Christian Cavallo

Christian is a graduate of the Masters in Directing for Performance at the Victorian College of the Arts. He has directed numerous theatre productions around the Geelong and Melbourne region including H#SHED OUT, The Eight Reindeer Monologues, Kinky Boots, Heathers The Musical, Dusty The Original Pop Diva and more. In 2019, he took part in an international collaboration which culminated in presenting AMOK>>>>HALT at the Asia Pacific Bond in Vietnam. He is currently Director for Class Act Theatre in Education’s touring shows.

Through COVID-19, Christian was one the Creative Directors who delivered Hope. New Works Development Initiative, producing and facilitating the series of ten developments for theatrical work, as well as directing three. He is also currently developing The Rubble through Geelong Arts Centre’s Creative Engine.

He has a theatrical background encompassing musical theatre, plays, immersive performance, theme-park work, concert and cabaret, and more recently devised works. He has also sung in bands and recorded. With working relationships across regional and metro Victoria, Christian has worked extensively with community groups. He is Artistic Director of emerging company Bravo Arts. He also works as a freelance graphic designer, specialising in entertainment marketing.

Dan Graham

Dan is a graduate with Honours in Performance Studies Paper at USYD. He proudly represents modern Australian diversity through his multicultural ethnicity, disability and queer identity. He is passionate about support for Artists with Neuro-Diverse Disabilities. 

Dan is currently involved as director and dramaturg in the developments of three new Australian works with Bell Shakespeare, Sydney Festival & Accessible Arts NSW. He worked as dramaturg on 'All My Sons' at Darlinghurst Theatre, Directed by Iain Sinclair.

He has attended Director's Labs in Chicago and LA, and recently returned from New York where he completed a Directing Residency at Atlantic Theater Company and attended ISPA. In 2018 he was invited to the Future Leaders Program (Australia Council for the Arts).

He has directed Christie In Love By Howard Brenton, A Kind Of Alaska By Harold Pinter, Wolf Lullaby By Hillary Bell and The Crucible By Arthur Miller. Last year, Dan Directed SAM I AM, a One Man Show by a Deaf Artist which will play at La Mama in April 2021. In February this year he completed Stage 1 in a Development for Bell Shakespeare, The Sydney Festival and Accessible Arts NSW of which he is a Creator and Director. Dan has also been awarded a Creative Development with Giant Dwarf with Aunty Gayle Kennedy as Director and Dramaturg.

Dan has served on the Board of Arts Access Australia, is presently a Co-Chair of Artists With A Disability Committee for MEAA and serves on their Diversity Committee. He is also on The Hickson Road Committee for Accessible Arts NSW. He is head of Access for Antipodes Theatre Company’s Winter Retreat. He was interviewed recently by 2ser, which you can listen to here.

Patrick Livesey

Patrick Livesey is a multi-award winning actor, writer and producer. In 2017, he graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with a BFA in Theatre Practice.

In 2018, Patrick wrote and performed ​The Boy, George, winning the NZ Tour Ready Award at the Melbourne Fringe Festival and earning a nomination for Best Performance. Patrick then sold the rights to this work to comedian, Joel Creasey who previewed a sold out season to Melbourne audiences in January 2020. In 2019, Patrick starred in #KWANDA by Tom Ballard, directed by Alan Brough, alongside some of Australia’s best comedic talent.  

Patrick’s second play, ​Gone Girls earned rave reviews at Adelaide Fringe 2020, sold out five shows at the Holden Street Theatres and has been programmed for Gasworks 2021 main season. Patrick and his partner, Wil King, commissioned, produced and starred in Dirt by Angus Cameron, directed by Bronwen Coleman for Adelaide Fringe 2021, winning the Weekly Award for Best Theatre and the Adelaide Critics Circle Award. He is currently writing his third play, ​Mummy’s Boy, which has been shortlisted for the Midsumma Queer Playwriting Award and is currently working with Princess Pictures on the development of an original television series.