Petite Suite '24 | Cast

Annabel Lines

Host

Annabel Lines has eaten razor blades with seminal French circus Archaos, toted green fire as a glamorously dead mermaid, swung a bunch of hula hoops to crowds of thousands, danced her arse off with notorious potty-mouthed queen of queer electro-pop Peaches – generally bitten off more than she can chew and made a gourmet meal out of it. From cemeteries and sick beds to vast arenas and dreamy big tops, Annabel has sprinkled her version of hilarious beauty and uncanny vision across the seas. Now a semi-recluse and as weird and wonderful as ever, she returns to the corridors of Ace Hotel.

Vashti Hughes 

The Will

Vashti Hughes is a Sydney actor, writer and producer who has made a lot of work inspired by Sydney characters and stories and is often also site specific: ‘Dinner with Kate Leigh the Gangster Queen’, 212 Devonshire St in her old home! ‘Geordie’, celebrating Doris Godard who managed and also lived in the Hollywood Hotel. ‘Piccolo Tales’ about the changing of the Cross over 50 years through its Napolitan owner Vittorio Bianchi and ‘Dictionary by a Bitch, the Story of Bea Miles’. She relishes the ongoing hilarity of all women comedy cabaret troupe ‘Six Quick Chicks’.

With: Ross Johnston

Ross Johnston is a Surry Hills studio based music composer and sound designer, making music for television, advertising, corporate events and feature films. He has worked with Vashti Hughes in site specific theatre productions: ‘Piccolo Tales’; ‘Mum’s In: Stories from Razorhurst’ and ‘Dictionary By A Bitch, the Story of Bea Miles’. Ross did the sound design for CDP shows ‘The Storey Treehouse’ series and more. 3kShort, AKA Ross, has co-produced and co-composed one platinum and two gold records for the band Machine Gun Fellatio. He regularly performs in psycho billy duet White Knuckle Fever and techno country band The Outer Space Cowboys. 

Otherworld

Quiet Revolutions

'Otherworld' is the creative partnership of Lucy Doherty and Hana Truban, two queer artists with over 20 years of combined experience in the arts and entertainment industry. Lucy, a versatile choreographer and dance artist, brings her dynamic vision to each project, while Hana, a skilled producer and performer, expertly manages technical and creative elements. Together, they blend dance, performance art and costume to create transformative experiences. Their shared passion for pushing boundaries and elevating queer voices makes Otherworld a unique force in the cultural landscape, dedicated to creating meaningful and impactful art.

Artists: Lucy Doherty & Hana Truban

Shamgodds

Shamgodds: Downtime

Shamgodds is an interdisciplinary performance business venture that offers an ever-growing range of products and services, including live performance, a certified fashion line, lawn and garden care and a petty gripes listening service. A collaboration between performance makers Matthew Prest, Nitin Vengurlekar and Malcolm Whittaker, Shamgodds play with the changing nature of cultural capital by pitting the sacredness and precariousness of the ‘live’ in performance against ways of commodifying it and creating surplus value through ongoing forms of paratextual presence, both online and through performative interventions into everyday life. 

Artists: Malcolm Whittaker, Nitin Vengurlekar & Matt Prest

Suspended Reality Dance Theatre

The Interruption

Suspended Reality Dance Theatre is a multidisciplinary dance company comprising of Robyn, Mim and Dorothea. They have performed internationally in leading companies across Circus, Film, Dance, Events and Theatre. Mixing entertainment, art, aerials and dance, the company performs site specific and immersive experiences that surprise and delight audiences. 

Artists: Caroline Mooney, Dorthea Csutkai, Robyn Simpson

Keila Terencio de Paula

Two Bodies One Mind

Keila Terencio de Paula is a conceptual artist born and raised in Brasil who intertwines physical theatre and visual arts, creating works that incorporate objects, installations and audience engagement. Her works have been programmed for a number of festivals and events across Australia and abroad. Recently she received the Critical Path Research Residency, Red Rattler AIR program, performed at Belvoir Street Theatre for her production “The Weekend”, and has been working with Erth Visual & Physical for their national and international tours. Additionally, she has been involved in creative projects with the Sydney Opera House’s Centre for Creativity, and Strings Attached Physical Theatre.  

Renata Commisso

Two Bodies One Mind

Renata is an independent dancer, maker, and educator based in Sydney, Australia. With 12 years of experience in Europe and North America, she worked with prominent contemporary dance companies such as Opera de Lyon and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. In 2017, she transitioned to freelance work, creating a multi-disciplinary collective in Montreal. Returning to Sydney in 2018, Renata collaborated with numerous artists and organisations. Her recent choreographic work, *Youwho?*, is featured in the Western Sydney University curriculum. She also founded Move and Groove, a creative dance community, and is involved with Dance for Parkinson’s Australia and Sydney Dance Company.

Rudolf Hendrikx

Two Bodies One Mind

Rudolf is a performer and somatic body/voice pedagogue based in Sydney, Australia. He has performed in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Australia and the UAE. He passionately works with people from different abilities and cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Rudolf holds a BA in Performing Arts from WAAPA and an MFA in Voice Studies from NIDA. Additionally, Rudolf is a RYT-200 certified yoga teacher and Lessac Kinesensics body/voice trainer.

With:
Alice Osborne - Collaborator / Puppetry adviser
Zhee Lin - Musician 

Rose Kingdom-Barron

The Wetness

Rose Kingdom-Barron is an artist and organiser (often simultaneously) living on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja. Her practice involves obsessing on obsessions and bringing people together into a new world with every work. She has created a cryptocurrency based on social capital, ran a karaoke room for 24 hours, developed an artist-run reality TV show on a boat, and hosted the last talk show on Earth, ROSE [LIVE], which won her the Emerging Artist Award at FRINGE WORLD 2024. She has performed at RISING, MONA FOMA, Perth Festival, Fremantle Festival and her shower. Her next project involves getting wet. 

hosting

Attention is all you need

hosting, is a multimedia artist based in lutruwita/Tasmania. His practice, rooted in a "Meta-Technician" approach, involves innovative misuse of digital and physical tools to create immersive experiences. His work explores the intersection of technology and human experience, often focusing on AI, sound manipulation, and interactive installations.  His projects invite audiences to reconsider their relationship with technology and the digital world.