MPP Dairakudakan

Exclusively in Noosa, for two shows only (December 8 & 9), 17 talented artists will appear at The J in a cutting edge contemporary performance directed by Zen Zen Zo’s co-founder and Artistic Director, Simon Woods.

Simon notes, “This is a great opportunity to work with the first round of students undertaking the Masters of Professional Practice (Performing Arts) at USC. The course has been rigorous, very practical and industry focused which means the group is now eager for a professional theatre making experience and a public performance.

The production will not be a conventional staging of a known play. Instead we will be devising a new work based on personal memories and local stories, so there’s both a writing and directing challenge for the artists involved. The theme is change and transformation, one of the great truths of our lives. Nothing stays the same and ultimately life keeps moving. How we deal with change is one of the most important aspects of living a fulfilling life.

This will be a highly visual and dynamic production employing the range of physical theatre skills that the students have developed throughout the year.”


Featuring the ensemble from the University of the Sunshine Coast’s Master of Professional Practice (Performing Arts), led by physical theatre innovator and frontrunner, Dr Lynne Bradley, this original production is a visually arresting, highly physical performance demonstrating the advanced training undertaken throughout the year and drawing on the personal transformation stories of the artists in their quest to attain mastery.


Featuring Cindy Schwenn, Ross Miller, Catherine Steer, Travis Weiner, Anthony Borsata, Eleanora Ginardi, Ben Adams, Saara Chime, Hayley Condon, Xanthe Coward, Josh Curtis, Luke Goss, Tamara Collins, Stephanie Fitz-Henry, Joey Kohnke, Maja Liwscyzs and Nicole Reilly.