QUALIA THEATRE by Heidi Everett Productions
www.qualiatheatre.com
Video content advice: allusion to homelessness and voicing of Indigenous disempowerment.
Qualia *Original short film artists L-R: Jessica Cochrane, Xavier Gouault, Maggie Toko.
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qua•li•a - /'kwåleea
n. In philosophy, qualia refers to individual instances of subjective conscious experience;
'Qualia' - the experiential Quality of what it is to be like you.
Showing the mental health system as it really is.
Qualia Theatre is an ever-evolving series of new theatre and performance works, devised
and presented by performance artists with something personal to say
about Australia's mental health system.
and presented by performance artists with something personal to say
about Australia's mental health system.

Qualia : FYRE
Qualia/Fyre is a search for fire in one of the coldest places on earth.
Award winning artist, producer and proud neurodivergent Heidi Everett confronts tragedy, creativity and comedy in this 1-person theatre performance that reveals what it's like to be in a public psychiatric ward and searching for a way out.
Co-created and directed by John Fleming, and supported by Banyule Council and Creative Victoria.
This new, solo work from Everett's mental health diversity theatre company, Qualia, which premiered to sold-out audiences at Melbourne Fringe Festival in 201, receiving the Access and Inclusion award for world-leading inclusive audience and artist practices.
Qualia/Fyre is a search for fire in one of the coldest places on earth.
Award winning artist, producer and proud neurodivergent Heidi Everett confronts tragedy, creativity and comedy in this 1-person theatre performance that reveals what it's like to be in a public psychiatric ward and searching for a way out.
Co-created and directed by John Fleming, and supported by Banyule Council and Creative Victoria.
This new, solo work from Everett's mental health diversity theatre company, Qualia, which premiered to sold-out audiences at Melbourne Fringe Festival in 201, receiving the Access and Inclusion award for world-leading inclusive audience and artist practices.

Qualia : ORIGINAL (stage play and short film)
A public psych ward; it’s confronting. People are trying to navigate trauma, confined and imprisoned in an equally traumatising medical space. How do you communicate, if you don’t speak the language of a psychiatric ward and it doesn’t speak yours? What if you're in a wheelchair or from a culturally diverse background?
Through humour, storytelling and living experience, Qualia brings to light the complexities of this space and the people within it.
Artistic Director:
Heidi Everett.
Performers:
Jessica Cochran (2019-21), Xavier Guault (2020), Hadley Johnson (2020), Maggie Toko (film), Andrew Lewis (2021).
A public psych ward; it’s confronting. People are trying to navigate trauma, confined and imprisoned in an equally traumatising medical space. How do you communicate, if you don’t speak the language of a psychiatric ward and it doesn’t speak yours? What if you're in a wheelchair or from a culturally diverse background?
Through humour, storytelling and living experience, Qualia brings to light the complexities of this space and the people within it.
Artistic Director:
Heidi Everett.
Performers:
Jessica Cochran (2019-21), Xavier Guault (2020), Hadley Johnson (2020), Maggie Toko (film), Andrew Lewis (2021).
SHOWS 2021
FYRE:
Ivanhoe Library and Cultural Hub Theatre - currently deferred due to covid restrictions
DAX Centre Auditorium - OCTOBER 2021
la Mama Explorations 2022
Qualia *Original short film
City of Port Phillip 2021
Qualia
Science Gallery Melbourne - October 2021
FYRE:
Ivanhoe Library and Cultural Hub Theatre - currently deferred due to covid restrictions
DAX Centre Auditorium - OCTOBER 2021
la Mama Explorations 2022
Qualia *Original short film
City of Port Phillip 2021
Qualia
Science Gallery Melbourne - October 2021
Qualia *Original : Thankyou to season premiere performers
(front row L-R) Jessica Cochran, Hadley Johnson and Xavier Guoualt, dramaturg Caroline Bowditch (seated back left), Michael Olsen (script support), Heidi Everett back right.
(front row L-R) Jessica Cochran, Hadley Johnson and Xavier Guoualt, dramaturg Caroline Bowditch (seated back left), Michael Olsen (script support), Heidi Everett back right.