About the Artists
Teddy Dunn
Teddy Dunn is a theatre maker, performer, writer and dramaturg based in Melbourne. His practice sits between contemporary performance, theatre, research and community participation, creating work that draws equally from lived experience and interdisciplinary inquiry. He is particularly interested in ritual, memory, grief, gender and the stories communities tell in order to live alongside difficult things. As a performer, Teddy has worked with State Theatre Company South Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Patch Theatre, Vitalstatistix and Tasmanian Theatre Company. His performance in Joan received the Tasmanian Theatre Award for Best Actor, and he most recently appeared as Jack Worthing in State Theatre Company South Australia’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest. Alongside his performance work, Teddy has directed, dramaturged and developed new Australian work for companies and festivals including State Theatre Company South Australia, Awesome Festival, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Asia TOPA and Vitalstatistix. He is a former Artistic Director of ActNow Theatre, where he led community-engaged programs and developed new work with artists and queer young people. He has maintained a long creative relationship with Vitalstatistix as an administrator, artist, assistant director, dramaturg, facilitator and collaborator. His writing and vocal composition have been presented through Queerstories, Conversations with Men and Adelaide Writers’ Week.
Anna Lindner
Anna Lindner is a cross-disciplinary artist from Peramangk Country, working across theatre, film, TV and visual arts. She wrote and starred in AACTA award winning, SBS dark comedy series, A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO GRIEF, which also saw her nominated for an Australian Writers Guild Award (AWGIE) and C21 Content London International Drama Award. Anna most recently performed as Algernon Moncrieff in State Theatre Company of South Australia’s THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. This year also sees Anna joining ABC comedy series AUSTIN for its third season and feature film It’s all Going Very Well (dir: Tilda Cobham-Hervey) and featured in four-part drama THE HUNTING (SBS/Netflix), dir. Sophie Hyde & Ana Kokkinos. As a video and performance artist, Anna won the Adelaide Film Festival/Samstag Museum of Art’s ExplandLAB $100,000 Moving Image Commission, resulting in the satirical, experimental film installation, 5 STEPS FOR BETTER LIVING, MAXIMUM GAINS AND MANIFESTING YOUR MOST OPTIMISED SELF!! premiering at SAMSTAG for the Adelaide Film Festival 2025. Anna has performed her self-devised interactive piece, MOTEL GIRL at festivals around Australia, spending up to three weeks locked in a shipping container converted into a 1960s motel room which became a living laboratory: an invitation for individuals to initiate anonymous conversation with a blindfolded stranger (played by Lindner), sharing personal stories of shame, guilt, loss and regret. An examination of personas, shadow selves and events that play out when no one is watching. Previously, she has performed a live movement response to the SAWARU installation by Amber Cronin at Nexus Arts. Previous work with State Theatre Company of South Australia includes Oscar Wilde’s THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, David Williamson’s THE PUZZLE, Sarah Kane’s BLASTED and the WAR MOTHER trilogy. Other theatre credits include Australian premiere Hilary Bell’s MEMMIE LE BLANC (Vitalstatistix/Deckchair Theatre), Patricia Cornelius’ LOVE (Vitalstatistix), Nassim Soleimanpour’s WHITE RABBIT, RED RABBIT, as well as Windmill Theatre Co’s MAMA DOES DERBY and BOOM BAH!, and was an ensemble dancer with Restless Dance Theatre.
