Jackson Used
Writer Dramaturg ProducerJackson Used (He/Him) is an interdisciplinary artist from Perth, Western Australia, working across the mediums of stage, screen, aural storytelling and poetry. Jackson is a lecturer at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, working with students in the MFA Writing Program, teaching the Aural Storytelling & Podcasting syllabus he curated. He has worked extensively in Perth, Brisbane and Sydney, as a writer, director, dramaturg and producer. Much of this work has been done with sandpaperplane, the theatre company he co-founded in 2014. Recent writing credits include Delta Sierra Juliet (NIDA & 107 Projects, Redfern), Lilac (KXT, Kings Cross) and PIT (Old 505, Newtown), which was published by Australian Plays Transform in 2021. In 2021 Jackson and Elliot Vella were selected for SoundWAves - an Audible and Screenwest Audio Development and Production Initiative, being awared $100,000 (AUD) in funding to create a narrative podcast with the aim of developing it for television.
Credits
- Writer, Lilac, Kings Cross Theatre, 3 weeks, 2022- Dramaturg, Mother May We, Griffin Theatre Company, 3 weeks, 2022
- Dramaturg, A Dark Mark, Belvoir St Theatre, 1 week, 2022
- Writer/Producer, PIT, Old 505 Theatre, 1 week, 2020
Training
MFA Writing For Performance (NIDA, Sydney)BPA Performance Making (WAAPA, Perth)
Location
LondonExperience
5-10 years
Art forms / Disciplines
- Comedy
- Film - feature
- Radio/Audio
- Theatre / Live perfomance
- TV - documentary
- TV - drama
What I do
- Curating
- Directing
- Dramaturgy
- Editing
- Performance Art
- Producing
- Site Responsive/Immersive
- Teaching / Coaching
- Theatre making
- Verbatim theatre
- Working with Deaf artists
- Working with disabled artists
- Working with learning disabled artists
- Working with young people
- Working within a Community / with community participants
- Writing
