Marshall Stay

Performer Deviser Dancer/Choreographer Director Sound Designer

Marshall Stay (he/him) is an award-winning Australian multidisciplinary performance artist, working across dance, theatre, photography, film, design, sound, and directing.

After completing a BPA in Performance Making in Perth, Aus, he furthered his creative practice in Estonia (2019-2021) under companies such as Complicité, Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal, and Gecko, amongst others, resulting in an MA in Contemporary Physical Performance Making with Cum Laude honours.

He has recently re-devised and performed in Theatre Re’s Bluebelle, and designs photography, poster, and video material for various companies including The Park Theatre, and Shoreditch Town Hall.

Throughout a number of his works he directly interrogates the ramifications of technology in contemporary performance, leading the creative process from the perspective of specific technological elements to uncover their inherent dramaturgical potential including their impact on the physical body towards movement and choreography. He also composes and records all the original sound designs for his projects, in order to maintain full creative intention. His work has ranged from audio-led treasure hunts across a city, to large-scale dance works in abandoned factories, and he prides himself on his ability to adapt and investigate across form with rigour.

Credits

The King, Bluebelle, Theatre Re/Lighthouse Poole, 1 week, 2023
Performer/Deviser, Coffee Break Microtheater, Site-specific Milan, 1 week, 2023
Dab, Dip & Dab Christmas Remix Panto UK Tour, Various schools, 3 weeks, 2022
Director/performer/deviser, F*ckboys, Brighton Fringe, 1 week, 2022
Director/choreographer/sound designer, and once again we are alone, Uue Loomingu Maja, 1 week, 2021
Co-creator/performer, YourSpace, Kanuti Gildi SAAL, 24 hours, 2021
Deviser/performer, Kuhu Minek 99 Hours, EAMT, 99 hours (1 week), 2020
Deviser/performer, The Less You Know, the Better, Von Krahl, 1 week, 2020
Drag Performer Sheila B. Wright, CPPM DRAG SHOW, No99, 1 week, 2019
Director/Sound Design/Set Design/Movement, Floor
Thirteen, Blue Room Theatre, 3 week, 2019
Creative Intern/Co-deviser/Graphic Designer, Lé Nør, The Last Great Hunt, 3 weeks, 2019
Performer/Deviser/Director, DAD, The Blue Room Theatre, 1 week, 2019
Performer/Deviser/Composer, Girl & Thing, The Blue Room Theatre TILT, 1 week, 2018
Lorenzo/Mr. Care, The Cockburn Incident, Centre for Stories FRINGEWORLD, 1 week, 2018
Morsecodian, The Secret Project: Dispatch, Site Specific - Wireless Hill Perth, 1 week, 2017
All There Is (Self-devised Solo), Moments of Being, WAAPA Blackbox, 1 week, 2017

Training

Bachelor of Performing Arts (Performance Making), Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts, 2016 - 2018

MA in Contemporary Physical Performance Making, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, 2019 - 2021

Maxine Doyle Workshop Week, b12 Berlin, 2022

Hofesh Shechter Professional Intensive Week, London, 2022

Gecko Summer Residency, Ipswich, 2022

Location

London

Experience

5-10 years

Art forms / Disciplines

  • Dance
  • Film - short
  • Graphic / product design
  • Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
  • New technologies / digital
  • Photography
  • Theatre / Live perfomance

What I do

  • Choreography
  • Devising
  • Directing
  • Editing
  • Facilitating
  • Movement Direction
  • Music - Can learn by ear
  • Music - Can Read
  • Music - Plays Instruments
  • Music - Singing
  • Music Composition
  • Outdoor performance
  • Performance Art
  • Performing
  • Physical Theatre / Mime
  • Puppetry
  • Site Responsive/Immersive
  • Sound Design
  • Teaching / Coaching
  • Theatre making
  • Verbatim theatre
  • Video Design
  • Working with young people
  • Workshopping & Development

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