Nathan Sibthorpe

performance-maker & theatre artist

Adrift // Counterpilot @ Metro Arts 2022 // photo by Morgan Roberts

Truthmachine

2019-21 tours // as writer & director // Counterpilot // Metro Arts // photo: Kate O’Sullivan

I've Been Meaning to Ask You

2018 // as key creative // The Good Room // Brisbane Festival // photo: Stephen Henry

Escape from Monotony // Counterpilot & Museum of Brisbane 2022-23 // photo by Katie Bennett

Bunker

2019 // in-development // co-directing with Lisa Wilson // Metro Arts // photo: FenLan Chung

Adrift // Counterpilot @ Metro Arts 2022 // photo by Morgan Roberts

Crunch Time

2018 // as writer & director // Counterpilot // Metro Arts & Next Wave Festival // photo: Dave D’Arcy

Not a Cult* // Counterpilot 2023 // photo by Mike Willmett

IMB Institute of Light // Counterpilot with Brisbane Festival & IMB 2021 // photo by Atmosphere Photography

C’est Bon Salon // Counterpilot with Brisbane Festival 2022 // photo by Kate O’Sullivan

One Bottle Later // as co-creator with The Good Room for Brisbane Festival 2020 // photo by Jason Glenwright

Adrift // Counterpilot @ Metro Arts 2022 // photo by Morgan Roberts

Statum

2019 // as writer & director // Counterpilot & Flipside Circus // Brisbane Powerhouse // photo: Creative Futures

Spectate

2017 // as writer & director // Counterpilot // Metro Arts // photo: Stephen Henry

Bunker // as co-director & co-video designer // with Lisa Wilson Projects 2022 // photo by Jorge Serra

Blue Bones

2017 // as AV designer // Playlab // Brisbane Powerhouse // photo: Justine Walpole

Viral

2018 // as AV designer // Shock Therapy Productions // photo: Darcy Grant

Some Dumb Play

2012 // as writer & director // Metro Arts // photo: Benjamin Bray

Tyrone & Lesley in a Spot

2016 // as co-creator & AV Designer // Metro Arts // QLD Cabaret Festival // photo: Dylan Evans

Wireless

2017 // as AV designer // Metro Arts // Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts // photo: FenLan

Plunge

2017 // as AV designer // Seeing Place Productions // Southport Aquatic Centre

Spectate

2017 // as writer & director // Counterpilot // Metro Arts // photo: Stephen Henry

Crunch Time

2018 // as writer & director // Counterpilot // Metro Arts & Next Wave Festival // photo: Dave D’Arcy

Truthmachine

2019-21 tours // as writer & director // Counterpilot // Metro Arts // photo: Kate O’Sullivan

Tyrone & Lesley in a Spot

2016 // as co-creator & AV Designer // Metro Arts // QLD Cabaret Festival // photo: Dylan Evans

Blue Bones

2017 // as AV designer // Playlab // Brisbane Powerhouse // photo: Justine Walpole

Wireless

2017 // as AV designer // Metro Arts // Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts // photo: FenLan

I've Been Meaning to Ask You

2018 // as key creative // The Good Room // Brisbane Festival // photo: Stephen Henry

Nathan Sibthorpe is an award-winning theatre artist based in Meanjin (Brisbane), Australia.

His key skills include writing, directing, devising and video design. Nathan's performance work often involves the use of digital technologies, and audience activation.

Since 2017 he has directed Counterpilot, a collective of transmedia performance-makers who create hi-tech interactive experiments.

Recent Notable Projects:

PIGEON FOOL by Counterpilot (2024, World Science Festival Brisbane)
ADRIFT by Counterpilot (2022, Metro Arts)
NOT A CULT* by Counterpilot (2023, NAFA & Darwin Festival)
BUNKER by Lisa Wilson & Nathan Sibthorpe (2022, Metro Arts)
ESCAPE FROM MONOTONY by Counterpilot (2022-23, Museum of Brisbane)
I’VE BEEN MEANING TO ASK YOU by The Good Room (2018-22, touring through Critical Stages)