Theatre-making from the heART
Theatre-making from the heART
A supportive, body-based workshop for artists creating solo or small ensemble shows. Using games, improvisation, movement, personal reflection and Gestalt approaches, participants explore feeling, memory, myth, fairy tale and archetype to generate theatrical material that connects personal experience to universal human themes.
About Dave
Dave Houston is an Australian actor, musician, writer and theatre-maker who has been creating and touring original theatre for more than 30 years. Trained at the Victorian College of the Arts, he is the Artistic Director of Full-On Theatre and has performed across theatres, festivals, schools and community settings throughout Australia and internationally, first taking a solo show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at the age of 24.
Blending storytelling, live music, comedy and community engagement, Dave is passionate about solo performance that is emotionally honest, funny and deeply human. His work is shaped by a lifelong interest in theatre, wellbeing and human connection, and he is currently completing a Master's in Gestalt Therapy to further inform his directing and teaching practice. A committed ally for First Nations peoples, Dave has also worked extensively as an artist-in-residence with Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital and has released two solo albums alongside six albums with his bands.
