Isabella Vadiveloo

Experience

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  Self-employed

  Feb 2013 - now

  Freelance Theatre Director

  I have worked as a freelance theatre director across a wide range of performance work. This includes work for Melbourne Theatre Company, Next Wave Festival, La Mama Theatre, Union House Theatre and Melbourne Festival.

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  Melbourne Theatre Company

  Sept 2015 - Oct 2020

  Front of House Supervisor

  Managing a direct team of up to 30 staff, and 500 patrons. In this role I was the Chief Fire Warden and building supervisor during performances. The role also included stakeholder management, company wide communications and report writing, training staff, use of customer relationship management software (Tessitura), response to multiple first aid incidents and customer service.

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  Union House Theatre

  Feb 2016 - Nov 2018

  Archivist and Curator
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  Community Prophets

  Feb 2017 - May 2022

  Administrative Assistant

  Facilitation of the delivery of Cultural Safety training and consultation, as well as film projects. Working across locations, I am responsible for collating and analysing feedback data, working with young people and conducting research.

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  Small and Loud

  Nov 2018 - Mar 2020

  Co-Artistic Director

  Program for the development of new theatre writing at Arts Centre Melbourne. This role involved programming, facilitation, working with young people, negotiating sponsorship deals and venue management.

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  University of Melbourne

  Feb 2021 - now

  Full scholarship recipient, researching identity informed theatre directing practice. Supervised by Dr. Sarah Austin and Dr. Lara Stevens. Tutor in the Theatre Department, Victorian Collage of the Arts, University of Melbourne. Working as a teaching specialist and subject coordinator across undergraduate and graduate programs in theatre making and directing. Researching the creation of culturally safe spaces in theatre making under Dr. Sarah Austin at the Victorian Collage of the Arts. Tasks involve administration, ethics applications, Collating literature reviews, conducting interviews. I have completed Research Integrity training and Mental Health First Aid training.

  • PHD Candidate

    Mar 2023 - now

  • Tutor in Theatre

    Feb 2022 - now

  • Research Assistant

    Feb 2021 - Oct 2023
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  Freelance

  Mar 2021 - now

  Intimacy Director/coordinator

  Intimacy professional working across theatre and screen. Recent work includes Melbourne Theatre Company, ABC TV and in-house intimacy direction for the VCA Theatre Department. Specialisations in trauma informed intimacy choreography and working with Global Majority artists at the intersection of intimacy and race.

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  Abbotsford Convent

  Nov 2021 - May 2022

  Visitor Experience and Covid Compliance Manager

  Managing a safe re-opening of one of Melbourne's largest cultural precincts. Unravelling Covid-19 safety requirements for visitors and audiences. Managing a team of casual Visitor Engagement Offices, and working in administrative, OH&S, access and inclusion and front facing capacities.