STEVEN was the Associate Director and Senior Teacher of/for Brisbane based theatre company, Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre. During this time, his credits included: The Lost Lords (Director/Designer. Hong Kong 07), Dracula (Director/Designer. Old Museum - Brisbane 07), An End to Dreaming (Director/Designer/Performer. Brisbane/London/Hong Kong 06), Slide (Director/Designer/Performer. London/Brisbane 06), Persia (Director. Australian Business Arts Foundation Annual Awards Ceremony 06), Macbeth (Director/Actor. World Shakespeare Congress Opening Ceremony 06), Sub-Con Warrior 1 (Co-Director/Actor/Choreographer. Site Specific Outdoor Work - Brisbane 06 Winner of 2 Del Arte Awards - Best Director and Best New Work), those with Lucifer (Director/Choreographer/Designer. Substation 4, Brisbane 05), XLD Express: The Mayne Inheritance (Co-Director. QPAC, Cremorne Theatre - Brisbane 04), The Odyssey (Actor, Asst. Movement Director. QPAC, Cremorne Theatre - Brisbane 04), Romeo and Juliet (Director/Actor/Designer. Queensland Arts Council Tour, Independant QLD Tour, National Education Conference, DVD release - Brisbane, Sydney, Hong Kong 04 - 07) as well as a number of secondary schools residencies including The Dream (Director/Designer. Kelvin Grove State College 06) and Azdak's Garden (Director/Designer. Brisbane Girls Grammar - The Judith Wright Centre 05).

In 2008, Steven became an Associate Artists with Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre and in this capacity will be one of the directors of Hong Kong: Fa Hoi Fu Kwai and co-choreographer of Zeitgeist. In his role as Senior Teacher with Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre, Steven taught a number of intensives and on-going training programmes specialising in the Suzuki Method of Actor Training and Butoh including Winterstomp, Melbourne Stomp and Youth Intensive Small Stomp. In 2007, Steven became the Artistic Director and founder of The Danger Ensemble, directing the company's first production at The Edinburgh International Fringe Festival and subsequent Australian Tour in collaboration with U.S musician Amanda Palmer (The Dresden Dolls), Who Killed Amanda Palmer (Edinburgh/Melbourne/Sydney/Brisbane 2007). The Danger Ensemble were the key performers and creatives in the interactive experience A Step In Your Shoes (Brisbane 2007). For the ensemble Steven is currently developing new work Di Zun Vet Aruntergeyn. Other theatrical highlights include: Sex Cubed: The Mourning After (Writer. Laboite Theatre Company - The Roundhouse Theatre, Brisbane 06), David Fenton's PHD work Unstable Acts (Actor. The Loft - Queensland University of Technology 06/05/04), modLOVex (Director/Performer. Vena Cava/Queensland University of Technology and The Straight Out of Brisbane Festival 05), The Romany Project (Movement Director. The Year of the Independents - !Metro Arts 04), Pretty Piece of Flesh (Director/Performer. Straight Out of Brisbane Festival 04), Used Play Ground (Director/Writer/Performer. !Metro Arts - Brisbane 03), So Broken (Director/Performer). !Metro Arts - Brisbane 03), Small Mercies (Actor. Laboite Theatre Company, Laboite 02).

Since 1999, Steven has worked as an actor, director, choreographer, writer, designer, movement director, performer, stylist, poet and programme coordinator.