Matthew Prest

I'm an artist living on Bidjigal land who makes performance mostly for live theatre, but also screen and online contexts.

 

My practice includes directing, performing, writing, dramaturgy, producing and teaching.

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I approach theatre as an interdisciplinary form, focusing on live performance as an event in which audiences encounter and experience work in ways that can't be done in other mediums. As well as black box theatre spaces, I have made work in an underground carpark, the top floor of a skyscraper, a tent in an abandoned lot, a shopping mall, a taxi and a hotel room.

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My process for making performance involves a lot of time on the floor, finding performance material by doing it, trial and error, improvisation, as well as reflective time to write, talk and think. This is a highly collaborative process and my practice doesn't exist without other people to play with. 

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Recently I have been interested in how performance can be made for live and online contexts in ways that are meaningful in both, building a performance across mediums (for example Shamgods, an ongoing project with Nitin Vengurlekar and Malcolm Whittaker https://www.instagram.com/shamgods_official/ and https://www.shammgods.com). ​

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Contact: matthewprest@gmail.com​​​​​

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