About
re:group performance collective are a group of artists based in Hobart, Wollongong and Sydney, Australia. Inspired by the highs and lows of pop culture, we mash theatre and film together to create live cinema performances. The aim of our work is to turn the typically comfortable, nostalgic and passive movie-going experience into something immersive, irreverent, sweaty and live, and ironic and sincere in equal measure.
re:group are Carly Young, Jackson Davis, Steve Wilson-Alexander, Solomon Thomas, Mark Rogers and James Harding.
About
re:group performance collective is Mark Rogers, Solomon Thomas, Malcolm Whittaker, Steve Wilson-Alexander and Carly Young. Inspired by the highs and lows of pop culture, we work as an ensemble to mash theatre-making and movie-making together to create live cinema. Our aim is to turn the typically comfortable and passive movie-going experience into something immersive, irreverent, sweaty and live.
We are passionate about creating innovative work that questions the role and meaning of art in society, where the technology we use is core to the ideas in each work we make, which is typically ironic and sincere, and accessible and experimental, all in equal measure. Our current obsessions are loss, new technologies, difficult conversations, friendship, outdated media formats, labour relations and nostalgia. In 2024 we are presenting new work at Belvoir St. Theatre, Festival of Dangerous Ideas and Sydney Opera House.
Associate Artists: Jackson Davis, James Harding, Tahlee Leeson, Harry McGee, Angela Johnston, Tom Hogan, Matt Abotomey, Hannah Goodwin, Lily Hensby, Braydon May, Alex Perritt, Lauren Scott-Young, Kirby Medway, Pippa Ellams, Emma Hoole, Oliver Trauth-Goik, Christie Woodhouse, Alexandra Francis, Ryan McGoldrick, Grace Rouvray, Claire Stjepanovic, Liam 'Snowy' Halliwell, Ashley Bundang, Daniel Bailen, Jennifer Maclaughlan, Will Tapp.
Reviews
A must-see live cinema event…miraculously manufactured before our eyes by a mere trio of maker-performers. RealTime Arts
I was rivetted by the performances, the technicality and the content. None of which I would have been able to appreciate without the commitment to access shown by the creators of the work. Olivia Muscat
Nostalgic, philosophical and comedic…it’s quite unlike any other use of cameras and screens I’ve seen on a stage. Sydney Morning Herald
A perfect example of why re:group is one of the most interesting theatre groups operating in Australia today. Theatre Travels
At times it’s breathtakingly fast and very impressive…these are fresh and unafraid voices. RealTime Arts
Seriously and delightfully ‘cinematic.’..Highly inventive, possessed of a fine sense of dramatic structure with spatial and visual sensitivity. RealTime Arts