Nerida Woods has been the General Manager at Shopfront since 2005. She has 13 years working in the performing arts in both the UK and Australia as a stage manager, production manager, technical consultant and Company manager. In 1990 she journeyed to the UK to study with Arts International; a one year intensive residency, where she trained in directing, performing and theatre making. This led her into work as a camera operator, editor, performer, assistant director, and company manager touring throughout the UK with various companies.
She was a stage manager at the Opera House for many years and technical manager at Star City entertainment. Following Star City she established Theatresafe – consulting on OHS and theatrical installations for performing arts organisations throughout NSW. She was production manager in the site specific Shopfront performances How Sachi Lost his Leg, Shimmerer and Wadya call me? (2004) as well as Regional coordinator of St George Artstart festival, 2003 and 2005. She has a Bachelor of Arts; Communication (Media Production)
Saskia has worked as a Production and Stage Manager for Night Sky Productions, on productions including Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2006-2007). She was the Production Coordinator on An Italian Straw Hat for the East Coast Theatre Company (2007) and has worked as Associate Producer and Production Manager for the Coogee Arts festival (2007-2008). Saskia was the Stage Manager on (lost toy story) for Shopfront (2008), and has been engaged as a casual arts administrator for Company B at Belvoir Street and Casula Powerhouse – in event coordination and assistant producing, recently joining Shopfront as Producer (Sept 2008). Saskia has attended training at ABAF, studied at the Actors Centre Australia and the NIDA open program. She was most recently Associate producer for Sam Hawker and Tangent productions on the downstairs Belvoir 2008 season of Homebody Kabul. Saskia has a BHSc – Occupational Therapy (CSU).
Stephen’s involvement with Shopfront has been for the last 4 years in the capacity of Lighting Designer for their major works Pop Up, City of Shadows and Ice (associate LD) and (lost toy story). He has also mentored and lighting designed with the Arts Lab artists for 07/08. His other lighting credits run over a number of years and many companies, designing for Open House, The Small Poppies, Svetlana in Slingbacks and The Pianist (Company B) Holding the Man, Wicked Sisters, Rabbit, Torrez, The Secret Death of Salvador Dali, Mr Bayles Minder and The Peach Season (Griffin Theatre Company) Leunig / Neil Finn Parables tour and Carnival Of the Humans (Australian Chamber Orchestra) Jane Austen and Earth Cry (Musica Viva), Survival Tatics a sold out Hip Hop theatre hybrid (Melb, Bris and Sydney) Hedwig and The Angry Inch (Showtune Productions) Marinheiro and The Waiting Room (PlatForM 27) Mother and Child, Empress of China, Terminus and Death Variations (East Coast Theatre Company) Silence and Redheads (Queensize Productions/B Sharp) The Golden Ass and Pugilist Specialist (Flightpath Theatre/B sharp). Stephen's most recent work was on Whore (Arts Radar/ B Sharp)
After receiving a scholarship which sent her to Japan for a year when she was 15, Jordan fell in love with Japan, its people and its customs. She has since lived in Osaka, Japan for four years.
Currently a full time student at the University of Technology Sydney, Jordan studies Media Arts & Production and International Studies, furthering her Japanese language skills in a creative media context.
Jordan entered the Superperfect project as a translator and interpreter for Shopfront and Nibroll hoping to bust through language barriers and cultural differences to aid in the facilitation of deeper dialogue between the two companies.
Jordan feels extremely privileged to be part of Superperfect - a project she believes to be a valuable collaborative project between Japanese and Australian youth, and she is excited to see both the young and old people have meaningful and inspiring influences on each others ideas and attitudes, as well as bonds between the respective arts scenes develop