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From 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.
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