Mohammed ‘Ayo Busari’ (he/him) is a Nigerian-born, award-winning Creative Producer, Curator, Visual Artist, Writer, Performer, and Disability Support Worker based in Boorloo (Perth). He holds a BA (Hons) in Journalism & Media from the University of Hertfordshire (UK) and a Master of Arts in Screen Arts from Curtin University.

Ayo is known for creating immersive, poetic, and emotionally resonant theatre works that fuse spoken word, live music, and movement. He co-founded The Outsiders, producing acclaimed shows such as An Evening of African Poetry & Storytelling (nominated for Outstanding Overall Design at The Blue Room 2024 Awards) and Our Stories, Our Motherland. He also founded blue joy theatre co, which supports early-career artists through development programs and new work productions.

Alongside his theatre work, Ayo is the co-frontman of TAB Family, a music project blending Afro fusion and alternative pop, which won the 2025 FRINGE WORLD Award in the Music and Musicals categories. His current projects include developing till we meet again and better late, than never. Ayo also serves as Communications & Marketing Coordinator at The Blue Room Theatre and sits on the boards of the Western Australian Youth Theatre Company (WAYTCo) and Regional Arts WA.

Briannah is a producer, dancer and choreographer currently based in Boorloo. Since graduating WAAPA (Bachelor of Arts Dance Honours, 2018), she has been a self-producing contemporary dance artist and theatre producer for independent productions working with Co3 Contemporary Dance Company (Co3), The Blue Room Theatre (TBRT), Propel Youth Arts, STRUT Dance, Benjamin Quirk, blue joy theatre co, Georgi Ivers, Noemie Huttner-Koros, stop drop + roll theatre, Squid Vicious & Renegade Productions.

Anna Quercia-Thomas is an award-winning Hispanic American writer and academic based in Boorloo. Their poetry and speculative fiction has appeared widely national and international publications. Anna’s play “Still here, still talking,” produced by the Writers Collective, was part of the 2025 Summer Nights season at the Blue Room Theatre. They work as a dramaturg, most recently for an ongoing development of “A Magical Guide to Fighting Fascism” by Asha Cluer, which had a showing at the Blue Room Theatre in 2024, and on the 2024 Sydney-based production of “All Boys” by Xavier Hazard.

Oliver Hughes is a proud Ballardong Noongar award-winning actor and writer from Perth. Having just graduated from WAAPA in the Bachelor of Performing Arts, Oliver is an energetic and in demand emerging talent. His training began at John Curtin College of the Arts in the specialist drama program then furthered in the Aboriginal Performance course at WAAPA (graduating in 2021), before completing his Bachelors in WAAPA’s Performance Making (graduating in 2024). His performance credits include work with Yirra Yaakin, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre, WAYTCO and has recently premiered his own work Out for the Count at The BlueRoom Theatre.

Patrick Kankanange Gunasekera (he/him) is a Sri Lankan-Australian independent artist, producer, and cultural safety mentor, based on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar. He practices in theatre, dance, music and writing, and his work often subverts western art canons with queer, disabled, and brown contexts of community care, collaboration and resilience. As an actor, dancer, pianist, and singer his performance practices revel in the dynamic embodiments of marginalised people. His collaborative, creative leadership and teaching practices are drawn from his background in peer education, and centres bodily autonomy, emotional safety, and non-hierarchical facilitation.

Jean has a background in short fiction and poetry publication. She started writing theatre and screenplays over 10 years ago as a hobby. She has worked in so-called Australia and London on independent productions. In 2024 when she lived in Gadigal / Sydney she produced and directed independent theatre. She staged a two night run in Surry Hills at the Tom Mann Theatre of a series of monologues. As a teenager to the present day she has been an avid theatre lover who enjoys the magic of the dark transformed to light by story, acting and stage design.

Rachel is a 2025 ThisGen Directing Fellow with Encounter Theatre. Through this program she has interned with Black Swan Theatre Company, working under Kate Champion on Never Have I Ever. She is a graduate of the Bachelor of Performing Arts (Performance Making - First Class Honours) at WAAPA. During her time there, Rachel has devised/directed the TILT shows Imelda (**4-time PAWAA 2025 nominee), was assistant director on the productions The Arsonists (dir. Melissa Cantwell) and The Day the Sky Fell Down (dir. Renee Newman). Rachel also travelled to Singapore in 2023 to study NOH Theatre at the Intercultural Theatre Institute.

Rali Maynard is a proud Palawa/Trawlwooway woman and graduate from the Diploma of Acting at WAAPA in 2024. Outside of WAAPA Rali has been in a variety of shows including ‘Democracy Repair Services’ directed by Andrew Sutherland’ and ‘The Comprehensive A-Z of Missing Persons Australia’ directed by Amelia Burke for WAYTCO. She is looking forward to making these staged readings come to life!

Sean Larry Mudariki is a Perth‑based theatre‑maker and third‑year WAAPA student. His work includes the award‑winning Dance After Death, the one‑man show Playing Ashley at Subiaco Arts Centre, and performances in Frontier Generator, Matters Out of Space, and Katzenmusik, reflecting his commitment to dynamic, character‑driven storytelling on stage.

Taonga is a spoken word performer and multimedia storyteller who champions explorations of vulnerability and intersections of identity. She was previously a participant of The Blue Room Theatre’s ‘Assembly’ program (2019) led by Zal Kanga-Parabia. She has collaborated with sound artists as part of ‘Symbiosis’ hosted by Tenth Music Initiative, and alongside Perth musician Jack Davies. Most recently, she featured as part of the Boorloo Heritage Festival at The Blue Room Theatre with a hybrid monologue that explored migration and connection.

Donna Hughes is an award-winning playwright based in Fremantle, Western Australia. Her plays have been developed through Playwriting Australia, The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and Australian Plays Transform’s National development program. Her play for teenagers, Disconnected, is published by Australian Plays Transform. Trackers, was the recipient of an Australian Writers Guild award (AWGIE) in 2021 and is published by Currency Press. Trackers has been performed by schools around Australia and is currently shortlisted for the WA Premier book awards. Donna is a member of Black Swan State Theatre Company’s emerging writers’ program.