and I get up to shenanigans.

Current Shenaniganery (as of October 2024):

✦ Inaugural Awards Lead for Freeplay (Independent Games Festival)

✦ Part of the 2025 cohort for the Global Leaders Institute Executive MBA for the Arts

✦ VTubing/PNGTubing & making online content about stage magic & performing arts in video games based on autobiographical stage magic/storytelling show Queer Lady Magician

✦ Working on a possible stage adaptation of The Great Ace Attorney and collaborations with Hoyoverse to bring their Impact4Music program to Australia

✦ Looking for more opportunities - help build my 2024!

What do you mean, ‘shenanigans’?

‘Shenanigans’ usually holds a negative connotation - mischief, trouble, deception. I like the word because it sounds fun, creative, with a touch of whimsy rabble-rousing energy - much like the kind of work that I do! (A friend called me an “ethical trickster” which also fits the vibe.)

My work and interests are incredibly interdisciplinary. I’ve worked with a wide plethora of skills and experiences - creative producing & directing, performance art, writing & media, consulting, games culture, journalism, online content creation, activism, advocacy, administration, management, education, youth work, business, events, research, and much much more. I love exploring different fields, trying new things, and experimenting with different ways to express ideas & connect with people.

My core values include equity, inclusivity, accessibility, freedom of expression, truth-telling, and centering the needs of the marginalised. I’ve spent most of my creative career thus far exploring the liminal spaces and lived experiences of being queer, genderqueer, an immigrant, a person of colour, disabled & neurodivergent; while I’m moving on into other interests, those experiences still inform the heart of my work.

Some recent shenaniganery of note include producing, directing, and presenting a Fringe Festival entirely on Animal Crossing: New Horizons; organising a community town hall to discuss options for arts funding outside the Government grants model; producing and directing experimental interdisciplinary performance art for LGBTQIA+ disabled performance collective Quippings; developing a Secret Society-themed online & in-person ARG for The Village Festival; writing about pop culture, current affairs, and interpersonal advice for leading LGBTQIA+ women’s web magazine Autostraddle, and making games about the annoyance of immigration and the Travel Ban - and that’s just scratching the surface!

Currently I’m super interested in bringing performing arts and video games (or other nerd culture) together as well as experience design & immersive performance. Knowing me though, I’m sure there are going to be other rabbitholes to dive through!