Jackson Castiglione is an artist, director and teacher working to make contemporary theatrical performances. He loves working with interesting people who may or may not consider themselves performers or artists but offer something to stimulate and challenge our cultural, social and political ideas and assumptions.
Jackson has had work commissioned by the Hong Kong Arts Festival, RISING Festival Melbourne, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, International Online Theatre Festival USA, KUKI International Film Festival Berlin, Back to Back Theatre, OzAsia and the International Music Festival, Canberra.
Jackson works both as an independent artist and as the Artistic Director of Infinity, a company making performances and experiences with and for young people. He was also a co-founding member of Field Theory (2009 to 2019) and has also been a core member of pvi collective (1999 to 2010).
Jackson was born on Whadjuk Noongar Country Boorloo/Perth and lives and works on the sovereign lands of the Kulin Nation in Narrm/Melbourne.
Rawcus is an award-winning and critically acclaimed long-term ensemble of artists with diverse minds, bodies, and imaginations. Rawcus devises new work that expresses the imaginative world of the Ensemble. Drawing on dance, theatre and visual art disciplines, the work is crafted with a precision that supports the performers, but allows space for their inherent sense of anarchy. Rawcus’ performance aesthetic is characterised by a marriage of intense physicality, arresting visual imagery and devised text.
For 25 years, Rawcus’ work has featured as part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival, Dance Massive, Next Wave, Melbourne Fringe and others. Rawcus is known for adventurous, unexpected and highly successful collaborations. The company has worked with artists and companies including the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, The Invenio Singers, Fast Fashun, and Restless Dance.
In addition to our work in the theatre, Rawcus has created photo exhibitions, community gatherings, short films, visual artworks, interactive public performance, and projection art. Rawcus has been nominated for and won numerous awards including a 2019 Helpmann Award Nomination for Best Production for Song for a Weary Throat. Most recently the company was awarded a Greenroom Award for Outstanding Production/Independent Theatre for the new work Interior (2024).
Morgan Rose was born in New Orleans, grew up in New Mexico, and currently lives in Melbourne. She is an internationally produced playwright, performance maker, and dramaturg. In addition to her text-based work she has a background in physical theatre and devising. Works include: Peacemongers (writer, The People/Darebin Arts Speakeasy), Interior (writer, Rawcus/The Substation), Lord Willing and the Creek Don’t Rise (writer, MKA/MTC NEON), The BachelorS17E05 (co-creator, The People/La Mama), and desert, 6:29pm (writer, Red Stitch). She is co-founder of the company The People (thepeoplemaketheatre.com) and the current co-artistic director of Melbourne-based company Rawcus (rawcus.org.au). More info on her work at roseisnotarose.com.