Nicole Pingon
nicole.pingon@gmail.com
Captured out of a new friend’s car window in 福井市 (Fukui, Japan), 2022.
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I acknowledge and pay my respects to the Bidjigal and Gadigal People of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners of the land and waterways on which I live and work. Sovereignty has never been ceded. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal Land.
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Nicole Pingon (she/they) is a multidisciplinary artist, theatre maker and artist facilitator working across live performance, installation and digital mediums. Expanding across and between mediums, Nicole's practice tends to be collaborative, curiosity-led, and process-driven, with a focus on new work.
Nicole directed Little Eggs Collective's Moon Rabbit Rising for Belvoir 25A, which won three Sydney Theatre Awards. Other directing highlights include: Blush Opera’s new Australian opera, Chop Chef for Riverside Theatres Parramatta (co-directed with Kenneth Moraleda), Songs of the Sirens for Bondi Festival, Shopfront’s Mums Tell Dad Jokes Too (co-directed with Tasha O'Brien), and Spider In My Soup for Bondi Feast.
Nicole has created audio works for The Wheeler Centre, Constellations and is the sound designer of Bad Taste, an SBS podcast. In 2022, they presented a participatory performance score as part of Temporary Position’s De-Choiring series at Phoenix Central Park. Nicole currently plays in the band Hennessy Rose.
Between 2018-2022, Nicole worked at Shopfront Arts Co-op as their Admin and Systems Coordinator, and currently sits as the Chair of their inaugural CALD Advisory Panel. Nicole is a member and collaborator of the Little Eggs Collective and Ninefold Ensemble, and is a passionate teaching artist.
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I’m interested in the ever-evolving relationship between time, space and imagination. I’m curious about intercultural and multilingual creative processes and the ongoing act of translation. I wonder how being bilingual can inform my creative practice in more meaningful ways. I’m enjoying psychogeography, walking, and conversation as practice. I’m finding great joy in making time for silly hobbies and social sport.
Currently, I’m collaborating on a number of new work developments ~ a tender and expansive part of process that I love being part of. Coming from a background in music and dance, everything I do is inevitably rooted in collaboration, exploration, curiosity and creation across forms, discplines, languages and practices.
That’s all from me for now, but I really do love a chat, and recommendations for books, readings, events, workshops, films etc. Get in touch :-)
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Admiring the sunrise at Jerusalem Bay, on Dharug land, 2019.
A joyfully windy adventure at 直島 (Naoshima Island, Japan), 2022.
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selected projects
please email for full CV and bio
[theatre and live performance]
As Director / Co-Director
- Songs of the Sirens | Blush Opera | Bondi Festival (2023)
- Moon Rabbit Rising | Little Eggs Collective | Belvoir 25A (2022)
Sydney Theatre Awards 2022:
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Mums Tell Dad Jokes Too (co-directed with Tasha O’Brien) | Shopfront Arts Co-op (2022)
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Chop Chef by Julie Koh and Paul Smith (co-directed with Kenneth Moraleda) | Blush Opera | Riverside Theatres
Parramatta (2021)
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Spider In My Soup | Bondi Feast and Shopfront Arts Co-op (2019)
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Organs! | Shopfront Arts Co-op (2018)
- The Soggy Swamp Chronicles by Miranda Michalowski and Dan Cullen (2-Day Musical Challenge) | Hayes Theatre (2024)
- Ribbons In Our Hair by Michele Gould (concert presentation) | Antipodes Theatre | Hayes Theatre (2024)
- Lacuna by Eric Jiang (reading) | Old Fitz Theatre (2024)
- Werkaholics by Vivian Nguyen (reading) | Footscray Arts Centre (2024)
- Ballet Brown by Michele Gould (staged reading) | Slanted Theatre | Riverside Theatres Parramatta (2024)
- No More Hemsworths by Wern Mak (staged reading) | Slanted Theatre | Riverside Theatres Parramatta (2024)
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Mars Bars and Beyond by Madeline Nunn (staged reading) | Martin-Lysicrates Prize for Lysicrates Foundation |
Riverside Theatres Parramatta (2022)
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No More Hemsworths by Wern Mak (staged reading) | Slanted Theatre | Flight Path Theatre (2022)
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Pending Payment by Sonia Dodd (staged reading) | Slanted Theatre | Flight Path Theatre (2022)
As Associate Director
- The Smeds and the Smoos | CDP Theatre Producers (2023-2024)
As Assistant Director
- Dracula by Bram Stoker, adapted by Kip Williams (dir. Kip Williams) | Sydney Theatre Company (2024)
- Into the Shimmering World by Angus Cerini (dir. Paige Rattray) | Sydney Theatre Company (2024)
- Oil by Ella Hickson (dir. Paige Rattray) | Sydney Theatre Company (2023)
- Miss Peony 牡丹小姐 by Michelle Law (dir. Courtney Stewart) | Belvoir St Theatre (2023)
- Script available for purchase via Currency Press
- The Lies We Were Told (dir. Natalie Rose) | Shopfront Arts Co-op/Monkey Baa | ARA Darling Harbour (2023)
- Sydney Theatre Awards - Winner - Best Production for Young People
- Script available for purchase via Australian Plays Transform
- Opening Night (dir. Carissa Licciardello) | Belvoir St Theatre (2022)
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Ate Lovia by Jordan Shea (dir. Kenneth Moraleda) | kwento x Red Line | Old Fitz Theatre (2022)
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The Lies We Were Told (dir. Natalie Rose) | Shopfront Arts Co-op/ATYP (2022)
As Dramaturg
- The Parts We Give (in-development) | Blush Opera
- Papered (in-development) | Blush Opera | The Joan Sutherland Theatre (2023)
[audio]
- Bad Taste (Podcast) | Sound Designer | SBS (2022)
- Winner (Gold) at Signal Awards for Best Food and Drink Podcast
- Winner (Silver) at Australian Podcast Awards for Best Factual Podcast
- Mystery Box #2 | Producer | Constellations Sounds (2021)
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Yum Cha and the Cricket | Producer | The Wheeler Centre (2020)
[installation and others]
- De-Choiring (Performance Score) | Commissioned Artist | Temporary Position | Phoenix Central Park (2022)
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De-weeding the Iso (Installation) | Co-Created with Lu Cid | Intimate Spectacle and PACT (2021)
- Noxious (Installation) | Co-Created with Lu Cid | Hurstville Museum and Gallery (2021)
- Today, and every other day for the past little while | In collaboration with Vera Chok | The Joy Offensive (2020)
- Make Yourself at Home (Digital work) | Collaborator | CuriousWorks (2020)
- Just Visiting (VR Experience) | Collaborator | CuriousWorks for WOW Festival, Casula (2019)
[some panels and some press]
- 2022 | EDGE Sydenham - EDGE Spaces: Exploring Space & Body, Inner West Council
- 2022 | Guest Speaker for Midnight Hours Program, Burwood City Library
- 2022 | Panellist for Deep Wireless Program, New Adventures in Sound Art
- 2020 | Extra, Extra! Contributor, PACT
- 2020 | Artbomb, Hurstville Museum and Gallery
- 2019 | Interview, Spider In My Soup, Playwave
[residencies and artist development programs]
I’ve been part of a number of artist development programs, with a focus on mentorship, process and professional development. These include, but aren’t limited to working with organisations such as Shopfront Arts Co-op, Contemporary Asian Australian Performance, Belvoir St Theatre, The Wheeler Centre, PACT, National Theatre of Parramatta, Kings Cross Theatre, Darlinghurst Theatre Company, CuriousWorks and Q Theatre. These places, people and opportunities have shaped me into the artist and collaborator I am today.
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我不记得这是从中国哪里照的! /Somewhere in China from a trip back in 2016.
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okay, that’s all I’ve got to updating for now. thanks so much for visiting!
please get in touch to collaborate:
nicole.pingon@gmail.com
please get in touch to collaborate:
nicole.pingon@gmail.com