Me & My Shadow

Geoff Cobham is the Artistic Director of Patch Theatre and 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. While at Patch, Geoff has created in-theatre works ZOOOM, I Wish…, and Home and installation works The Lighthouse, Sea of Light, and Mirror Mirror.

With more than thirty years’ experience as an Artistic Director, Dave has directed over 60 productions for and by young people. As Artistic Director of Patch Theatre Company for 20 years, the company gained a national and international reputation for producing world-class quality theatre for 4-8 year old children. Productions from the Patch repertoire, directed by Dave, have been performed at 21 international children’s festivals and venues in the US, Canada, Korea, Japan, Singapore and New Zealand as well as touring Australia nationally for nine consecutive years under the auspices of Playing Australia.

Dave is committed to producing carefully distilled, lovingly thought-through and meticulously rendered theatre for children that seeks optimism in humanity and honours the spirit of resilience that can endure and overcome difficulties.

For over 32 years, Roz performed for numerous dance, dance theatre and theatre companies including One Extra Company, Sydney Front, Dance North, Theatre of Image, Sue Healey, Meryl Tankard Co, DV8, and Force Majeure. With these companies she toured extensively throughout Australia, Europe and South East Asia.

She choreographed for numerous theatre companies including Brink Theatre Co, Slingsby and Patch Theatre. From 2001–2012 Roz was Associate Artist with Sydney’s Dance Theatre Company, Force Majeure.

In 2002 she won the Ausdance ‘Outstanding performance by a female dancer’ award for her performance in Force Majeure’s Same Same but Different.

Roz co-directed the award-winning Me & My Shadow and ZOOOM for Patch Theatre and was Associate Director on Force Majeure’s Never did me any Harm.

Roz taught physical theatre for numerous performing arts colleges, youth theatre companies and universities including Urban Myth Youth Theatre Company, Cirkidz, AC Arts, and Flinders Drama Centre.

From 2000–2016 Roz was as a Co-ordinator and Director/Producer for numerous Festivals and Events including Adelaide Festival, Come Out, SA day, and Bundaleer Sunday Walks. Roz was Director of the Adelaide Fringe Parade from 2013–2016. In 2011 she was the Performance Program Director for Cirkidz, SA Circus Centre.
Roz was the Creative Producer for Restless Dance Theatre and worked as a lecturer for Flinders Drama Centre and as a Movement Consultant and Dramaturg with South Australian Independent Theatre Companies.

Roz’s contribution to the arts was immense, and her impact will be felt for generations.

Zoë is an acclaimed cellist, composer, sound artist, performance maker and educator. She creates chamber music, scores for film, theatre & dance, gallery sound installations and immersive theatre experiences for intergenerational audiences. She collaborates with leading theatre & sound makers across Australia and internationally. Zoë works across traditional performance spaces, found spaces, and the digital world. Her process is collaborative, relational and reflective, exploring an ongoing inquiry into the politics of slowness, amplifying quiet voices, and relational experiences.

Bob worked in schools for 33 years as an Arts Coordinator, Dance Teacher and Dance Moderator. Since 2003, he has worked for Patch Theatre Company as a Production Manager, Stage Manager, set/prop builder and technician on 15 different productions, touring to Singapore, Korea, New Zealand, Canada, the USA and Australia. He has had major roles in all Patch’s eleven “Playing Australia” tours to over 70 venues throughout Australia.

Astrid is a performer/theatre maker and teacher who works predominantly on collaborative, new works. She has worked with most South Australian companies and many independent artists. She co-created and performed in Me & My Shadow, Emily Loves to Bounce, Mr McGee and the Biting Flea and performed in Sharon Keep Ya Hair On and Pigs, Bears, Billy Goats Gruff for Patch Theatre. For Ladykillers Astrid wrote and performed in the award winning Cake, The Pyjama Girl and Based on a True Story. She has also worked extensively with Restless Dance and Vitalstatistix. Astrid sang for the re-score of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis for Sydney Opera House, Mona Foma, AFF & Fed. Square. She runs workshops for arts organisations and schools. Astrid is currently working on an original solo work – WIDOW WEIRDO with long term collaborators Ingrid Voorendt and Zoë Barry.