15 MINUTES FROM ANYWHERE is an artistic collaboration between director Beng Oh and writer Jane Miller. We create new Australian works as well as explore the lesser known and interesting parts of the repertoire. We hail from 1968 but create works for the here and now.
JANE MILLER
A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, Jane’s work has been produced within Australia and internationally. Plays include HAPPILY EVER AFTER (La Mama), TRUE LOVE TRAVELS ON GRAVEL ROAD (15 Minutes from Anywhere / Fortyfivedownstairs), MOTHERF##KER (La Mama Courthouse/15 Minutes from Anywhere), THE YELLOW WAVE (The Poppy Seed Festival 2015/La Mama Courthouse 2017) and CUCKOO (15 Minutes from Anywhere / Fortyfivedownstairs 2015 / The Unknown Union 2017). Jane is a recipient of an R.E. Ross Playwrights Script Development Award for TRUE LOVE TRAVELS ON A GRAVEL ROAD and a Green Room Award nominee for independent writing for CUCKOO. As a dramaturg, Jane’s credits include SHIT HAPPENS (La Mama 50th Anniversary) by Sandy MacGregor and P.O.V DAVE (La Mama) by Noel Maloney. Jane is co-artistic director of independent theatre company, 15 Minutes from Anywhere.Jane is currently undertaking a Masters of Writing for Performance at the Victorian College of the Arts.
BENG OH
Beng is a critically regarded director and theatre maker. He’s passionate about diversity, new work, queer theatre and is attracted to heightened and non-naturalistic texts. He completed post-graduate directing at the Victorian College of the Arts and is a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab in New York. He is co-artistic director with playwright Jane Miller of 15 Minutes from Anywhere and is on the committee of management for La Mama Theatre. He is an associate of Contemporary Asian Australian Performance. Previous productions include ADRIFT, SOUL OF POSSUM, THE SIX GUYS AN IMMIGRANT TRANS PERSON OF COLOUR WILL DATE IN MELBOURNE, COCK, WILD CHERRIES, THE YELLOW WAVE, COLOURED ALIENS, MEIN KAMPF and PORCELAIN – http://bengoh.com/
Collaborators Past and Present
Alice Bishop (director), Tom Backhaus (sound designer), Lauren Bailey, Matthew Barber (lighting designer) Mark Samual Bonanno, Tim Bright (sound designer), Ellie Brindle (stage manager), Chris Broadstock, Keith Brockett, Hayden Burke, H. Clare Callow, Natalie Carr, Sarah Chapman, Emily Collett (designer), John Collopy (lighting designer), Iliana Contos, Christina Costigan, Maria Coviello, Omar Dabash, Paul David-Goddard, John Marc Desengano, Uschi Felix, Brad Flynn (fight choreographer), Mike Frencham, Marnie Gibson, Emily Goddard, Steve Gome, Scott Gooding, Natalie Grant (sound designer), Shane Grant (lighting designer), Kelsey Henderson (designer), Justin Hosking, Eleanor Howlett, David Kambouris, Stelios Karagiannis (lighting designer), Jude Katsianis, Ben Keene (sound designer), Sophie Lampel, Troy Larkin, Tania Lentini, Christina Logan-Bell (designer), Annie Lumsden, Noel Maloney (writer), Luke Mason, Andrea McCannon, Samuel McDonald, Elizabeth McColl, Matthew Molony, Natasha Moszenin (composer), Peter Mumford (designer), Kelly Nash, Marissa O’Reilly, Gabriel Partington, Stephania Pountney, Bronwyn Pringle (lighting designer), Zachary Ruane, Samuel Russo, Dans Maree Sheehan (lighting designer), Teri Steer (stage manager), Peter Stratford, Lieze Swart (designer), Antony Talia, Annabelle Tudor, Andy Turner (lighting design), Glenn van Oosterom, Amaya Vecellio (costume designer) and Mark Wilson.