Robin Davidson,
Theatre Maker
Last updated Jan 2010
I’m a director, performer, writer and teacher of theatre and performance. I work mostly in Commedia dell’Arte, clown, playback theatre, forum theatre, poetry and community theatre.
This site shows services I offer and a portfolio of my previous work.
What I offer:
Roaming Entertainment: Stilt-walking characters and other larger than life characters.
Poetry is a page with some of my poems and details on my two volumes of poetry.
Anatomy of Discourse a solo show I wrote and perform, in the form of a mock lecture. Available for bookings.
Teaching and workshop leading. (Page under construction.)
Previous work:
The George and Svetlana Show: a capricious cabaret, fusing Commedia and cabaret.
Alarm! Harelquin meets Haneef, a contemporary Commedia show I directed and produced for the Melbourne Fringe Festival, 2008.
Imperfectly Sane and Imperfectly Sane Too, community theatre projects I directed with the Mental Health Foundation of the ACT 2007 and 2008.
Parts Per Million, a forum theatre project on climate change I directed in Bega with Clean Energy For Eternity, 2008.
The Atomic Cheese Conspiracy, a Commedia show that I directed in Bega with Theatre Onset, 2007.
Troupe Dart a Canberra-based contemporary Commedia dell’Arte company that I founded and directed, 2001-2006.
Loke Kurtina, a theatre retreat in East Timor that I taught at in 2005.
Hidden Corners Theatre is a community theatre company for young carers (young people who have a family member with a disability) that I founded and directed from 2001-2005.
Playback Theatre is a form of improvised theatre where audience members tell moments or stories from their lives and actors and musicians improvise the story back on the spot.
Full Tilt Performance Troupe, a company that I was part of that performed traditional clown, contemporary Commedia dell’Arte and roaming entertaiment, 1996-2000.
Attack of the Food Bullies, a show for schools I directed with Full Tilt.
