Adam Broinowski

Adam Broinowski is a performer/director, researcher, translator and writer based in Melbourne. He made the award-winning documentary Hell Bento! (SBSiTV, 1995) with Tetrapod and has performed, written and directed independent solo (Vivisection Vision: animal reflections, Gherkin) and group shows (Know No Cure, Hotel Obsino, The Great Gameshow of Pernicious Influences, H20) and collaborated with many Australian theatre companies (Company B, desoxy, Dramalab, La Mama, Magpie, nyid, Playbox, Salamanca, Snuff Puppets, Stalker) and Japanese company Gekidan Kaitaisha, touring to festivals in South America, Europe, UK, US, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Taiwan and around Australia. After five years as a core member of Gekidan Kaitaisha and a research fellow at University of Tokyo, he is currently a PhD candidate at University of Melbourne/VCAM, completing his thesis on political bodies in Japanese aesthetics (1945-2005). He regularly publishes on ankoku butoh, Japanese contemporary performances, images of war in performance, and reviews theatre and art. He is a sessional lecturer at VCAM and works part-time as Manager of the Performing Arts and Arts Management folios, Asialink.