SOTTO- THS Artist in residence program

ABOUT OUR ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: ROSHELLE FONG

Roshelle Fong is a Hong Kong Australian multidisciplinary artist who wrote, directed and produced the Melbourne Fringe award-winning immersive show ‘nomnomnom’ (2018) which she adapted in East Iceland, Shanghai and Sydney as part of Kings Cross Hotel’s Vivid programming. In 2020, Roshelle wrote and performed in the live-streamed interactive show ‘Thirsty!’ for Griffin Theatre’s ‘Griffin Lock-in’ and Google Creative Lab’s ‘Theatre, made for the internet’. She was also in Democracy in Colour's Create Change Fellowship and co-created an anti-racism card game for schools called ‘Zoophobia’. In 2021 Roshelle's interactive theatre show 'Poona' (Next Wave Festival) co-written with Keziah Warner premiered at the Museum of Chinese Australian History, and she joined Melbourne Theatre Company’s (MTC) First Stage writers program. She is also an alumni of MTC’s Women in Theatre Program 2019 and Malthouse Theatre’s Besen Family Artist’s Program 2018. 

Take a look at the video below to see our amazing students researching the history of THS by interviewing alumni Malcolm Sheridan who attended the school when it first opened! This is just one of eight interviews students have conducted to inform their art making.

Below, Year 11 Theatre students undertake a ‘memory walk’ around the school grounds sharing stories and strengthening their connection to place.