Melbourne’s Anna Loewendahl has created theatre in both
Australia and internationally, usually with a social agenda. She trained in
England, and India (Kerala). She has also worked in Zimbabwe, exploring AIDS,
gender & politics with Amakhosi Theatre, Bulawayo, in 1995. She has
travelled the world extensively making theatre in communities. In 2009 she
received an Asia-Link scholarship to travel to Yogyakarta in Indonesia to work
with puppet group Paper Moon, making work in markets, hospitals and community
spaces. In 2010, with the aid of a Punctum Inhabit grant she travelled to
Mexico to work with Canada's Dragon Dance Theatre.
Anna is co-director and Artistic Director TransVision
Arts (TVA) –, founded in 2006 and
Artistic Director and co-producer of Thieves Theatre. TVA is a company
dedicated to interrogating social issues through theatre. Anna is highly
skilled in Augusta Boal’s forum theatre methods. She has worked across regional
Victoria and in New Zealand on issues such as body image, financial literacy,
binge drinking, coping with drought, and alcohol and violence (as part of the
Dunedin Fringe). She will soon participate in Leeton Shire Council’s Bidgee
Binge project, using forum theatre to address the issue of binge drinking in
the Riverina, NSW.
Anna has extensive experience working with Festivals, having
experience with the Nati Frinj festival, Art Is ... Festival, Awakenings, the
Royal Melbourne Children's Hospital's Festival of Healthy Living and the
Dunedin Fringe Festival, amongst others.
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