• Current Show In Development: 'HERE TO HELP' A satirical clown show about mental health systems and bureaucracy. Directed by Nicky Fearn. Arts NT Quick Grant Recipient.

    Upcoming Residency: LookOut Arts Quarry, Bellingham USA

  • HAWT COUTURE

    FROM NEW YORK CITY TO THE NT

    HAWT COUTURE 2023-2024

    Costume. Clown. Chaos!

    Anti-fast fashion meets creative chaos in this extravaganza of community and DIY costuming! Facilitated workshop series culminating in special one-off performances.

    Image (left): Anna Thomson by Tao Ho NYC

    Video: Flowpyre, Darwin Fringe 2024

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    AWARDS

    * Mothership Residency NYC '23 (RAA Fellowship)

    * Best Cabaret - Darwin Fringe Fest 2024

    * Finalist 2025 Community Event of the Year - City of Darwin (as part of Corrugated Iron's 40th Birthday Celebrations 2024)

    Available for festival programming in 2025/2026

    Image (above): David Bradley for Corrugated Iron

    Video: Flowpyre, Darwin Fringe

  • PERFORMANCE EXPERIMENTS

    Browns Mart Residency 2023

    As part of the Brown's Mart Performance Experiments Residency. Exploration into performance, costume and visual art by Anna Thomson and award-winning weaver Aly De Groot.

    Jellyfish take over the world!

    Photo (left) by Charlies Bliss c/o Browns Mart

  • WHAT IN THE WORLD CABARET

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    Photo: Johanna Hayes (2022)

    A workshop series in devised physical comedy and costume ending in an Award-Winning Cabaret that is out of this world!

    Created Performed by Anna Thomsons and Ensemble Cast

    Directed and Produced by Anna Thomson

    (Darwin Fringe Producer Award 2022)

    Video: Johanna Hayes

  • MADAME NIGHTSHADE'S POISON GARDEN

    2016-2019

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    Photo: Ranson Media (2018)

    Anne of Green Gables meets Quentin Taratino in this dark, comedic visceral feast.

    "...delightful, disgusting,provocative and confronting...a stunning piece of theatrical comedy" ArtsHub 2017

    **Risky Award Darwin Fringe Festival 2019**

    **Finalist Best Theatre Perth WORLD Fringe 2018**

    "This is a smart show; hilarious and thought-provoking. Moments of truly sublime physical theatre...A queer, clowning, feminist triumph." Keith Gow (2019

    Video: Dianne Reid (2017)

    Madame Nightshade's Poison Garden Trailer

    Created and performed by Anna Thomson

    Directed by Sarah Ward, with assistance from Maude Davey, Jaye Hayes, Rinske Ginsberg, Jacky T

  • FIX IT - A CLOWN SHOW ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE

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    Photo: Martin Stringer (2020)

    "...a 30-minute frenzy of mime and physical comedy that verged on Mr Bean-like..." Weekend Notes

    A high-energy, escapade exploring environmental solutions to real world problems...through the eyes of a clown!

    2020 Sustainable Living Festival Melbourne,

    2020 Art Not Apart Festival Canberra

    Created and performed by Anna Thomson

    Direction assistance: Rinske Ginsberg, Danielle Cresp & Afsaneh Torabi

  • FIX IT - THE WEB SERIES!

    FIX IT Web Series 2020 (Trailer )

    A four-part series with FIX IT the clown exploring how to find a lot of fun ways to get creative...in your own backyard!

    Episode #1 (6 mins) / Episode #2 (5 mins)

    / Episode #3 (5 mins) / Episode #4 (6 mins)

    ARTS CENTRE MELB TOP 5 PICK FOR FAMILIES (2020)

    Commissioned by Clocktower Centre Online Roadshow 2022

    FIX IT #2 - Play with Your Food 2021 (Trailer)

    Join Steve, FIX IT the clown and friends as they look at food, where it comes from, and how to reduce a little bit of food wastage, in the City of Yarra. Ripper!

    WATCH IT HERE (10 mins)

    Written, performed and produced by Anna Thomson Comedy Music: www.bensound.com & Jacky T
    Photos: Shutterstock and Deposit Photos
    Supported by a City of Yarra Arts Stimulate Grant

  • PUPPET JAM

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    Image: Jarryd Bravo (2019)

    Puppet Jam, Melbourne Fringe Festival 2019

    Video: Philip Miller

    Directed by Phillip Millar

  • SHORT ACTS

    Destroy The Plebiscite (2017)

    A Devilish Response to the Marriage Equality Plebiscite

    Created by PO PO MO CO

    Produced by Ezel Izmet

    Filmed & edited by Reabar Othman

    What In The World?!

    WORLD Class Eco-Burlesque, with a Twist!

    The Moulin Beige, 2019

    See My Eggs

    A Cracking Good Time!

    The Village Festival, 2018

    FIX IT

    Pure Stupidity Meets Unwavering Confidence

    A Night of Clowns, Hares and Hyenas 2019

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