Glow Nations

Geoff Cobham is one of Australia’s leading culture professionals with over 40 years’ experience collaborating in all forms of theatre.

His artistic reputation both nationally and internationally comes from an outstanding multi-award-winning career working with several of Australia’s foremost arts organisations and events. He spent ten years as Associate Director of dance theatre Force Majeure, five years as resident designer at State Theatre Company South Australia and has worked in senior management roles at Sydney Festival, Adelaide Festival and WOMAD.

Geoff founded Bluebottle in 1998, an award-winning lighting design company which integrates outstanding lighting design into theatres, galleries, installations, architecture, exhibitions and music.

He has a long and notable history with Patch Theatre, having worked on a variety of productions including The Fastest Boy, Emily Loves to Bounce and Me & My Shadow before taking the reins as Artistic Director in 2018. Over the past four years Geoff has created in-theatre works ZOOOM, I Wish… and Home and installation works The Lighthouse, Sea of Light, Superluminal and Wonderverse.

Zoë is an acclaimed cellist, composer, sound artist, performance maker and educator. She collaborates with leading theatre and sound makers across Australia and internationally, and loves making works with and for young people. Her process is collaborative, relational and reflective, exploring an ongoing inquiry into the politics of slowness, amplifying quiet voices, and relational experiences.

She has long worked with Patch, sometimes co-creating, sometimes composing and sometimes performing including working on Emily Loves to Bounce, Me & My Shadow, The Lighthouse, Superluminal, and Wonderverse.

Zoë was named Telstra ARIA Music Teacher of the Year 2021 for co-founding and directing Harmony in Strings at Sacred Heart Primary, Fitzroy.

Michelle Maddog Delaney is a maker of things. Places, spaces, feelings and things – forests in disused buildings, themed bars and bespoke furniture, shattering plaster BMX wheels, Ediacaran based décor, rocket stands and giant cocoons, and more. She has worked as a designer, production manager, builder, scenic artist, stage manager, sourcer and sorcerer for major companies, festivals and independent artists. She likes nothing better than working in great teams to produce beautiful experiences. She is currently Creative Associate at Patch Theatre and, with Geoff Cobham, has co-designed all of Patch’s shows since 2019. Maddog’s design credits include Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2018–2021, Dark Mofo 2018 & 2019, Adelaide Festival 2013–2016, Darwin Festival 2010– 2015, Adelaide Fringe 2007–2009, Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2012, Red Sky Morning – State Theatre Company of South Australia (2016), and co-design with Meg Wilson on Life is Short and Long – Emma Beech and Vitalstatistix (2016).

Cedric Varcoe is a proud Ramindjeri and Narungga man from Raukkan and Point Pearce communities – an artist, weaver, carver, and respected cultural leader, keeping his culture strong. He has been painting since he was a boy of eight years old, inspired by watching his mother, sisters, brothers, aunts, and uncles as they created their artworks.

His main subjects are Ngarrindjeri Ruwi and Narungga Country, stylised Ngarrindjeri and Narungga ancestors, and his NGA:TJI (totems) snakes and lizards. Growing up, Cedric spent time with his Elders, whom he respected – from them, he learnt about his culture, dreaming sites, and stories. They would tell him, “here you learn weaving, carving, and painting so you can keep your MI:WI (spirit) strong and powerful in knowledge”. As Cedric got older, he began painting and drawing from his childhood memories spent on Country by the ocean, River Lakes, and Coorong. He started creating artworks that share about his lands, waters, history, and stories passed on to him. His unique artistic style is full of colour and reflects his vision, connection and spirit that is strong in his Country.

Cedric's works are held in private and public collections around the world. His art is featured in a variety of products and public artworks, including murals in communities throughout South Australia.

Elisha Umuhuri is a member of DEM MOB, an Aboriginal hip hop group formed in Pukatja APY lands in northern South Australia. Young DEM MOB front men Elisha Umuhuri and Jontae Dare are the first rappers to perform and record in the ancient Pitjantjatjara language, challenging expectations and becoming community role models along the way. Working on Wonderverse is Elisha’s first time composing for live theatre and he thanks CASM for initiating this opportunity and supporting this journey.

Edgell Junior is a proud Ni-Vanuatu man (from Pentecost Island, Vanuatu). From 2011 until 2019, Edgell Junior was a core ensemble member of Vanuatu’s internationally renowned Wan Smolbag Theatre (WSB), who work year-round producing, performing, and touring plays, films, educational resources, and workshop. Alongside performing, Edgell also has extensive experience as a film and stage production crew member and assistant lighting designer.

Edgell has been based in Adelaide, SA since 2020 and undertaken various crew and site build positions for Bamboozled Productions, Gluttony, The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide Festival and FEAST Festival.

From 2021–2023 Edgell was a member of Slingsby’s Flying Squad – creating and touring workshops and new works The Memoryologist, This Tree is a Story and Light Creatures across SA venues, schools, and festivals and most notably ‘The River That Ran Uphill’ which premiered as part of the 2023 Adelaide Festival and was based on Edgell’s story of his experience and survival of cyclone Pam that devastated Vanuatu in 2015.

Most recently, Edgell has been working with Patch Theatre on delivering their Sea of Light installation and new in-school touring work Glow & Tell. Edgell looks he forward to finding new projects and artistic collaborators where he can share and build on his experience, and proudly share Pacific Islander stories, perspective, and culture.

Evyenía Stefanidis is a multidisciplinary Greek-Australian artist working on Kaurna Country, Adelaide. An alum of the Flinders University Drama Centre, she continued her collaborative, ensemble-based practice as a member of Slingsby’s Flying Squad.

In 2022, Evyenía undertook a directorial secondment with State Theatre Company South Australia on Antigone, for which she performed various offstage roles before stepping in as an understudy. She finalised her work with Slingsby Theatre in The River That Ran Uphill as part of the 2023 Adelaide Festival and also appeared in the production's run at the Sydney Opera House in 2024. She also appeared in Slingsby’s By Request program touring metropolitan, rural and regional South Australia.

Evyenía is an enthusiastic artist in Patch Theatre’s Spark program as a Glow & Tell creator and performer. She has also performed in productions of Sea of Light, Wonderverse and Superluminal for the company.

Other recent credits include The River That Ran Uphill, This Tree is a Story (Slingsby Theatre), The Seagull (Dir. Connor Reidy) and Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. (Dir. Anthony Nicola).

A graduate of Adelaide College of the Arts, Dylan has worked with State Theatre Company South Australia, Windmill Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company and in 2019 he toured internationally with The Secret River. More recently Dylan has performed in Windmill Theatre Company’s Hans & Gret (2023 Adelaide Festival), Grug (2024 Regional National Tour) and Moss Piglet (2024 Premiere Season and 2025 Regional SA Tour).

Ayden Martin is a Narungga man from South Australia. He works in the performing arts industry as a live production technician and part-time cultural performer with the Yellaka dance group.

Ayden, an Adelaide College of the Arts graduate, has advanced skills in live theatre and music. He has worked for large institutions, arts organisations, local government councils, art & music festivals, and emerging & established artists. These organisations include Tandanya (National Aboriginal Cultural Institute), Balya Production, Mosaic Audio Visual, Yelleka, The Centre for Projection Arts and many more.

Grateful for recently joining the Patch Theatre team, Ayden hopes to learn more from industry professionals, performers and technicians.