Nien Yuan Cheng is a Singaporean performance scholar and dramaturg. She is an Honorary Associate at the School of Literature, Art and Media at the University of Sydney, where she obtained her PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies in 2020. She has published in the Oral History Review, Performance Paradigm, and About Performance.

Ariane Gros (she/her) is an independent dramaturge and researcher whose work explores the intersections of performance, media, and politics, with a focus on cultural history and colonial legacies. She holds a joint PhD in Theatre and Media Studies from the University of Cologne and the University of Amsterdam, where her dissertation examined the political affordances of … Continue reading Ariane Gros

Thembi Mathebula (she/her) is a dynamic artist, director, and advocate with a passion for storytelling, leadership, and social impact. She is currently pursuing her Honours Degree in Theatre and Performance at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, with a focus on Directing, Cultural Policy & Management, and research on spoken word as a performative and … Continue reading Thembi Mathebula

Anette Therese Pettersen is a theatre, performance and dance researcher, critic and editor, and a former PhD research fellow at the University of Agder in Norway. The critical practice is spread between weekly paper, podcast and periodicals, and projects that explore criticism. Her research is concerned with an affective and performative approach to critical writing/critical … Continue reading Anette Therese Pettersen

Joey Richards (they/them) is a musician and stand-up comedian interested in transnational practices of stand-up comedy and what it means to laugh together. Their first one-person show, Breaking Up With Jesus, debuted in the United States 9-12 December 2021 at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (UNC – Chapel Hill). Grounded in small-town … Continue reading Joey Richards

Alexandra Tálamo (she/her) is a contemporary artist and academic living across the unceded lands and waters of the Gadigal and Wangal of the Eora nation and the Palawa and Pakana of Lutruwita. She holds a PhD in Creative Practice (UNSW, 2023) and is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts (Performance Creation, 2012), … Continue reading Alexandra Tálamo