THE MIDNIGHT HORRORS
2022 – present
Tobias is a co-founder of this hauntological performance collective. Most of their work is at night.
ARCHIVE
COMPANIES
DOPPELGÄNGSTER
2015 – present
A UK and Australian-based international performance company. Iconoclastic, politically charged, entertainment. Responds to concerns such as climate crisis, class conflict, and corporatism. Current projects include work for unconventional spaces, using intimate face-to-face encounters, large scale spectacle, and online environments.
MKA
2010 – 2024
Co-founder and Artistic Director of this critically and popularly acclaimed new writing theatre of Melbourne, Australia.
PROJECTS | CURRENT
performance
Explosives Factory, St Kilda
THE ANARCHY [1138-53]: PT 1
Doppelgangster 2025
performance
KXT, Sydney
Theatre Works, St Kilda
A SOUND LIKE THUNDER
Doppelgangster 2025
performance
Shepparton Festival, VIC
Festival of Critical Comedy, VIC
DEAD STOCK
Chelsea Hickman 2025
performance
MOD. Museum of Discovery, SA
DAWN CHORUS/DUSK CHORUS
The Midnight Horrors 2022, 2023, 2025
site-specific performance
Floating Land, Noosa
Winter Wild, Apollo Bay
Strange Festival, Perth
Goldfields Gothic, Maldon
Shepparton Festival, Shepparton
MKA Pavilion, Fitzroy Gardens
EVERYTHING MIGHT GO
Doppelgangster 2024
site-responsive performance
Strange Festival, Perth
NOBODY SPECIAL
Nobody Special 2023
performance for solo audient
KXT, Sydney
DOPPELGANGSTER’S ATLANTIS
Doppelgangster 2023
performance
Performance Lab, Sheffield
Divadlo Inspirace, Prague
PROJECTS | R&D
Escape/There Is No Escape R&D
Doppelgangster
performance
The Rich Are Good People Deep Down R&D
Desperate Measure
site-specific performance
SUPERMODEL R&D
Desperate Measure
performance
Hostage in Babylon R&D
Desperate Measure
performance
Behold A Pale Horse R&D
unattached
performance
The Unknown Man on Somerton Beach R&D
unattached
performance
The Lady of the Swamp R&D
unattached
performance
The Anarchy (1138-53) Part 2: The Twin’s Towers R&D
Doppelgangster
performance
The Anarchy (1138-53) Part 3: Blood Rain R&D
Doppelgangster
performance
PROJECTS | PAST
TO DIE WILL BE AWFUL
The Midnight Horrors 2024
performance
Theatre Works, St Kilda
1800-CLIMATE-EMERGENCY
Teneille Big Deal & Tobias Crisis 2024
broadcast series
Triple R 102.7FM
BAUHAUS LAB
The Midnight Horrors 2023
site-responsive performance
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
BAD REPUTATION
Doppelgangster 2020
audio performance
Off the Shelf Festival, Sheffield
La Mama North, Melbourne
RADIO PLAGUE
Doppelgangster 2020
audio performance
Prague Fringe Online
COLD WAR
Doppelgangster 2019, 2020
performance
RCC, Adelaide
Divadlo Inspirace, Prague
CHOKE ME
Doppelgangster 2019
performance
Off the Shelf Festival, Sheffield
performance
Provocare Festival, Melbourne
TREEFXXXERS
Doppelgangster 2018
performance
Season for Change, Sheffield
PUNTILA/MATTI
Doppelgangster 2017
performance
KXT, Sydney
A DEATH SENTENCE
Doppelgangster 2017
durational performance
KXT, Sydney
EVERYBODY LOSES
Doppelgangster 2016, 2017, 2018
performance
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth
La Générale, Paris
Vault Festival, London
Performance Lab, Sheffield
Tom Thumb Theatre, Margate
Alcalá de Henares, Madrid
The Projector, Singapore
Backbone Arts, Brisbane
MKA Pop-Up, Melbourne
KXT, Sydney
Apparat Athen, Athens
Performance Lab, Sheffield
THE ETERNITY OF THE WORLD
Doppelgangster 2017
performance
Bondi Festival, Sydney
Provocare Festival, Melbourne
MARIE ROGÊT
Doppelgangster 2017
site-specific performance
Off the Shelf Festival, Sheffield
DOPPELGANGSTER’S TITANIC
Doppelgangster 2015, 2016
site-specific performance
Hot!Hot!Hot! Festival, Melbourne
Site2/Safle2 Festival, Aberystwyth
ArtCOP21 + La Générale, Paris
Experimentica, Cardiff
BABY
Doppelgangster 2016
performance
Vault Festival, London
DISINFORMATION BOOTH
Doppelgangster 2016
site-specific performance
Vault Festival, London
OXYGEN SUPPORT
Doppelgangster 2015
site-specific performance
COP21 Solutions Expo, Paris
DOPPELGANGSTER’S D.E.A.D.
Doppelgangster 2015
video series
ArtCOP21, Paris
PLEASE DON’T TALK ABOUT ME WHEN I’M GONE
MKA + Les Foules 2015
performance
Vault Festival, London
LUCKY
MKA 2015
performance
MTC NEON Festival, Melbourne
DOGMEAT
MKA 2010, 2014
performance
PICA, Perth
La Mama, Melbourne
THANK YOU, THANK YOU LOVE
MKA 2013
performance
HYPRTXT Festival, Melbourne
THE ECONOMIST
MKA 2011, 2012, 2013
performance
World Theatre Festival, Brisbane
Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh
MKA North Melbourne, Melbourne
MKA Abbotsford, Melbourne
22 SHORT PLAYS
MKA 2011, 2012, 2013
performance
Courthouse Arts Centre, Geelong
Second Story Studios, Melbourne
MKA Pop-Up, Adelaide
The Street Theatre, Canberra
MKA Prahran, Melbourne
SOMA
MKA 2013
performance
MKA Pop-Up, Adelaide
SIDE EFFECT
MKA + Cradle Prdctns 2013
site-responsive performance
Arts House, Melbourne
TINKERTOWN
MKA 2012
performance
Theatre Works, St Kilda
PROJECTS | GUEST
The Breath of Kings 2025
Burning House
theatre (performer)
Theatre Works, St Kilda
WasteWorlds: Non-Stop Runway Show 2025
Fast Fashun & Snuff Puppets
performer/audio-description
Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford
Ways to Drown a Fish 2025 R&D
Stella Webster
theatre (director)
La Mama, Carlton
Future Cargo 2024
Requardt&Rosenberg
site-specific dance (performer)
Realscape, SA
Lumé Restaurant 2016-18
Lumé + MKA
site-responsive performances (consultant)
various projects
What the Butler Saw 2018
New Theatre
theatre (stage/costume design)
New Theatre, Sydney
Where Beasties Roam 2014
Side Pony + PVI
site-specific (performer)
Enlighten Festival, ACT
Nightminds 2011
The Electric Company
performance (performer)
Lion Arts Centre, Adelaide
Smudged 2010
Twitch Twitch
performance (performer)
Brisbane Festival + Metro Arts, Brisbane
La Mama, Melbourne
H!tlerhoff 2008-09
Young & Restless
performance (performer)
Artshouse, Melbourne
Queens Theatre, Adelaide
EARLY PROJECTS
The Hobby Whores 2006-09
live music / recorded music
Sample Theatre 2007-09
theatre company
FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING
climate arts festival
SiteWorks + Doppelgangster + MKA
HYPRTXT Festival 2014
new writing theatre festival
MKA
subtxt festival 2015
new writing development festival
La Mama + MKA
MKA Open Season 1+2 2010-11
playreading programs
MKA
AN INCOMPLETE LIST OF SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT I RECALL
The Present Day (MKA) 2022 Collaborator
Bee Funeral (The Midnight Horrors) 2021 Performer/Writer
Art V Science: The Future of Food (Lumé) 2017 Collaborator/Performer
The New (Lumé) 2017 Collaborator/Performer
Twin Peaks EVE 2017 Collaborator/Performer
The Great Australian Road Trip (Lumé) 2016 Collaborator/Performer
twentyfiveXone (MKA) 2016 Co-Writer/Co-Producer
The Eleventh Hour (Doppelgangster) 2015 Collaborator/Performer
Scenes from the Ascension 2013 writer/performer
Melbourne Writers Festival Resident Company (MKA) 2013 writer/performer
A Subtle Booty (MKA) 2013 collaborator/performer
how to write plays (MKA) 2011 writer/performer
The Rimming Club (sixxters grimm) 2010 performer
25×1 (MKA) 2010 Co-Writer/Co-Producer