Pillow Fight Theatre

For artists and audiences who fight to leave the pillow.

Live and remote.

Our Artists

Jamila Main, actor, writer

Nory, actor, 3D animator

Credit: Nicole Tsourlenes, Pillow Talk, 2024. ID: Jamila cuddles a pink pillow on a peachy pink satin duvet on a circular bed. There are curtains either side of the bed. Across the set is a projection of the moon as a pill and a night sky.

Artists we’ve collaborated with

Aamer Ahmed, Producer

Alexandra Aldrich, Production Support

Amy Sole, Director

Ashleigh Shearman, Actor

Aud Mason-Hyde, Actor

Brigid Gallacher, Audio Describer

Corey Saylor-Brunskill, Actor

Cynthia Spleen, Sound Designer and Composer

Darren Gill, Photographer

Emma Fawcett, Actor

Emma Gibson, Actor

Erin Fowler, Choreographer

Felise Lyon, Actor

Hannah Reekie, Captions Designer and Operator

Harriet Devlin, Producer

Hussain Alismail, Photographer

Jacqueline Tooley, Producer and Accessibility Manager

Katy Maudlin, Director and Dramaturg

Lara Chamas, Set Designer

Liv Satchell, Director and Dramaturg

Marni Mount, Director and Actor

Natalie Brakewell, Stage Manager and Operator

Nicole Tsourlenes, Photographer

Rachel Edward, Producer

Riana Head-Toussaint, Outside Eye and Curator

Rikiah Lizarraga, Assistant Director and Stage Manager

Ryan Hamilton, Access and Marketing Coordinator

Sarah Rose, Curator

Teddy Dunn, Director and Dramaturg

Zoe Boesen, Outside Eye and Producer

Credit: Hussain Alismail, Pillow Talk, 2021. ID: A close up shot of Jamila, a white femme person, laying in bed with a white feather from a pillow resting on their temple.

Previous Works

Benched. Presented by Carclew, SALA Festival, and Pillow Fight Theatre. Kaurna Yerta. 2021.

Benched. Presented by Darlinghurst Theatre Company and Pillow Fight Theatre. Directed by Amy Sole. Gadigal land. 2022.

Benched. Presented by Midsumma Festival, Footscray Community Arts, and Pillow Fight Theatre. Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong lands of the Kulin Nation. 2022.

Benched. Presented by Embrace Disability Arts Festival, Carclew, and Pillow Fight Theatre. Kaurna Yerta. 2022.

Pillow Talk. First Draft Gallery. Gadigal land. 2022.

Pillow Talk. Presented by Meeting Place in Alter State Festival. Wurundjeri land. 2022.

Pillow Talk. Abstract Thoughts Gallery. Gadigal land. 2023.

How to Eat Rabbit. La Mama Explorations. Wurundjeri land. 2023.

Pillow Talk. Warehouse Residency, Arts House. Wurundjeri land. 2024.

Pillow Talk. Creative Development, Arts House. Wurundjeri land. 2025.

How to Eat Rabbit. Creative Development, Midsumma Festival x La Mama. Wurundjeri land. 2025.

Are You Are. Reading. Wurundjeri land. 2025.

Are You Are. Excerpt Reading, In the Making. Wurundjeri land. 2026.

Companies we’ve collaborated with

Abstract Thoughts Gallery

Alter State Festival

Arts Access Australia

Arts Centre Melbourne

Arts House

Carclew

Darlinghurst Theatre Company

Dukkana

Embrace Disability Arts Festival

First Draft Gallery

Footscray Community Arts

Headspace Berri

La Mama Theatre

Loom Arts and Management

Midsumma Festival

The Mill

Ramble Arts (formerly Riverland Youth Theatre)

SALA Festival

Credit: Jansson Antmann, Benched, 2022. ID: Jamila in character as the Athlete, in a bright orange tracksuit, sitting on a brown wood bench on a green astroturf field onstage. A soccer ball is in the foreground.
Credit: Morgan Sette, Butterfly Kicks, 2021. Jamila in character as Milla dances with Lisa Fanto in character as Lisa in party dresses. The set is shiny white and blue tiles.
Credit: Pamo Boutros, How to Eat Rabbit, 2021. ID: Jamila in character as Cam in green shirt and overralls and a pink beanie, cradling a rabbit, in front of trees and bushes.