Head of Operations and Productions - Stephen Quinn
Stephen Quinn is a maker of many things. By taking a highly visual approach, Quinn is known for creating vibrant and visceral works of theatre, installation & performance.
Based in Brisbane, Quinn completed a Bachelor of Creative Industries (Drama) at Queensland University of Technology in 2010. Quinn then went on to complete a Masters of Creative Industries (Creative Production & Arts Management) in 2012. From 2013 to 2017 Quinn was an associate artist of The Danger Ensemble, devising, performing and associate directing across their works. As an associate artist, Quinn trained extensively in the Suzuki Method of Acting Training, devoured knowledge about contemporary and experimental theatre, and experimented with the symbiotic relationship between text & design.
He has also performed for numerous independent directors including: Errol Bray - The Choir (Brisbane Powerhouse 2012); Catarina Hebbard - DNA (Queensland Theatre Company/Gold Coast Arts Centre 2015); Laurence Dale - Agrippina (Brisbane Baroque Festival 2016); Nick Cave - Heard (GOMA 2016); Jo Loth - Julius Caesar (Jo Loth Productions 2016 & 2017); Younes Bachir - BaBeL (Backbone Festival: How Soon Is Now 2018); Chris Beckey & Lucas Stibbard - Their Name Liveth Forevermore (Backbone 2017 & 2018 respectively).
Quinn’s own performative works includes: Yellow (Brisbane Emerging Arts Festival 2013 & 2High Festival 2015); Icarus (Anywhere Theatre Festival 2015); Sisyphus (2High Festival 2016); and The Gods are Bored (Backbone Festival: How Soon is Now 2018). In recent years, Quinn has evolved his work with installations into set & costume design. In 2020 he designed a new musical by Sampson Smith & Jermey Neale, Absolute Objectivity. Most recently Stephen worked as set dresser and assisted in set design for Chelsea McGuffin’s Hysteria (2021) on the Neon Green. This time, spent working in collaboration with Joey Ruigrok van der Werven as part of Neon Green, has grown his fascination with image and spectacle for large outdoor performance experiences.
Portraits by Morgan Roberts.