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QUALIA THEATRE by Heidi Everett Productions
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www.qualiatheatre.com​
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Video content advice: allusion to homelessness and voicing of Indigenous disempowerment.
Qualia *Original short film artists L-R: Jessica Cochrane, Xavier Gouault, Maggie Toko.
​Open Captions.

qua•li•a - /'kwåleea 
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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.
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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.

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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.


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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).

Red rose floating on dark grey sunlit sea water.
Five smiling people, young woman in white top in centre, with four people around looking at camera.
Man on footpath with loose pieces of bedding.
Woman in purple shirt standing on stage looking across at guitar leaning against wall., black curtain behind.
Smiling woman in white blouse, man in black tshirt, standing outside in front of glass wall that says Library.
Three people seated in dark room around table talking, woman on right is using hands.
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
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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.
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Image: Four people seated around a small table. Left to right - lady in scarf in wheelchair, lady with blonde streak in hair, man in beanie writing, woman in chair with hands on knees.
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Image: three women seated around a small round table talking. Person on left sitting in a wheelchair, person on right wearing a cap.
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