RUMPUS emerged from community meetings with Adelaide’s independent theatre artists.

The independent scene has long struggled with atomisation; isolation from each other whilst facing similar struggles: limited resources, frustration with our existing venues and the lack of a thriving second tier in our industry. RUMPUS is a collective effort towards our shared goal: an exciting season of work in a new venue in which we can pool our resources, collectively build audiences, and consolidate our efforts to produce bold, diverse and innovative work.

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Our Organisers

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Facilitator and General Manager

Rebecca Mayo

Facilitator and General Manager

Rebecca Mayo graduated from Flinders Drama Centre in 2014. She is an award-winning actor, producer and theatre maker.

Rebecca’s theatre acting credits include: Caleb Lewis’ Destroyer of Worlds (Rock Surfers Theatre Company), Melancholy Play (Flinders University), Deluge (Tiny Bricks), Schmidt (Back Porch Theatre), McNIrt Hates Dirt (DreamBIG Children’s Festival and AWESOME Children’s Festival), Stories In The Dark (Live In The Dark) , Angelique (isthisyours?) and the national tour of Yo Diddle Diddle (Patch Theatre Company). And for TV: Almost Midnight (ABC iview).

In 2015, Rebecca was the recipient of the Helpmann Academy Neil Curnow Award which led to her work with world-renowned theatre companies The Rude Mechanicals (Austin, TX) and Ontroerend Goed (Ghent, Belgium).

Facilitator and General Manager

Facilitator

Yasmin Gurreeboo

Facilitator

Yasmin Gurreeboo has a first class honours drama degree from the University of Exeter and trained at the Jacques Lecoq International Theatre School, Paris. Yasmin is currently the Artistic Director of Foul Play Theatre and Associate Director of ActNow Theatre. Yasmin is committed to championing women’s voices and cultural diversity on our stages.

Facilitator

Nescha Jelk

Facilitator

Nescha graduated from the Flinders University Drama Centre directing course in 2010 with first class honours and an university medal. Independent theatre directing credits include Sepia (RiAus/Emily Steel), Hamlet (Actors Folio), Alice and Peter Grow Up (Milk Theatre Collective), Deluge (Tiny Bricks in association with Brink for 2016 Adelaide Festival) and the 2018 revised remount of 19 weeks (Emily Steel). For the State Theatre Company of South Australia, Nescha has directed Terrestrial, Switzerland, Straight White Men (co-production with La Boite), Gorgon, Volpone, Krapp’s Last Tape in the ‘Beckett Triptych’ (2015 Adelaide Festival, 2016 MOFO), Othello, Jesikah and Random. Nescha is one-half of theatre company Tiny Bricks, a creative partnership with playwright Phillip Kavanagh.

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And the Rumpus Community

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Want to join our community of artists?

Apply to join RUMPUS

Want to come see a show?

See our 2019 season schedule