Dana McMillan
Performer | Theatre Maker
I am a Melbourne based performer, theatre maker and improvisor.
My solo theatre practice draws on my experience as a physical performer and focuses on physical and poetic affective storytelling. Last year I developed a solo-performance, ‘This is Not About Lee Miller,’ a practice as research project, which used feminist psychoanalytic research and explorations in feminine performance aesthetics to create a queer feminine dramaturgy for performance making.
I am also a Co-Artistic Director and performer with The DIG Collective, an experimental theatre company dedicated to making performances through a devised slow dramaturgical process and non-linear storytelling. The collective has performed as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival, White Night and various other events and festivals. I am also a company member of Soothplayers: Completely Improvised Shakespeare and perform regularly at festivals across Australia, including; Melbourne Fringe Festival (Best Comedy Nominee 2019), Perth World Fringe Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
I frequently perform and facilitate across a variety of mediums as well as running workshops for physical and devised theatre, improvisation and Shakespearean language.
My solo theatre practice draws on my experience as a physical performer and focuses on physical and poetic affective storytelling. Last year I developed a solo-performance, ‘This is Not About Lee Miller,’ a practice as research project, which used feminist psychoanalytic research and explorations in feminine performance aesthetics to create a queer feminine dramaturgy for performance making.
I am also a Co-Artistic Director and performer with The DIG Collective, an experimental theatre company dedicated to making performances through a devised slow dramaturgical process and non-linear storytelling. The collective has performed as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival, White Night and various other events and festivals. I am also a company member of Soothplayers: Completely Improvised Shakespeare and perform regularly at festivals across Australia, including; Melbourne Fringe Festival (Best Comedy Nominee 2019), Perth World Fringe Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
I frequently perform and facilitate across a variety of mediums as well as running workshops for physical and devised theatre, improvisation and Shakespearean language.
