Luke Macaronas

Luke Macaronas – CV

Luke Macaronas is a queer performance maker. His work explores links between Catholic rituals, having sex, burlesque dance, folk dance, and butoh. He lives and works between Australia and Japan.

Contact
Email: Lmacaronas@gmail.com
Phone/Whatsapp: +61478016543

WORKS

This is My Body Testing Grounds (writer, performer)
「 本物」//  Real Thing 」 Chat Noir Yokohama, YPAM Fringe (director, performer)
Άπειρη Στοργή | Infinite Affection (choreographer, performer)
Infinite Affection [Part 1] Melbourne Fringe Online (director)
Peep Show between here and when I tell you, Dirty Laundry Collective (performer)
こんなことを言うつもりではなかった Sanaizaka Studio, Gekidan Kaitaisha Residency
Apnoea Tastings 2019, UMSU Creative Arts Office (writer, performer)
An Other Space MUSC (artistic director)
Everything is Fine: Part 2, Four Letter Word Theatre (director)

PERFORMANCE

人体言語プロジェクト(Jintai Gengo Project) Part 1 Gekidan Kaitaisha, Sanaizaka Studio
人体言語プロジェクト(Jintai Gengo Project) Part 2 Gekidan Kaitaisha, Sanaizaka Studio
Hedda Gabler Four Letter Word Theatre
Filthy Rick Melbourne University Shakespeare Company
Apocalypse Tapes Four Letter Word Theatre, Mudfest
Top Acts Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Art History & Theatre Studies The University of Melbourne
Diploma of Languages (Japanese) University of Melbourne
National University of Singapore University of Melbourne Exchange
Waseda University University of Melbourne Exchange

TRAINING

Ensemble member Gekidan Kaitaisha
Performance making mentorship Xanthe Beesley (UHT)
Music Theatre Studio Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne
RAD Ballet Grades 3 to Intermediate Foundation Christa Cameron School of Dance

ARTISTIC MANAGEMENT

Producing Assistant YPAM Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting
Internship TPAM Performing Arts Meeting Yokohama, Production Team
President Melbourne University Shakespeare Company (MUSC)
Producer & Production Manager, Plastic Shakespeare, MUSC

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Hannah Barry Memorial Award The University of Melbourne Theatre Board
Professor Morris Prize for Academic Merit The University of Melbourne
New Colombo Plan Scholar (Japan) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Creative Risk and Artistic Leadership Award UHT Awards
Most Outstanding Direction Everything is Fine (Four Letter Word) UHT Awards
Dean’s Honours List The University of Melbourne

WRITING

St Kevin’s, abuse and the language of pain, The Saturday Paper, Feb 22
Male privilege continues to go unquestioned, The Age, October 26, 2019
Barely Held Together, Farrago Magazine, Ed. 1 2018
Morally Good Lesbian, Farrago Magazine, Ed. 2 2018
The Razor’s Edge, Farrago Magazine, Ed. 3 2018
Lawful Neutral, Farrago Magazine, Ed. 4 2018
To Be Real, Farrago Magazine, Ed. 5 2018
Silent Bodies, Farrago Magazine, Ed. 8 2018
Is My Sexuality Made of Memory?, Farrago Magazine, Ed. 6 2017