TOM HALLS creating unapologetic art
CONTACT
+44 7576761978 (UK)
tommhalls@gmail.com
Tom is a writer, director and performer based in Manchester (UK). He trained at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) & Monash University. He is Co-Artistic Director of TomYumSim, creating interactive and immersive performance experiences.
As Performer/Collaborator/Writer
MUSHROOM LANGUAGE (Work in Progress), Performer/Collaborator, Ali Matthews, 2022
THE SALON, Performer/Collaborator, TomYumSim, Fest en Fest YOUTH, Cambridge Junction 2022
DEAR IDA, Narrator, dir. Lisa Petty/La Mama Theatre, 2022
BOBBY, LUNCH IS DARKNESS, Janet, Ali Matthews 2021
I KNOW A PLACE, Performer/Editor, Axel Gee 2021
BE MY EMBRACE NOW, Performer/Creator, TomYumSim, Manchester Int. Fest., Manc. Pride 2021
TAKE THIS TEST, Performer/Collaborator, TalkShow 2021
REBELS OF EXTINCTION (Digital), Performer/Collaborator, Manchester International Festival, 2021
HOTLINE, Creator/Performer, Manchester International Festival & hÅb 2019 & 2021
UNHAPPY JAN SAYS HI, Unhappy Jan, Mother’s Ruin: Speaks/Turn On Fest 2020
BE RIGHT BACK (short), Writer/Performer, Manchester International Festival (Residency) 2020
SNOW WHITE’S PRIVILEGE, Happy/Collaborator, NIAMOS 2019
NOTHING SPECIAL, Performer/Collaborator, TomYumSim/Camden People’s Theatre, 2019
STRING LINES (Development), Performer/Collaborator, TomYumSim/Royal Exchange Theatre 2019
RAGE FACE (Work in Progress), Live Drafts, The Yard Theatre 2018
CRAVE (Staged Reading), A, dir. Laurence Strangio, La Mama Theatre 2017
DOG SHOW, Alfonse/Collaborator, dir. Cassandra Fumi, La Mama Theatre 2017
BARBERSHOP, Creator/Performer, TomYumSim, NatiFrinj 2017
RAINBOW PARADISO, Creator/Performer, TomYumSim, Melbourne Fringe 2017
HOW TO KILL THE QUEEN OF POP, Creator/Tiffannee, Melbourne Fringe/Fringe World Perth 2017
ALL OF MY FRIENDS WERE THERE, Performer, Guerilla Museum/Melb. International Festival 2017
THE PLACES YOU’LL GO, Postman 1, dir. Cassandra Fumi, Adelaide Fringe 2017
WHAT’S YOURS IS MINE, Syd/Sound Designer, dir. Yvonne Virsik, Poppy Seed Fest 2016
SAD DIGGER MAD MARY, Creator/Digger, dir. Yvonne Virsik, La Mama Theatre 2016
CAST PARTY, Performer/Collaborator, dir. Marieke Hardy, FOLA/Boon Companions 2016
BETTE & JOAN: BITCH. SLUT. LIAR. WHORE., Joan Crawford, dir. Simone French, La Mama Theatre 2016
UN/CLEAN, Performer/Collaborator, dir. Noel Jordan, Victorian College of the Arts 2014
BEYOND THE BRIGHT BLACK EDGE OF NOWHERE, Performer, dir. Simon Wilkinson, circa69 2014
BREATH OF EMPTY SPACE, Performer/Collaborator, dir. Tom Healey, Victorian College of the Arts 2013
SLUTS RULE, Performer/Creator, MUST Container Festival 2013
As Director/Assistant Director
DEAR IDA, Assistant Director, Lisa Petty/La Mama Theatre, 2022
A SUFFOCATING CHOKING FEELING, Director, TomYumSim, Camden People’s Theatre 2021
SUBSPACE (Work in Progress), Director, Clare McNulty 2021
As Facilitator
TOMYUMSIM CREATIVE PROCESS, UK New Artists & The Coast is Queer 2021
TRAPPED IN THE MUSEUM, People’s History Museum/Reclaim/42nd Street 2021
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, Woodleigh Secondary School 2018
Workshops/Residencies
CREATIVE LAB, Participant, Manchester International Festival 2019
QUEER NU WERK, Performer/Participant, Performance Space (SYD) 2017
BODY EARTH (BUTOH), Participant, Yumi Umiamare/Anthony Pelchen 2015
COIL FESTIVAL, Programming Assistant, PS122 (NYC), 2014
BIOMECHANICS INTENSIVE, Participant, Kathleen Baum/VCA 2013 ENCOUNTERS, Participant, Adrian Howells 2013
BOUFFON MASTERCLASS, Participant, Jason Lehane 2009
NEXT WAVE FEST CHOREOGRAPHY MENTORSHIP, Choreographer/Dancer 2007
Training & Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre Practice) Victorian College of the Arts 2012 - 2014
Bachelor of Performing Arts Monash University 2007 - 2009
Skills
Facilitation & Creative Workshop Delivery
Film & Video Creation and Editing
Sound Design and Editing
Read Music (Piano & Vocal)